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ATA Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 2% in March

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Multimedia, American Trucking Associations, ATA, Human, Index, Transport, Rail freight transport

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index declined 2% in March after increasing 4% in February. In March, the index equaled 113.4 (2015=100) compared with 115.7 in February.

Key Points: 
  • WASHINGTON, April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index declined 2% in March after increasing 4% in February.
  • "Tonnage in March suggests that truck freight volumes remain lackluster, and it is clear the truck freight recession continued through the first quarter," said ATA Chief Economist Bob Costello.
  • ATA's For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index is dominated by contract freight as opposed to spot market freight.
  • ATA calculates the tonnage index based on surveys from its membership and has been doing so since the 1970s.

G Mining Ventures and Reunion Gold Announce Combination to Set the Stage for a Leading Intermediate Gold Producer in the Americas

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Monday, April 22, 2024
Leg, GMS, LLP, Investment, Par value, Endeavour Mining, Webcast, Transaction, Canada Business Corporations Act, Mining, Dundee Corporation, AISC, RBC Capital Markets, TSX, QC, Gold, Franco-Nevada, TSX Venture Exchange, VWAP, Agreement, Gignac, Eldorado Gold, Multilateral, RGD, Minority, Committee, BMO Capital Markets, Good, Toronto Stock Exchange, Newmont, Acquisition, Subscription business model, Guiana Shield, Index, Growth, Security (finance)

The Transaction sets the stage for the creation of an Americas focused leading intermediate gold producer.

Key Points: 
  • The Transaction sets the stage for the creation of an Americas focused leading intermediate gold producer.
  • Continues GMIN's strategy of building an Americas focused intermediate gold producer through its Buy, Build, Operate Strategy.
  • The acquisition of Oko West is the second step towards our vision of becoming a leading intermediate gold producer, building on the team's success at Tocantinzinho.
  • Strengthens portfolio and positions GMIN to execute on its strategy of building the next intermediate gold producer leading to further re-rate potential and index inclusion.

New Home Prices Show Sensitivity To Mortgage Rates, Reports Zonda

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Friday, April 19, 2024
Sale, Housing, Zonda, Steam, Employment, Divorce, Marriage, Retirement, Pressure, Movement, PSI, QMI, Community, Index, Growth, ZMR

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 19, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Today, the experts at Zonda, the housing industry's foremost advisors, released the New Home Market Update report for March 2024.

Key Points: 
  • That plus investors feeling less enthusiastic about many short-term rate cuts has led to higher mortgage interest rates.
  • "We are in a housing market today where people don't have to move," said Ali Wolf, chief economist for Zonda.
  • In order to add further context to sales, Zonda created the Zonda Market Ranking (ZMR).
  • Supplementing our data with a monthly survey Zonda conducts, 51% of builders reported raising prices in March, unchanged from February.

WHP Global Announces New License with Agilitas Sports for LOTTO in India, Australia, and South Africa

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Friday, April 19, 2024
Investment, Partnership, Development, SVP, Athleisure, Landing slot, Acquisition, Athlete, Football, Sport, Marketing, Index, Rice flour, Sports equipment

NEW YORK, April 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WHP Global announced today a new long-term license for LOTTO® with Agilitas Sports, an innovation-led sportswear and athleisure solutions platform.

Key Points: 
  • NEW YORK, April 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- WHP Global announced today a new long-term license for LOTTO® with Agilitas Sports, an innovation-led sportswear and athleisure solutions platform.
  • Through this license, Agilitas will have the exclusive rights to design, manufacture, promote, and distribute the LOTTO brand in India, Australia, and soon in South Africa.
  • "We are delighted to embark on this journey with Agilitas Sports," said Stanley Silverstein, Chief Commercial Officer at WHP Global.
  • Speaking on the partnership, Abhishek Ganguly, Co-founder & CEO of Agilitas Sports stated: "We are excited to launch our first consumer brand license with Lotto.

dxFeed Introduces the FX Risk Factor Parity Index™ (PARIS): A Tool for Quantifying Currency Risk Factor Exposure

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Thursday, April 18, 2024
Clearing house (finance), Parity, Research, FX, Behavior, Index, Cryptocurrency

In accordance with the latest advancements in relevant academic literature, these risk factors have been strategically selected to capture the essence of currency market dynamics.

Key Points: 
  • In accordance with the latest advancements in relevant academic literature, these risk factors have been strategically selected to capture the essence of currency market dynamics.
  • PARIS is meticulously crafted to ensure optimal exposure and resilience against volatility shocks induced by the three key risk factors.
  • "dxFeed's Quantitative and Index Management Team performed rigorous research and back-testing in the development of the FX Risk Factor Parity Index.
  • The PARIS Index was designed to provide a unique and innovative approach to budgeting a currency basket's risk.

Home Prices Moved Up Another 1.7% to Start the Year

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Research, Appraiser, Economy, Fannie Mae, ESR, Index, Growth, OTCQB, Housing, Real estate

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Single-family home prices increased 7.4 percent from Q1 2023 to Q1 2024, up from the previous quarter's revised annual growth rate of 6.6 percent, according to Fannie Mae's (OTCQB: FNMA) latest Home Price Index (FNM-HPI) reading, a national, repeat-transaction home price index measuring the average, quarterly price change for all single-family properties in the United States, excluding condos. On a quarterly basis, home prices rose a seasonally adjusted 1.7 percent in Q1 2024, essentially the same as the growth in Q4 2023. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, home prices also increased by 1.7 percent in Q1 2024.

Key Points: 
  • On a quarterly basis, home prices rose a seasonally adjusted 1.7 percent in Q1 2024, essentially the same as the growth in Q4 2023.
  • On a non-seasonally adjusted basis, home prices also increased by 1.7 percent in Q1 2024.
  • "Home prices continued to rise in the first quarter as the housing market remained seriously supply constrained," said Doug Duncan, Fannie Mae Senior Vice President and Chief Economist.
  • Mortgage rates have trended upward again of late, but there is support for home prices in strong demographic demand from younger generations.

TradeUP Presents Index Options on Us: Zero Contract Fees and Zero Index Fees for a Limited Time!

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Zero Days, Investment, Google Play, VIX, XSP, SPX, NDX, Option, DJX, CBOE, Index, App Store (iOS/iPadOS), Cryptocurrency

To celebrate this milestone, TradeUP is pleased to offer a limited-time index options on us: zero contract fees and waived index fees promotion, available to all users.

Key Points: 
  • To celebrate this milestone, TradeUP is pleased to offer a limited-time index options on us: zero contract fees and waived index fees promotion, available to all users.
  • Index options, now available on the TradeUP platform, offer investors opportunities for portfolio diversification and strategic market navigation.
  • With TradeUP, investors can trade 9 index options products including SPX (S&P 500 Index Options), SPXW (S&P 500 Index Weekly Options), DJX (Dow Jones Index Options), NDX (NASDAQ 100 Index Options), NDXP (NASDAQ 100 Index Weekly Options), VIX (CBOE Volatility Index Options), VIXW (CBOE Volatility Index Weekly Options), XSP (Mini Standard & Poor's 500 Index Options), and NANOS (NANOS Standard & Poor's 500 Index Options).
  • TradeUP is rolling out a limited-time promotion offering "index options on us: zero commission, zero contract fees, and waived index fees" for all index options trades until July 31, 2024.

Xinhua Silk Road: China Price-Xinhua Coking Coal Price Index optimized to better reflect market performance

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Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Online, Development, Index, CEIS

The optimization of the index is aimed at increasing the scientificity, accuracy, and sensitivity of the index and providing a more accurate price signal reference for the market, enterprises, and government departments.

Key Points: 
  • The optimization of the index is aimed at increasing the scientificity, accuracy, and sensitivity of the index and providing a more accurate price signal reference for the market, enterprises, and government departments.
  • As a national-level coking coal price index, the newly revised index, on the one hand, can reflect medium- and long-term contracts, promoting the stabilization of the coking coal market.
  • On the other hand, the modified index can sensitively reflect market rapid fluctuations, playing a price signal role for the market.
  • During the trial run, the optimized index can effectively reflect market information in a more timely and accurate manner, as its fluctuations remained basically consistent with market price trends, and the bidding index responded to market price changes slightly earlier than its counterparts during certain periods.

DEMAND AT ASIAN FACTORIES RISES AT STRONGEST RATE IN OVER 2 YEARS, IMPROVING NEAR-TERM GROWTH OUTLOOK FOR MANUFACTURING WORLDWIDE: GEP GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN VOLATILITY INDEX

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Friday, April 12, 2024
Safety, Panama Canal, Suez Canal, Transport, Pressure, GEP, Fed, Index, Growth, Oil

Given Asia's importance to global production, this provides a strong indication of future growth for the wider manufacturing economy.

Key Points: 
  • Given Asia's importance to global production, this provides a strong indication of future growth for the wider manufacturing economy.
  • In Europe, the slowest decline in input demand for a year provides evidence of the continent's industrial recession easing.
  • DEMAND: Global demand for raw materials, commodities and components edged closer to its long-term average in March, signaling recovery in the global manufacturing industry.
  • The next release of the GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index will be 8 a.m.

DEMAND AT ASIAN FACTORIES RISES AT STRONGEST RATE IN OVER 2 YEARS, IMPROVING NEAR-TERM GROWTH OUTLOOK FOR MANUFACTURING WORLDWIDE: GEP GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN VOLATILITY INDEX

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Friday, April 12, 2024
Safety, Panama Canal, Suez Canal, Transport, Pressure, GEP, Fed, Index, Growth, Oil

Given Asia's importance to global production, this provides a strong indication of future growth for the wider manufacturing economy.

Key Points: 
  • Given Asia's importance to global production, this provides a strong indication of future growth for the wider manufacturing economy.
  • In Europe, the slowest decline in input demand for a year provides evidence of the continent's industrial recession easing.
  • DEMAND: Global demand for raw materials, commodities and components edged closer to its long-term average in March, signaling recovery in the global manufacturing industry.
  • The next release of the GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index will be 8 a.m.