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Associated Press
8 hours ago
- Business
- Associated Press
CSRHub Data Featured in 2025 Site Selection Sustainability Rankings
As previously seen on the CSRHub blog. We're proud to share that CSRHub's ESG ranking data has once again been featured in Site Selection magazine's annual rankings of the world's most sustainability-driven regions. The 2025 edition, titled 'The Greenest Locations in the World,' highlights global leaders—countries, U.S. states, and metropolitan areas—shaping a sustainable economy through innovation, infrastructure, and social responsibility. CSRHub contributed ESG performance data to a composite index evaluating key sustainability indicators across regions. These included: A Data-Driven Lens on Corporate Responsibility CSRHub's contribution focused on comparing the average perceived ESG performance of two sets of companies: This approach revealed meaningful trends about which areas are attracting sustainability-conscious organizations—and where gaps remain. For example: U.S. Rankings Spotlight In the U.S., Texas, California, and Colorado topped the state-level rankings for green development and ESG-readiness. Metro areas such as Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Denver led the list of top sustainable cities. The analysis also considered regional dynamics—such as foreign companies locating in low-ESG-score regions (e.g., Greece, Saudi Arabia, Egypt) that are aiming to boost sustainability through outside investment. Why It Matters Studies like this help: By incorporating CSRHub's consensus ESG data, Site Selection offers a powerful benchmark for using sustainability as a core driver in corporate expansion and location strategy. About CSRHub CSRHub offers the most comprehensive global set of expert consensus sustainability ratings, information, and tools. Clients use CSRHub's decisive data platform for global benchmarking, supply and value chain risk assessment and compliance readiness solutions. Founded in 2007, CSRHub covers nearly 60,000 public and private companies, and provides ESG performance scores on 42,000 companies from 134 industries in 158 countries. Our Big Data platform uses algorithms to aggregate, normalize and weight ESG metrics from 1,000 sources to produce a strong consensus signal on corporate sustainability performance. Interested in learning more about CSRHub? Visit 3BL Media to see more multimedia and stories from CSRHub
CNBC
5 days ago
- Business
- CNBC
Best Stocks: A unique financial stock riding the options boom with a chart sent from heaven
(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — In 1973, The Chicago Board of Trade launched a subsidiary that would allow traders to place bets on a new standardized contract based on stock prices. These contracts, similar to but separate from the CBOT's bread-and-butter commodity futures products, were called options. They carved out a single trading pit on the floor for these stock option contracts and standardized how they worked. At first, there were options on just sixteen publicly traded companies, like IBM. In due time, more were added. Stocks were extraordinarily volatile in the mid-1970s with back-to-back bear markets and lots of opportunities for both speculation and protecting portfolios. The business was a hit. When the early 1980's bull market got underway, this "Chicago Board Options Exchange" or CBOE (usually pronounced as C-Bow) grew into a hive of trader activity. In 1983, the first contract on a stock market index came along when the CBOE unveiled its S & P 100 options offering. If you've ever seen the ticker "OEX" cross the bottom of your CNBC screen, that's the one. Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) is now one of the best financial services businesses in the world and this week it made the Best Stocks in the Market list. Ever since the next generation of retail traders came along during the pandemic, it's been a bull run for options trading. In its July 3, 2025 report, Cboe said that June 2025 trading volume hit a new all-time record. They reported the highest ever quarterly average daily volume for S & P 500 options at 3.7 million contracts, and zero‑day-to‑expiry (0DTE) options at 2.1 million contracts. Zero days to expiration trading — which we refer to as 0DTE — continues to boom. Did you know that over 60% of S & P 500 option trades are 0DTE? It's wild given how new this type of contract is. Retail traders are estimated to be responsible for over half of this activity. Sean's going to give you the set-up on Cboe stock, which has been moving in a tightly wound, neat little uptrend all summer long. I'll be back at the end with a risk management comment. Best Stock Spotlight: Cboe Global Markets Inc (CBOE) On the list since: 7/22/2025 Sean — Cboe Global Markets (CBOE) made it onto the list this week. When I pulled up the chart, I knew I had to show Josh right away. The stock's lack of volatility is remarkable as you can see in the logarithmic chart since inception. The lack of volatility has given the stock a beta of 0.43 compared to the overall market's beta of 1.0, which means CBOE has about half the volatility of the S & P 500. For obvious reasons, this makes for an attractive risk-reward and many portfolio managers love building allocations with stocks like these. Despite its lack of volatility, CBOE has been anything but quiet. The stock has massively outperformed the S & P 500 since coming public 15 years ago, returning a cumulative 854% (inclusive of dividends) since inception vs. a 647% total return for the S & P 500, or 16% annualized vs 14% for the S & P 500. (data via YCharts). Ever since the trading boom of 2020, CBOE's fundamental outlook has been stellar. The increase in trading activity has led to an increase in the need for exchange-traded products as well as the underlying data tied to those products. S & P 500 options trading volume has been growing 8% a year over the last five years, while VIX options volume has been growing at a 15% annual clip. In addition to the increased popularity of its trading products, CBOE is also in the midst of adding more recurring, higher-quality subscription products so they can become less reliant on transaction volume over time. Cboe's non-transaction revenue business includes Data and Access Solutions (DnA), providing data, infrastructure, and global market access to its customers. The exchange's infrastructure and proprietary market data are getting leveraged into recurring revenue streams through subscription-based services. Unlike transaction-based revenues that fluctuate with market volatility, their DnA business provides steady, predictable income that complements the trading business. Said otherwise, the firm is leveraging higher-quality revenue. You can expect the market to award this improvement in "earnings quality" with a higher multiple. From 2020 through their last reported quarter, CBOE has grown revenues 5%, operating income 13%, and diluted EPS 14% on an annualized basis. CBOE is due to report next week on Friday, August 1st. Analysts expect Revenue of $575M up 12% year-over-year and EPS of $2.43, up 13% year-over-year. (Data via Quartr) Risk Management: Josh: If this were heaven, and not earth, this is what every stock chart would look like and we would just buy them all. You can see below how perfectly the buyers came in to save this name from a 200-day trend break during the market volatility in April. Investors in this name know that volatility is actually a good thing if you're the largest options exchange and clearing operation in the world. Earnings next week could produce a blip, which I would most likely ignore so long as the company does the number and guides up. For shorter-term traders, I'd use 220 as a pivot point. It retested that level in mid-June and bounced off it clean. If it gets below, there might be better set-ups elsewhere. Investors should obey the rising 200-day and check back every Friday close. DISCLOSURES: (None) All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another ABOVE CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY . THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSITUTE FINANCIAL, INVESTMENT, TAX OR LEGAL ADVICE OR A RECOMMENDATION TO BUY ANY SECURITY OR OTHER FINANCIAL ASSET. THE CONTENT IS GENERAL IN NATURE AND DOES NOT REFLECT ANY INDIVIDUAL'S UNIQUE PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. THE ABOVE CONTENT MIGHT NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES. BEFORE MAKING ANY FINANCIAL DECISIONS, YOU SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER SEEKING ADVICE FROM YOUR OWN FINANCIAL OR INVESTMENT ADVISOR. INVESTING INVOLVES RISK. EXAMPLES OF ANALYSIS CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE ARE ONLY EXAMPLES. THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS EXPRESSED ARE THOSE OF THE CONTRIBUTORS AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE OFFICIAL POLICY OR POSITION OF RITHOLTZ WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC. JOSH BROWN IS THE CEO OF RITHOLTZ WEALTH MANAGEMENT AND MAY MAINTAIN A SECURITY POSITION IN THE SECURITIES DISCUSSED. ASSUMPTIONS MADE WITHIN THE ANALYSIS ARE NOT REFLECTIVE OF THE POSITION OF RITHOLTZ WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC" TO THE END OF OR OUR DISCLOSURE. Click here for the full disclaimer.
Time of India
19-07-2025
- General
- Time of India
41st anniversary of The Times of India, Bengaluru: From expansive spaces in colonial compounds to finding space in apartment corners, city's ornamental gardens have changed over time
When Priya Mascarenhas relocated to Bengaluru as a newlywed nearly five decades ago, every house, big or small, had a garden. She distinctly recalls how roses blooming in the neighbourhood would leave her spellbound during her strolls. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now 'My mother-in-law kept a lovely rose garden surrounded by a lot of flowering plants, bushes, and shrubs. For my birthday celebration, my husband surprised me with a bouquet of 200 red roses,' reminisces Priya, who has received accolades for her ornamental gardening. Back then, the city had gardeners trained by the British. 'They were very good with their hands and did a good job with the manuring and pruning,' said Priya. Priya's 150-year-old home in Richards Town now features a splendid ornamental garden spread across half an acre, offering an extensive array of heliconias, vines, water plants, roses, and shrubs, while Buddha statues add a zen vibe to the space. She particularly enjoys growing ornamental plants, with lantanas, monstera and verbenas being her most cherished varieties. An avid gardener, Priya would get plants from all over Europe and South America while setting up her garden. 'Now we have better plants available in Bengaluru,' she said. For instance, she could easily arrange fresh Dutch roses to commemorate her husband's death anniversary recently. Bengaluru's tradition of home gardens dates to the 17th century. Those gardens represented a unique fusion of British and Indian gardening practices, featuring diverse indigenous species alongside decorative foreign plants. Over the past four decades, the ornamental gardening scene has undergone a substantial transformation. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Driven by the increasing number of plant nurseries and skilled landscape architects, the city marks a striking departure from the colonial-era British garden designs and now boasts meticulously maintained ornamental gardens that meet international benchmarks. 'There has also been a shift over time to more variegated plants. Those with pretty leaves, but no flowers, are much in demand these days. Unlike seasonal flowering plants, they look good all year, though they don't support other biodiversity such as birds and butterflies in the same way,' said Harini Nagendra, author of Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present and Future. Most of those trimmed hedge plants are also recent additions to Bengaluru's ornamental garden scene, added Harini, who is also the director of the School of Climate Change and Sustainability at Azim Premji University. Amid the rise of multi-storey residential buildings with limited garden spaces, many are choosing to have ornamental plants, notes Radhika Srinivasan, a Bengaluru-based interior design consultant. A wide variety of plants, including Queen Victoria Agave, Petunia, Star Cactus, Tangled Heart Plant, String of Pearls and Mother-in-Law's Tongue (commonly known as Snake Plant), enhance the beauty of Bengaluru's home gardens, complemented by well-manicured lawns and stone-lined pathways. 'In the aftermath of the Covid pandemic, people have developed heightened awareness about their surroundings. Indoor and outdoor ornamental plants enhance the aesthetic appeal of residential spaces significantly,' said Radhika. Kunal Dammala, a 34-year-old software engineer at Infosys, fell in love with roses as they are easy to grow and don't require much sunlight. Kunal grows 60 varieties of roses on his 400-sq-ft terrace. 'Ornamental plants, in general, are excellent for landscaping as well,' stated Kunal, a huge fan of the foliage and flowering plants at the Kempegowda International Airport, Terminal 2. Interestingly, Harini points out that even as ornamental spaces have incorporated exotic plants, native herbs thrive in home gardens across the city. A growing trend involves setting up ready-made ornamental gardens. 'Grown-up plants that are 15-20 feet high are brought in and replanted in home gardens,' says Priya. Anyone can maintain a flourishing decorative garden, including individuals who lack gardening experience or have limited time for plant care. Online platforms such as UrbanMali provide access to expert gardening services, including setting up new gardens, upkeep, and renovation of existing ones. Individuals also frequently engage gardeners to handle essential tasks. Some, like Priya, however, prefer to do most of these tasks by themselves. When scientists join hands Bhuvana Sharma, a lead scientist at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms Indigenisation of Diagnostics programme (CCAMP InDx), has been associated with Gandhi Krishi Vigyana Kendra (GKVK) in Hebbal for the last five years. She has done extensive studies on ornamental and indoor plants. Her research interests include developing superior quality ornamental plant seeds. 'Popular varieties include chrysanthemum, mosquitorepellent aloe vera, and various Vastu plants,' she says. GKVK maintains a seed outlet where the public can purchase quality-verified seeds, including ornamental varieties. The seed project department conducts thorough quality verification, testing germination rates and protein content. 'We are also exploring the possibility of using ornamental plants for rangoli and fabric dyeing,' says Bhuvana. There is a significant demand for Indian ornamental plant resources internationally and GKVK supplies seeds to many countries, including Dubai, Sweden, Japan, and Australia. Discussions are under way regarding a potential collaboration with Maastricht University in the Netherlands, Bhuvana told TOI. Harini advocates planting trees in urban public spaces rather than creating ornamental gardens and prefers trees that require less water, making them a more environmentally sustainable choice for city landscapes. 'Ornamental gardens require significant quantities of water. Scarce groundwater, often delivered through water tankers, are used to water them. Additionally, pesticides are widely used in ornamental gardens, making them environmentally unsustainable,' Harini explained. Home gardeners, however, are increasingly opting for organic manure and insecticides. Many use harvested rainwater to nurture their plants. Odette Katrak, an environmentalist and passionate gardener, follows sustainable gardening practices. 'I've six mini gardens. I water my plants with recycled water used for washing vegetables, fruit, pulses and rice. The gardens thrive on homemade compost, while I protect the plants using a natural pesticide solution prepared by mixing crushed garlic and chilli with water,' she opined. Odette, who lives in an apartment, delights in the fragrance of her blooms while experiencing a connection with the natural world.
Euronews
18-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Euronews
Snoop Dogg becomes co-owner of Swansea football club
From music maestro to Olympic sports presenter to co-owning a football club - there seems to be no limit to Snoop Dogg's business and marketing talents. The legendary US rap star has bought a minority share in the Welsh club which now plays in the Championship, England's second division. 'My love of football is well known, but it feels special to me that I make my move into club ownership with Swansea City,' the hip-hop and entertainment icon said in the announcement. 'The story of the club and the area really struck a chord with me,' he added. 'This is a proud, working class city and club. An underdog that bites back, just like me.' A post shared by Swansea City AFC (@swansofficial) Rumble in the Mumbles The former Premier League club hasn't shared financial details of the deal which comes just months after former Real Madrid star Luka Modrić joined the ownership group. Swansea said Modrić, who recently signed to play for AC Milan, would have 'a key role in helping the club garner global attention and progress both on and off the pitch.' Snoop Dogg, who has more than 88 million Instagram followers, helped launch the team's 2025-26 home shirt last weekend. The club ownership group added: 'To borrow a phrase from Snoop's back catalogue, this announcement is the next episode for Swansea City as we seek to create new opportunities to boost the club's reach and profile." The move will also heighten media scrutiny of yet another unglamorous team from Wales after Wrexham's well-publicised journey since Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney bought the club in 2021. The docuseries 'Welcome to Wrexham' follows the pair's trials and tribulations in the wake of their takeover as they learn about the team, fall in love with the beautiful game and its impact on life in the local community. Since their investment, Wrexham have become the first team to earn three successive promotions from England's national league to the second-tier Championship.
CNBC
14-07-2025
- Business
- CNBC
Best Stocks: How to trade 3 top names on the list reporting earnings this week
(This is The Best Stocks in the Market , brought to you by Josh Brown and Sean Russo of Ritholtz Wealth Management.) Josh — Earnings season is super annoying for trend-following investment strategies. The potential for both positive and negative surprises is higher, which can lead to reversals in trend and gappy trading before and after the opening and closing bells of trading. It can be a minefield. Sean and I try to avoid highlighting names right before they report for this reason. This time, however, we're going to break that tradition and show you a few set-ups for companies due to report this week. There are seven companies on our Best Stocks in the Market list reporting this week. One of them - Fastenal (FAST) - will have already released results prior to this column coming out. Three others have charts that appear to be losing momentum and threatening a downside breach of their uptrends - Kinder Morgan (KMI) , Abbott Labs (ABT) and Cintas (CTAS) — so we'll skip over those. The other three are worth taking a look at. BlackRock (BLK) , Interactive Brokers (IBKR) and Netflix (NFLX) are all strong stocks at interesting inflection points. Let's do some high-level stats on the overall list and then we'll dive in. Sector Leaderboard As of 7/14/2025, there are 136 names on The Best Stocks in the Market list Top Sector Ranking: Top Industries: Top 5 Best Stocks by Relative Strength: Sector Spotlight: Sean — Coming into earnings, all 3 major indices are within 2% of all-time highs: While prices are at or near all-time highs, earnings estimates are not. Throughout Q2, EPS estimates for the S & P 500 have declined 4.2% for this upcoming earnings season. In most quarters, analysts are usually adjusting their estimates down, so this is nothing unusual. However, over the past 20 quarters, the average decline in EPS estimates during the quarter has been a decline of 3%. The average of the past 60 quarters (15 years) has been a decline of 3.2%. So, estimates have shifted further down than normal. On a sectoral basis, every sector saw EPS adjustments lowered, except for communications, which stayed flat. Energy, discretionary, and materials were the three worst sectors with the highest decline in estimates at -18.9%, -7.4%, and -6.4% respectively (from start of quarter to end of quarter). (Data via Factset) Either analysts are lowering the bar for what could be a better-than-expected earnings season, or analysts were too bullish on U.S. earnings power amidst a myriad of risks. This goes without saying, but earnings can be a tumultuous period for single stockholders. It's fair to assume most of a stock's earnings outcome is priced in, but more often than not, the market will have some type of response to earnings. In recent quarters, companies have beaten earnings but issued softer forward guidance; a lot of times, that bit of news is not priced in. Earnings can greatly affect the behavior of investors, and thus earnings can affect the technicals of a stock, which matter to us, a lot. We want to show a couple set-ups of stocks that report earnings this week, so that investors are prepared for a range of possible outcomes coming into these events. BlackRock (BLK) - reports on Tuesday: Sean — Wall Street expects revenue of $5.47 billion, up 13.8% year-over-year and EPS of $10.80, up 4.3% year-over-year. (data via S & P Global and Quartr) Josh — BlackRock exploded higher this summer as the flows into ETFs followed (propelled, some might say) the stock market up and to the right. BlackRock is one of the most pro-cyclical stocks in the market. When asset values are booming and investors want in, their asset gathering activity picks up and, with it, the investment management fees. BlackRock's "all in" initiatives around crypto and private equity products are a big part of the story. In the short term, this is an extended name, far above its 200-day. The recent record high and golden cross (50-day moving above the 200-day) make me want to give it the benefit of the doubt. If you're not already in the stock, I'd wait for the report to come out and focus on a buying opportunity into any profit-taking. So long as it holds above $1,000, I think you can be long. Interactive Brokers Group (IBKR) - reports Thursday Sean — Wall Street expects revenue of $1.38 billion, up 11.8% year-over-year and EPS of $0.46, up 5.2% year-over-year. (data via S & P Global and Quartr) Josh — IBKR is emerging out of a cup-and-handle pattern which you can clearly see in the chart above. RSI at 71 could be considered "overbought" but I don't look at it that way. I see it as a sign of strength when it's accompanying new record high levels in price. Considering the outrageous rally in competitor Robinhood (HOOD) — up 112% since April 30th — this momentum in IBKR makes sense. HOOD is a good comp because, according to Morningstar, approximately 55% of IBKR's commission revenue is retail trading vs 45% institutional. One of the most important metrics IBKR is judged on each quarter is account growth — how many new brokerage clients are they adding to the platform. In Q4, Interactive added 217,000 new accounts, pushing the full year total to above 775,000. Then in Q1 they put up an even more explosive number, 279,000 new accounts, up 32% over the same quarter a year before. There's a seasonality to account opening activity, so expect the pace to decelerate when they report this week. But if the results are solid, there's no reason why this name can't break away and forge a new trading range above current resistance at $60. Netflix (NFLX) - reports on Thursday Sean — Wall Street expects revenue of $11.0 billion, up 15.5% year-over-year and EPS of $7.08, up 45.2% year-over-year. (data via S & P Global and Quartr) Josh — We've been writing positively about Netflix all spring and summer given the powerful rally and accompanying upside fundamental surprises along the way. Netflix continues to shock The Street. That said, recent price action says the stock may have gotten ahead of itself in the short-term. NFLX is in a 7% drawdown from its high, hopefully finding support at the 50-day moving average. I own the stock from lower levels and plan to remain long. If I had no position, I would wait and see rather than buy in anticipation of the earnings print. A "sell the news" reaction post-earnings might open up a better entry point. We'll follow up on this. DISCLOSURES: (None) All opinions expressed by the CNBC Pro contributors are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of CNBC, NBC UNIVERSAL, their parent company or affiliates, and may have been previously disseminated by them on television, radio, internet or another medium. THE ABOVE CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY . THIS CONTENT IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND DOES NOT CONSITUTE FINANCIAL, INVESTMENT, TAX OR LEGAL ADVICE OR A RECOMMENDATION TO BUY ANY SECURITY OR OTHER FINANCIAL ASSET. THE CONTENT IS GENERAL IN NATURE AND DOES NOT REFLECT ANY INDIVIDUAL'S UNIQUE PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES. THE ABOVE CONTENT MIGHT NOT BE SUITABLE FOR YOUR PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES. BEFORE MAKING ANY FINANCIAL DECISIONS, YOU SHOULD STRONGLY CONSIDER SEEKING ADVICE FROM YOUR OWN FINANCIAL OR INVESTMENT ADVISOR. INVESTING INVOLVES RISK. EXAMPLES OF ANALYSIS CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE ARE ONLY EXAMPLES. THE VIEWS AND OPINIONS EXPRESSED ARE THOSE OF THE CONTRIBUTORS AND DO NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE OFFICIAL POLICY OR POSITION OF RITHOLTZ WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC. JOSH BROWN IS THE CEO OF RITHOLTZ WEALTH MANAGEMENT AND MAY MAINTAIN A SECURITY POSITION IN THE SECURITIES DISCUSSED. 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