Leverage plays a key role in driving performance across the mid-cap growth universe
What are the implications and potential opportunities for Ivy Mid Cap Growth Fund now that interest rates are rising?
UPS explores a new delivery service
United Parcel Services (UPS), the world’s largest package deliverer, is in talks with at least one U.S. trucking firm to launch an in-home delivery service for large, heavy goods like couches and treadmills, according to Reuters.
Leverage plays a key role in driving performance across the mid-cap growth universe
The extended period of low interest rates often meant companies could gain an advantage by refinancing balance-sheet debt at low cost. As a result, leverage became an important variable in driving the performance of stocks across the mid-cap growth universe. What are the implications and potential opportunities for Ivy Mid Cap Growth Fund now that interest rates are rising?
Q2 Outlook:
Turbulence, trade fears in focus as we look ahead
The Ivy Investments team discusses whether market turbulence and trade tensions could stunt the economic cycle.
Technology fuels growing demand for cobalt
Cobalt is rapidly rising in price and could face possible shortages in the future, reports CNBC. Why? The once little-known element is a key ingredient in lithium-ion batteries, which are in high demand because of their use in a wide array of technological devices, including mobile phones and electrified vehicles.
China’s “intelligent highway”
The road to China’s autonomous-driving future is paved with solar panels, mapping sensors and electric-battery rechargers, according to Bloomberg.
Movie attendance slumps in U.S., Canada but strong overseas
An April 4 report from the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) reports that worldwide box-office revenue grew 5% to $40.6 billion in 2017, even as movie-going slumped in the U.S. and Canada, according to Bloomberg.