The National Bank of Kazakhstan has recently published financial indicators for second-tier banks for August 2024. The sector saw a rise in bad loans by $41 million, which represents only a minimal increase of 0.01%. Kursiv.media analyzed how the balance of power in the country’s banking system has shifted based…
On Monday, October 7, shares of the biotech company Scholar Rock soared close to 362% following the announcement that its lead candidate, apitegromab, a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), had demonstrated clinically significant results in the final, phase III trial. Currently, there are only three approved drugs for this…
Shares of fintech company DeFi Technologies rose around 6.0% on the Cboe Canada stock exchange and about 3.5% in over-the-counter trading in New York on Monday, October 7. The gains followed the announcement that the company had completed the acquisition of Stillman Digital, a leading digital asset liquidity provider. Zacks…
BI Group, one of Kazakhstan’s largest real estate developers, is making its U.S. debut with a new residential project in Miami’s financial district. The development features luxury apartments with potential returns of 10% and starting prices of $477,000, as well as villas priced from $6.8 million. Let’s take a closer…
Now may be the right time to invest in small-cap stocks, says Antony Creighton, director and head of strategy for Asia ex-Japan at Lazard Asset Management, which oversees more than $205.2 billion in assets. The segment has likely hit bottom in terms of relative valuation, but with the Fed easing…
The fair value of Soligenix, a micro-cap pharmaceutical company, is estimated to be 800% higher than the current share price, according to a recent report by Zacks Small-Cap Research (Zacks SCR). Soligenix is developing several products, chief among which is a vaccine for the deadly, hemorrhagic-fever-causing Marburg virus. It is…
Quotes on EVgo, a small U.S. company that builds charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs), jumped more than 60% on Thursday, October 3. Earlier in the day, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a conditional $1.05 billion loan guarantee for the company. The financing should allow EVgo to almost…
Quotes on Crescent Energy jumped 11% on Wednesday, October 2. At the end of the week, the name is set to be added to the S&P SmallCap 600 index, with index inclusion almost always bringing new long-term investors, according to a Nasdaq study. Details On Wednesday, Crescent Energy stock gained…
Small caps turned out to be some of the most profitable investments in the third quarter of 2024. The iShares Russell 2000 ETF (which tracks the performance of the Russell 2000 index) reported an 8.87% return versus 5.43% for the large-cap S&P 500, points out Georgiy Timoshin, a financial analyst…
Acurx Pharmaceuticals has released promising trial results for its lead drug candidate, ibezapolstat, an antibiotic for difficult-to-treat bacterial infections. It was found to effectively target Gram-positive bacteria without causing cross resistance with other antibiotics — in other words, ibezapolstat may work where other antibiotics fail. Even though Acurx stock has…
Shares of Lexaria Bioscience, a company using its patented technology to change the delivery of drugs made by other firms, rose more than 3% on Tuesday, October 1, following the announcement of a new CFO. This comes on the heels of a CEO change, which signaled a strategic shift as…
The U.S. SEC has initiated and settled legal proceedings against Howard Jonas, the founder of communications and payments fintech company IDT Corporation. Jonas is said to have failed to promptly disclose his stock holdings in four companies, including IDT. Details On September 25, the SEC filed an administrative case against…
Wells Fargo analysts believe that the tight U.S. presidential race, combined with favorable economic conditions, presents an attractive opportunity for a near-term small-cap trade. They expect a 5-10% outperformance by small caps versus the market if Trump wins. Details Small caps could outperform the main U.S. market index, the S&P…
What segments of the real estate market in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have attracted foreign investors? And what yield are they hoping to obtain? «If you have several million dollars, you have the chance to make a deal with a developer and buy an entire floor with ten apartments in an…
Quotes on Gryphon Digital Mining, a company with a market capitalization of $29.5 million that brands itself as a carbon-neutral Bitcoin miner, surged more than 19% on Friday, September 27. This came on the news that its CFO, who had been “instrumental in taking it public,” had decided to continue…
Achieve Life Sciences, a company with a market capitalization of about $164 million developing the world’s first treatment for vaping addiction, has announced it may sell up to $50 million in stock. The market price fell almost 4% in after-hours trading on Friday, September 27, reversing strong gains during the…
As more consumers prefer buying ready-to-eat meals, Mordor Intelligence expects this market to reach $402.9 billion in 2024 and $512.7 million by 2029. It is in this segment that a small company called Mama’s Creations is building its business. Having started out selling dishes based on recipes of its cofounder’s…
Stockholm city officials have revoked the sales permit for traditional snus of a Haypp Group subsidiary, thus affecting a fifth of the company’s total sales. Following the news, Haypp shares on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market, a platform for smaller European companies, plunged 7%. Details The Licensing Committee of…
Shares of Lightwave Logic, a company developing data transmission solutions, surged more than 6% on Tuesday, September 24. This came after the company announced a partnership with Swiss-based Polariton Technologies to create a compact, ultra-high bandwidth device for data centers, which require advanced solutions to support AI and machine learning…
Common shares of LifeMD, a telehealth company offering virtual primary and specialized care, fell almost 3% in after-hours trading on Tuesday, September 24. This drop followed the announcement that the company will pay dividends to holders of its cumulative preferred shares, which are entitled to previously missed dividends before other…
As the Magnificent Seven stocks benefit from the AI boom, shares of smaller companies are volatile, which makes them more attractive for long-term investors, argues Joe Hintz, a portfolio manager at the Royce Small-Cap Total Return Fund (which primarily invests in small-cap stocks that pay dividends). In a blog post,…
Quotes on hearing implant developer Envoy Medical jumped more than 6% on Monday, September 23. The updated AirPods Pro 2, which can double as hearing aids, could be a positive development for Envoy as they could potentially work in concert with the company’s fully implanted devices, said Glen Taylor, a…
The little-known German company SÜSS Microtec holds more than half of the market for a critical technology used in Nvidia chip production, Jefferies stated on Monday, September 23. Last week, the investment bank referred to the company as the “Nvidia of Europe” and suggested that its shares could rise another…
Freedom Broker has highlighted six small caps that investors should consider, with upside reaching 400%. Meanwhile, they caution that portfolios should be diversified to minimize risks. Acme United Corporation Acme United Corporation, with a market capitalization of $155.6 million, supplies cutting, measuring, and first aid products worldwide, including knives, scissors,…
