Municipal companies and utilities could also stand to profit from water futures, the CME argues. In California where water is scarce, water prices often soar overnight because of wildfires or droughts.
Costs for the next six months can be estimated only roughly, as Nasdaq Senior Manager Patrick Wolf told Bloomberg. He's in charge of the futures in California, the United States' largest water market.
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7/15/19
The Netherlands: Female Executives: Dutch group of investors only to invest in companies with female executives - by Mina Solanki
That’s right, an important group of Dutch investors has decided to only
invest in companies where at least 35 percent of executives are female.
The goal for achieving this is set at three years.
There are 25 investors involved in this initiative, and together, they manage around 1,1 billion euros. That is a quarter of the total assets managed by Dutch venture investors. The plan to introduce a quota came about after research into the funding of female-run start-ups, by the investors Eva Mol and Janneke Niessen, revealed that investors almost exclusively funded start-ups run by men. In fact, only 1,6 percent of the businesses invested in was under the direction of a woman.
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There are 25 investors involved in this initiative, and together, they manage around 1,1 billion euros. That is a quarter of the total assets managed by Dutch venture investors. The plan to introduce a quota came about after research into the funding of female-run start-ups, by the investors Eva Mol and Janneke Niessen, revealed that investors almost exclusively funded start-ups run by men. In fact, only 1,6 percent of the businesses invested in was under the direction of a woman.
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3/27/19
EU : Berlin - Germany - the "new Technology frontier" - a European Silicon valley replacement ?
Note EU-Digest: Investors seems to have lost their interest in Silicon valley and looking elsewhere, including the EU and in the US to put their money.
Last month roughly a dozen venture capitalists went on a three-day bus trip
through the Midwest, with stops in Youngstown and Akron, Ohio; Detroit
and Flint, Mich.; and South Bend, Ind. The trip, which took place on a
luxury bus outfitted with a supply of vegan doughnuts and coal-infused
kombucha, was known as the “Comeback Cities Tour.”
It
was pitched as a kind of Rust Belt safari — a chance for Silicon Valley
investors to meet local officials and look for promising start-ups in
overlooked areas of the country.
10/18/18
EU: Banks and investors using tax schemes and other tricks to defraud Governments of Billions of EURO's
Banks and investors using tax schemes to drain up to €55 billion from Europe's treasuries Two closely-related tax schemes have helped banks and investors avoid tax or even siphon cash directly out of European treasuries totalling billions more than previously thought, an investigation by 19 media revealed Thursday.
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11/17/17
US Stock Market: Investors flee junk bonds in troubling signal for stock market - Jeff Cox
udging from the flow of money out of high-yield bonds, investors are
getting increasingly leery of a market that continues to hover around
record levels, despite a handful of rough trading sessions in November
and a rocky start Friday.
Funds that track junk bonds saw $6.8 billion of outflows over the past week through Wednesday, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. That's the third-highest on record.
The sector is considered a key proxy for the stock market, with performance that has followed almost a perfect correlation with the S&P 500 in terms of direction. Bonds are normally thought as a safe-haven trade that benefits when stocks weaken, but high-yield represents a risk similar to equities.
The correlation in 2017 has varied: September was the high for the year at 76 percent, while June was just 42.4 percent, according to DataTrek Research. (100 percent would mean the assets move exactly in tandem.)
Read more: Investors flee junk bonds in troubling signal for stock market
Funds that track junk bonds saw $6.8 billion of outflows over the past week through Wednesday, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. That's the third-highest on record.
The sector is considered a key proxy for the stock market, with performance that has followed almost a perfect correlation with the S&P 500 in terms of direction. Bonds are normally thought as a safe-haven trade that benefits when stocks weaken, but high-yield represents a risk similar to equities.
The correlation in 2017 has varied: September was the high for the year at 76 percent, while June was just 42.4 percent, according to DataTrek Research. (100 percent would mean the assets move exactly in tandem.)
Read more: Investors flee junk bonds in troubling signal for stock market
1/13/16
Wall Street: forget about market corrections - the party is over - "this is a meltdown for Wall Street folks"
The Dow implosion continues -364.81 / -2.21%today Wednesday January.Year to end a -7.31% drop. Wall Street might have been able to fool some people, but they can't fool investors all the time.
The party is over folks, at least for the time being, and nothing seems to be on the horizon to be a cause for optimism.
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4/27/14
EU Stock Markets: Investor Activism in Europe Attracts U.S. Advisers - by Shayndi Raici
U.S. law firms, crisis-communication shops
and Wall Street banks are betting that American-style investor activism
is about to spread into Europe.
Read more: Investor Activism in Europe Attracts U.S. Advisers - WSJ.com
A
variety of U.S. advisory firms are opening investor-activism practices
in London to capitalize on what they expect will be the growth of public
campaigns targeting European companies.
Many
observers think Europe is ripe for U.S.-style activism, where investors
often engage in public proxy battles to see their aims met. In Europe,
by contrast, with its more shareholder-friendly laws, activists rarely
take their gripes public, but rather try to work privately with
management to achieve their goals.
Like
in the U.S., European companies have been hoarding cash, making them
juicy targets for activists that often push cash-rich companies to pay
dividends or buy back shares.
Read more: Investor Activism in Europe Attracts U.S. Advisers - WSJ.com
9/19/13
Alternative Energy: US Pellet company in Maine selling 'heat' wood pellets seeks Investors : by Tux Turkel
A startup company in Orono is trying to convince mid-size businesses and institutions in New England that they can save money by converting from heating oil to wood pellets without buying any fuel or equipment.
The concept is intriguing, but some observers in the pellet-fuel industry say Pelletco LLC faces challenges to perform on a large scale over time.
High and volatile oil prices have commercial users looking for alternatives. The next year or so will help show whether selling just heat, rather than fuel and equipment, is a viable option in Maine.
Pelletco brings a wood-pellet boiler and a storage building, called a HeatPod, to a client's business, sets it up outdoors and connects it to the heating system. Pelletco operates and maintains the unit. The client pays only for heat, buying BTUs at a price that's nearly 20 percent below the cost of oil. Pelletco says it has 11 HeatPods installed.
The 3-year-old company has an ambitious growth plan. Financial material obtained by the Portland Press Herald shows that Pelletco, which expects to lose $366,125 this year, is seeking investors to transform it into a break-even energy-services provider with $3.5 million in earnings. That would require hooking up about 80 new customers by 2016, the company acknowledges.
The company has the support of a key lender for renewable energy that sees enough potential in the plan to provide seed capital; but its business plan has drawn a cautious response from more established members of the state's pellet-fuels industry.
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The concept is intriguing, but some observers in the pellet-fuel industry say Pelletco LLC faces challenges to perform on a large scale over time.
High and volatile oil prices have commercial users looking for alternatives. The next year or so will help show whether selling just heat, rather than fuel and equipment, is a viable option in Maine.
Pelletco brings a wood-pellet boiler and a storage building, called a HeatPod, to a client's business, sets it up outdoors and connects it to the heating system. Pelletco operates and maintains the unit. The client pays only for heat, buying BTUs at a price that's nearly 20 percent below the cost of oil. Pelletco says it has 11 HeatPods installed.
The 3-year-old company has an ambitious growth plan. Financial material obtained by the Portland Press Herald shows that Pelletco, which expects to lose $366,125 this year, is seeking investors to transform it into a break-even energy-services provider with $3.5 million in earnings. That would require hooking up about 80 new customers by 2016, the company acknowledges.
The company has the support of a key lender for renewable energy that sees enough potential in the plan to provide seed capital; but its business plan has drawn a cautious response from more established members of the state's pellet-fuels industry.
For the complete report
7/4/13
The Netherlands: ‘Government seeks aid from investors’
“The Dutch government has called on pension funds, insurers and banks to help relaunch the economy which is still not moving,” reveals De Volkskrant.
The Dutch daily reports that in camera discussions with financial institutions, whose combined capital amounts to €900bn, began last year. To date, there have been four round tables on mortgages, SMEs, the health system and the construction and infrastructure sector.
According to the newespaper, an important point in the discussions was the definition of the type of guarantee that the state could provide in exchange for the loans it is seeking. Faced with continued recession, the Netherlands needs an additional €6bn to complete its budget for 2014.
The Dutch daily reports that in camera discussions with financial institutions, whose combined capital amounts to €900bn, began last year. To date, there have been four round tables on mortgages, SMEs, the health system and the construction and infrastructure sector.
According to the newespaper, an important point in the discussions was the definition of the type of guarantee that the state could provide in exchange for the loans it is seeking. Faced with continued recession, the Netherlands needs an additional €6bn to complete its budget for 2014.
Read more: The Netherlands: ‘Government seeks aid from investors’ | Presseurop.eu: European news, cartoons and press reviews
4/6/11
Stock Market: When Worlds Collide Rick Rule says," don't panic"
Returning to cyberspace for one of his popular webcasts last week, Rick Rule, founder of Global Resource Investments, warned of extreme volatility ahead, in the broad economy generally and in the natural resource market in particular. Girding for the violent roller-coaster ride he foresees calls for both emotional fortitude and financial preparation, he says, suggesting that investors make up their minds now to stay on the sidelines if they don't have the stomach and the cash to climb aboard.
"The bottom line is that your own financial and psychological preparedness for dealing with volatility will determine whether you come out of the next year or two substantially better off-or substantially worse," Rick says. "It's your responsibility to determine your response and hence your own financial future."
On the psychological side, as he has pointed out in the past, Rick believes that the nature of profiting from volatility lies in being "on the other side of the trade."
And as he says, count on "incredible turbulence and incredible variability" as the commodities supercycle, fed by the developing nations, comes up against the secular bull market enveloping the Western economies. "Both the risks and the rewards will come much more frequently and with much more urgency," he predicts. "This market will give you extraordinary opportunities to either make or lose money. Your response will determine whether the next two years are extremely pleasant or unpleasant for you." It could turn out otherwise, he says, but he hopes that in 10 to 15 years "we can look back on this as an exhilarating and profitable experience."
"In the context of the Chinese curse," Rick concludes, "these are very interesting times, times that will favor the prepared and the bold, and be catastrophic for those who are neither prepared nor bold."
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"The bottom line is that your own financial and psychological preparedness for dealing with volatility will determine whether you come out of the next year or two substantially better off-or substantially worse," Rick says. "It's your responsibility to determine your response and hence your own financial future."
On the psychological side, as he has pointed out in the past, Rick believes that the nature of profiting from volatility lies in being "on the other side of the trade."
And as he says, count on "incredible turbulence and incredible variability" as the commodities supercycle, fed by the developing nations, comes up against the secular bull market enveloping the Western economies. "Both the risks and the rewards will come much more frequently and with much more urgency," he predicts. "This market will give you extraordinary opportunities to either make or lose money. Your response will determine whether the next two years are extremely pleasant or unpleasant for you." It could turn out otherwise, he says, but he hopes that in 10 to 15 years "we can look back on this as an exhilarating and profitable experience."
"In the context of the Chinese curse," Rick concludes, "these are very interesting times, times that will favor the prepared and the bold, and be catastrophic for those who are neither prepared nor bold."
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