Economic Outlook

The Countries with the Most Monstrous Corporate Debt

Posted by Wolf Richter

on Monday, 25 March 2019 10:16

US corporate debt, excluding debt by banks – so “nonfinancial” corporate debt – has surged in recent years by all measures and to such an extent that it was featured prominently in the Fed’s Financial Stability Report, in terms of what might trigger the next financial crisis. The Fed is counting total nonfinancial business debts, which include the debts of businesses that are not incorporated. It found about $17 trillion…Click here for full article.

MedMen Receives $250M Investment From Gotham Green Partners

Posted by Alex Oleinic

on Friday, 22 March 2019 12:34

Medmen Enterprises Inc MMNFF 4.41% remains an attractive company to institutional investors. On Friday, the company signed an agreement for a convertible credit facility of up to $250 million from Gotham Green Partners.

MedMen’s subsidiary, MM CAN USA, Inc. will issue convertible senior secured notes totaling up to $250 million on a private placement basis. The notes will be issued in three tranches. The initial tranche will total $100 million, while the other two will be equally split into $75 million each and will be issuable at the option of MedMen, subject to…Click here for full article.

How Investor Behavior Affects Your Long-Term Returns

Posted by Andrew Ruhland

on Friday, 22 March 2019 12:23

Will AMAZON be in every room of your house?

Posted by Trend Disruptors by Trend Letter

on Thursday, 21 March 2019 11:04

There are many companies working diligently on interesting Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects, ranging from medical imaging to autonomous vehicles and advanced robotics. We see AI as being a disruptive technology that will have long term and far reaching impacts, and the changes envisioned will be evolutionary rather than revolutionary.  Machine learning is an iterative process, and each iteration takes time, as well as careful monitoring and tweaking by software engineers.  Often these advances spawn ethical and moral questions…Click here for full article.

Wheaton Precious Metals exceeds 2018 production guidance, declares dividend

Posted by MINING.com Editor

on Wednesday, 20 March 2019 14:37

Wheaton Precious Metals, (TSE: WPM) one of the largest precious metals streaming companies in the world, announced record gold production and sales in 2018 and declared a $0.09 per share first quarter dividend for 2019 on Wednesday.

In the fourth quarter of 2018, Wheaton generated almost $110 million in operating cash flow, bringing total operating cash flow for the year to over…Click here for full article.