Author: Money Mechanics

Dyadic International, Inc. Q4 2025 Earnings Call Summary – Moby Shifted corporate strategy from a development-stage platform to a commercial, product-driven model focused on life sciences, food, and bioindustrial markets. Completed a corporate rebranding to Dyadic Applied Biosolutions to align the organization with its new commercialization and product-launch objectives. Leveraged the DAPIBUS and C1 platforms to produce animal-free recombinant proteins, addressing market shifts away from traditional animal-derived inputs. Established a capital-efficient commercial model utilizing profit-sharing arrangements and OEM distribution to minimize infrastructure investment while maximizing market reach. Advanced the Life Sciences portfolio as the most mature segment, targeting high-growth areas…

Markets rallied on Monday following comments from President Donald Trump. Investors hope the worst of the impact of the war with Iran is over. Which S&P 500 stocks on discount should you focus on in case of a sustained rebound? The fell to 6,472.52 last Friday, its lowest level since late August 2025. It then started the new week with a strong bounce, rising 1.15% on Monday after positive comments from President Donald Trump about the Iran situation. Over the weekend, Trump had worried markets by warning Iran. But on Monday, he said he had productive talks with Iran, which…

Housing demand was fine before the war! Housing demand was running very smoothly this year, having its best start in years, even with the snow events. We saw multi-year highs in purchase apps and in our weekly pending home sales.Purchase application data has been positive year over year for every week this year, but last week we saw a hit in demand: week-to-week data declined 5%, and year-over-year growth slowed from 12% to 5%. Our weekly pending sales data, which will be updated over the weekend in the Housing Market Tracker, was coasting with growth for a long time once…

Thank you to Brookings for the invitation to speak to you this evening. Before we sit down, I thought I might offer some context for our conversation by outlining my views on the outlook for the U.S. economy and the implications for monetary policy.1 I will also touch briefly on regulatory matters. As you know, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) met last week and chose to maintain the current setting of monetary policy—a decision I supported. The U.S. economy has thus far remained resilient, despite having experienced a series of shocks over the past year. But these shocks have…

Brent crude (BRN00) is trading at $108.50 per barrel Thursday, up 6.19% on the session. West Texas Intermediate (CL00) sits at $95.04, up 5.23%. has surged 7.87% to $4.321. Gasoline futures are up 4.21% to $3.139. WTI Midland is at $97.70, up 4.81%. Murban Crude — the Abu Dhabi benchmark — is at $109.30, up 3.77%. is at $3.002, up 1.69%. The OPEC Basket is at $117. One month ago, Brent was trading at $71.28. One year ago it was $73.89. Thursday’s price of $108.50 represents a 48.49% surge in 30 days and a 43.25% gain year-over-year. To find a…

In its recently published whitepaper, Cohen & Company Asset Management, the fixed income financial services investment specialist, explained that due to advances within structuring, analytics, and governance, combined with growing investor familiarity, the firm believes that casualty represents “the next evolution of ILS exposure.”Casualty ILS remains a relatively new and developing part of the ILS market. While the broader ILS market emerged in the mid-90s, the application of these structures to long tail casualty risks, has only recently begun to accelerate. “Historically, most ILS capital has supported insurers’ property coverage, particularly policies in regions exposed to catastrophic risk such as…

ZDNET’s key takeaways The LuminAid solar camping lantern is available now for $25.It’s the perfect lantern for emergencies with a very long runtime and chargeable with a solar panel or USB.The lantern could blow away if not properly secured outdoors. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.One mistake I see a lot of people make with their portable power stations is hooking up mains-powered lights, like a desk or floor lamp. Despite the fact that your lamp might make use of a low-energy LED lightbulb (and it should, because those old incandescent bulbs are terribly wasteful), using the AC…

(Image credit: Getty Images)Over the past month or so, price action in the stock market has followed a familiar pattern of oil prices up, indexes down, and vice versa. Thursday’s trading was no different, as few signs of concrete progress toward peace in the Middle East sent crude futures higher and stocks lower.President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social account earlier today that Iran is “begging” the U.S. to “make a deal,” and warned that “they better get serious soon.”This follows media reports from Wednesday that indicated the U.S. had sent Iran a 15-point peace plan. While Iran is…

Please enable JavaScript if it is disabled in your browser or access the information through the links provided below. March 26, 2026 Federal Reserve Board announces it has made the joint findings with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency required for the OCC to approve a request by Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., for an exemption under section 23A of the Federal Reserve Act For release at 5:00 p.m. EDT The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced it has made the joint findings with the Office of the Comptroller of the…

Gold IRAs apply the tax advantages of traditional and Roth IRAs to your long-term precious metal holdings. These rules can work for or against you, depending on your financial situation and objectives. Gold IRAs follow the general IRA framework, which provides tax-deferred investment growth plus pretax contributions or tax-free withdrawals. As shown below, the timing of the tax perks depends on the type of gold IRA you own. Account type Tax-deferred growth Pretax contributions Withdrawals Traditional gold IRA Yes Yes Taxed as ordinary income Roth gold IRA Yes No Tax-free SEP gold IRA, for entrepreneurs and the self-employed Yes Yes…