Monthly Archives: August 2022

These 5 investors are betting on helping you live longer and better

Analysts estimate that the market for “delaying human death” could be worth $610 billion by 2025. But that doesn’t sit well with Christian Angermayer, who co-founded Cambrian BioPharma and Rejuveneron, and whose family office Apeiron Investment Group has a special interest in expanding longevity. “This is a nonsensical, imaginary number that is almost entirely made up…

FDA decision to allow over-the-counter hearing loss technology will be a catalyst for innovation

The hearing loss market has long been dominated by a handful of legacy players with little incentive to innovate due to outdated regulations and social stigma. But a new ruling from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration could revolutionize the market by driving competition, giving startups a greater chance at success in this sector. On…

Dodge just invented a nostalgic new ‘vroom’ sound for electric cars

As the American carmaker Dodge slowly lowers the curtain on its current Charger and Challenger models over the next few years in favor of EV sports cars, the company is sacrificing some of the products most famous for producing big, dad-pleasing “vroom-vroom” sounds. But Dodge’s latest concept vehicle, which rolled onto a stage Wednesday during a…

Clean energy stocks are set to be the big winners of the sweeping Inflation Reduction Act just signed by Biden, Morningstar says

A screenshot from Plug Power’s video tour of its manufacturing plant in Latham, New York. Plug Power video Clean-energy stocks are set to benefit from the $370 billion Inflation Reduction Act, said Morningstar.  Hydrogen fuel cell manufacturer Plug Power is on the research firm’s list of federal spending beneficiaries.   Lithium producers should also benefit with…

US stocks rise as investors digest economic data and comments from Fed’s Bullard

James Bullard, CEO and president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, in an interview on February 25, 2016. David Orrell/CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images US stocks closed higher on Thursday as investors digested new economic data and comments from the Fed’s James Bullard.Jobless claims fell by 2,000 to 250,000 last week, while…

Mortgage-backed securities are bonds that are secured by home and real estate loans

Most MBS bondholders receive monthly interest payments when the homeowners who have the underlying mortgages make their payments. Ariel Skelley/Getty Mortgage-backed securities (MBS) are bonds that use groups of mortgages as collateral. An MBS can be issued by a government agency, government-sponsored entity, or a private institution. Unlike most other bonds, mortgage-backed securities make monthly…