About This EventThe Council of Institutional Investors staff, board of directors and local member representatives visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square, to commemorate CII’s 40th anniversary, honoring CII’s achievements as the Voice of Corporate Governance.

The global financial system has reached unprecedented levels of complexity, but banks now have better tools available to tackle these challenges head-on. A new report released today, January 22, from Nasdaq and Boston Consulting Group (BCG),

The semiconductor industry is experiencing rapid growth, driven by an increase in demand due to rapid technological advancements. This surge in demand presents a significant opportunity for investors,

For the full fiscal 2024, its adjusted EPS is expected to surge by a notable 184.8% year-over-year to $4.13. While in fiscal 2025, its earnings are expected to increase 27.6% year-over-year to $5.27 per share.

Sana is a gene and cell therapy clinical-stage biotech firm and a penny stock that has fallen by 48.5% in the year leading to January 17, 2025. What may set this company apart from a host of similar penny stock biotechs, however, is its investigational allogeneic cell therapy being studied in type 1 diabetes.

According to Nasdaq’s data, the U.S. saw 179 non-SPAC IPOs in 2024 – the most since 2021, and a 40% increase over 2023 (127). By value raised (ex SPACs), it was an even better year, with value raised increasing over 50% from 2023 to $30 billion – also the most since 2021.

At issue is the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which was a hallmark of Trump’s first term. Abbreviated TCJA, the law made sweeping changes to the U.S. tax code that slashed the average person’s income taxes by about $1,600 in 2018 (but benefited wealthy households the most).

The technical outlook is favorable for traders. AMD stock is trading at a discount to its 50-day moving average and is close to its 52-week low. Plus, the Relative Strength Indicator (RSI) is around 40, which puts the stock near the oversold range.

Nasdaq’s latest report measures the cost of complexity across the financial system and provides new and fresh perspectives on how institutions can adapt to the exponential growth of complexity while minimizing internal complicatedness and friction.

2024 was an incredible year for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as an investment vehicle, with investors funneling a record-breaking $1.1 trillion in new assets into these funds. With new ETFs launching all the time, investors now have more than 12,000 different options from which to choose.

If you're investing in renewable energy stocks, you’ll want to find the sweet spot. You don’t want to keep investing in ideas whose time has come or may never come. At the same time, investing in promising future technologies like nuclear energy may expose investors to more volatility than they’re comfortable taking on.

Stock buybacks often drive up share prices. By reducing the supply of shares in the market, buybacks can create upward pressure on stock prices, benefiting shareholders who see an increase in the value of their investments. This effect is particularly pronounced when buybacks occur during periods of undervaluation.