The next financial advantage may be in infrastructure control

The next financial advantage may be in infrastructure control

For decades, the dominant question in capital markets was who could trade faster, price better, and access liquidity more efficiently than others. High-frequency trading companies spent billions on reducing latency to microseconds. Investment banks built global distribution networks. The exchanges competed on volume and order flow. That question is starting to matter less. Quieter competition…

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Intuit Earnings Test Morgan Stanley Stock Forecast

Intuit Earnings Test Morgan Stanley Stock Forecast

Intuit’s latest earnings report gave investors new evidence of the bullish case Morgan Stanley made ahead of the company’s fiscal third-quarter results, while leaving some of Wall Street’s biggest concerns around TurboTax and artificial intelligence unresolved. The company reported tax third quarter revenue of $8.56 billion, up 10% from a year ago, while GAAP diluted…

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World Urban Forum endorses ‘Baku Call to Action’ on global housing crisis

World Urban Forum endorses ‘Baku Call to Action’ on global housing crisis

He Baku call to actionMade up of voices from 176 countries, it establishes a shared path forward, which includes: Rethink housing as a systemlinking housing to land, infrastructure, transportation, services and economic opportunities rather than treating construction in isolation. Facing interconnected pressures – from rising costs and land speculation to displacement, weak governance and climate…

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