FamVeld/iStock via Getty Images If you enjoyed watching the Olympics this month, then you may have caught the sensational games played by U.S. Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams against hard fought opponents from around the world. The Men’s gold medal match was particularly gripping as the U.S. played against the very talented and seasoned France team. While it was fairly close throughout the match, everyone knew it was over in the last minute of the game after Curry kept landing those 3-pointers, after ...

cosmonaut/iStock via Getty Images May you live in interesting times. While this phrase sounds positive, it's actually a Chinese curse. What is "interesting" in retrospect usually feels troubling and unpredictable in the moment. The truth is, though, that there is always something to be troubled about, and the future is always unpredictable. The job of the investor -- your job -- is to generate strong returns in the midst of inevitably troubling and unpredictable conditions. We've got some ground to cove ...

LEXINGTON, Mass. and AMSTERDAM, Aug. 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ: QURE), a leading gene therapy company advancing transformative therapies for patients with severe medical needs, today announced that the first patient has been dosed in a Phase I/IIa clinical trial of AMT-191 for the treatment of Fabry disease, a rare, inherited genetic disease. The Phase I/IIa study is a multi-center, open-label trial being conducted in the United States with two dose-escalating cohorts assessing the s ...

American Tower Corporation (NYSE:AMT) TD Cowen 10th Annual Communications Infrastructure Summit Call August 13, 2024 1:15 PM ET Company Participants Steven Vondran - President and Chief Executive Officer Conference Call Participants Gregory Williams - TD Cowen Gregory Williams Let's get started. Good morning. Welcome, everybody. My name is Greg Williams. I cover the cable, wireless and telco space at TD Cowen. I'm joined today in this session by Steve Vondran, President and CEO of American Tower. Steven, th ...

Shares of American Tower Corporation (AMT) have risen 20.6% in the past three months compared with the industry’s growth of 11.5%.The company is poised well to ride the growth curve with wireless carriers increasing capital expenditure due to rising wireless penetration, accelerated 5G network deployment efforts and spectrum auctions. The long-term leases with its tenants assure stable cash flows. Moreover, its continued efforts toward macro-tower investments are encouraging. A decent financial position als ...

Dragon Claws Many investors seem to think that REITs (VNQ) are facing severe difficulties due to the recent surge in interest rates. The whole sector has crashed, and the headlines have been very negative for 2 years in a row: Data by YCharts But in reality, most REITs are doing very well because: Leverage is at an all-time low, with the average LTV at just around 35%. Nearly all REIT debt has a fixed interest rate. Debt maturities are also long, at 7 years on average, and well-staggered. Rents keep on ris ...

Morsa Images On July 9th, uniQure N.V. (NASDAQ:QURE) announced 24-month trial data for its Phase 1/2 clinical trials for AMT-130, an investigational gene therapy for Huntington’s Disease. Despite only enrolling 29 patients in the trial and having data for only 9 at the high dosage, the reduction of disease progression of 80% was so great that it was still statistically significant. The market obviously liked this news, as the two trading days following its release saw QURE move from $3.78 to $10.12. I b ...

Henrik Sorensen “Jobs Report Should Put a Jumbo Fed Rate Cut on the Table” is what Bloomberg’s Jonathan Levin wrote after the surprisingly poor nonfarm payroll numbers hit the wire. The markets were surprised by the highest unemployment rate in almost three years, as the rate jumped to 4.3%, up from 4.1% in June. This beat the estimates of all 69 economists that were surveyed by Bloomberg. While 4.3% is still a low number (it’s 6.0% in Germany), the rate of change matters. According to the Sahm Rule, th ...

Andrew Bret Wallis/DigitalVision via Getty Images Picking the right stock to buy is a big responsibility, as it should be, considering that you're essentially putting your hard-earned capital to work for you while you sleep. This is akin to hiring the right employee for the job, especially for long-term investors who'd prefer not to constantly switch in and out of stocks, resulting in high turnover in a portfolio. As such, these are potential questions that one may want to ask themselves about a stock befor ...

Buying real estate is one of the oldest ways of investing, and it has changed along with the evolution of the financial system. Renting out your space looks like a great option if you don’t see it as passive income, because constant visits to check on the condition of the property can turn into a full-time job. Real estate stocks can take the burden of property maintenance off investors’ shoulders and help with diversification, even when the capital is low. 36% of Americans believe that renting out commerci ...