Connecting Excellence Group Plc (AQSE:XCE, OTCQB:XCELF) CEO Scott Ellam talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about the company’s international executive recruitment business and its disciplined Bitcoin treasury strategy as the company started trading on the OTCQB market in the US under the ticker 'XCELF.' Connecting Excellence operates as an international executive recruitment firm placing senior-level professionals across consulting, logistics, engineering and technology sectors worldwide. Ellam expl ...

Wall Street may have calmed down on software stocks, but rare earths are still in fashion. Goldman Sachs analyst Brian K. Lee initiated coverage of Energy Fuels (UUUU) on Feb. 11 with a "Buy" rating. His price target is $30, which implies an approximately 50% upside potential here. His thesis rests on a rare dual advantage. Energy Fuels owns and operates the White Mesa Mill in Utah. It's the only processing facility in the country that is capable of handling both conventional uranium and rare earth elemen ...

Peter Thiel just made a quiet but loud move. He and Founders Fund have fully exited their position in Ethereum treasury firm ETHZilla. The confirmation came through a fresh 13G filing with the SEC. That is a sharp pivot. Just months ago, Thiel’s entry sent the stock flying more than 90%. Now he is out. The timing raises eyebrows. It suggests that institutional enthusiasm for this Ethereum treasury model may be cooling, especially with broader market volatility back in focus. Key Takeaways: Total Exit: ...

General Mills has wiped out any prospect of organic sales growth this year as volumes take longer to recover than anticipated amid a challenged consumer. The US-based manufacturer of snacks, breakfast cereals and pet food is resting its laurels on innovation, particularly in protein, fibre, health and weight management, to drive incremental sales and restore volumes. However, management presented a downbeat forecast for organic revenue and operating profit for fiscal 2026 at the Consumer Analyst Group o ...

New York-based Moody's Corporation (MCO) operates as an integrated risk assessment firm. With a market cap of $76.1 billion, the company provides credit ratings and related research, data and analytical tools, quantitative credit risk measures, risk scoring software, and credit portfolio management solutions and securities pricing software and valuation models. Shares of this credit rating giant have underperformed the broader market over the past year. MCO has declined 19.1% over this time frame, while ...

The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate by a quarter point (25 basis points) at the December FOMC meeting, placing the overnight borrowing rate in the 3.5%-3.75% range. GOBankingRates consulted experts to gather their predictions about what will happen to mortgage rates in the coming year. While many believe that interest rate decisions are the only thing responsible for mortgage rates, that’s not the case. When predicting mortgage rates, it’s important to consider current market conditions, includi ...

Sorry, Kermit. Looks like it might actually be easy to be green. An index of publicly listed US companies with over half their revenue coming from “sustainable” activities has significantly outperformed the broader market, even more so than companies with heavy ties to fossil fuels. Non-profit shareholder activist As You Sow’s Clean200 list of companies returned a gross total of 283% since it started on July 1, 2016, compared with 221% for the MSCI ACWI and 111% for the MSCI ACWI/Energy Index. “If you had ...

Des Moines, Iowa-based Principal Financial Group, Inc. (PFG), is a leading global financial services provider that offers a wide range of financial products and services to individuals, corporations, and institutional clients. With a market cap of $20.1 billion, the company offers retirement solutions, life and health insurance, wellness programs, and investment and banking products. Shares of this global financial services company have underperformed the broader market over the past year. PFG has gained ...

Broadcast Retirement Network's Jeffrey Snyder discusses the ins and outs of selecting a recordkeeper for an employer's 401k (or 403(b) or 457(b)) plan with World Investment Advisors' Robert Scherzer. ...

Base, the Ethereum Layer-2 network incubated by Coinbase, has seen its total value locked (TVL) fall by $1.4 billion in the past few weeks. The decline comes as public debate over the chain’s strategy and product direction intensifies. Base TVL Slides as Builders, Critics, & Coinbase Leadership Clash Over the Chain’s Direction Base TVL has dropped from about $5.3 billion in January to roughly $3.9 billion as of this writing. Base TVL. Source: DefiLlama The drop matters because TVL remains one of the mo ...