Baron Funds, an investment management company, released its “Baron Real Estate Fund” fourth quarter 2022 investor letter. A copy of the same can be downloaded here . In the fourth quarter, the fund rose 6.17% (Institutional Shares) compared to a 4.90% return for the MSCI US REIT Index (the “REIT Index”) and an 8.71% return for the MSCI USA IMI Extended Real Estate Index (the “MSCI Real Estate Index”). For 2022, the fund declined 28.44% compared to a 23.84% decline for the MSCI Real Estate Index and a 25.37% decline for the REIT Index. In addition, please check the fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2022. Baron Funds highlighted stocks like Extra Space Storage Inc. (NYSE: EXR ) in the Q4 2022 investor letter. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, Extra Space Storage Inc. (NYSE:EXR) is a self-administered and self-managed REIT that provides convenient and secure storage units. On January 31, 2023, Extra Space Storage Inc. (NYSE:EXR) stock closed at $157.83 per share. One-month return of Extra Space Storage Inc. (NYSE:EXR) was 9.25%, and its shares lost 23.68% of their value over the last 52 weeks. Extra Space Storage Inc. (NYSE:EXR) has a market capitalization […]

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Initially, it may have seemed like the net-zero agenda could be off to a shaky start this year, certainly on the UK policy front, after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak failed to give the climate crisis a mention in his top five priorities for 2023 . However, it wasn’t long before Conservative MP, Chris Skidmore’s Mission Zero Independent Review of Net-Zero report – which labelled net-zero as the “economic opportunity of the 21 st century” – hit the headlines to remind government ministers, businesses and our wider society of the value and urgent need to scale up on climate action. Skidmore has urged government leaders to grasp the “historic opportunity” that net-zero can bring, pointing out that the UK is currently falling behind on some targets and that inconsistent and unambitious policies have resulted in missed opportunities for many businesses and households. Any further delay on climate action, he warns, will risk damaging the UK’s already precarious economic prospects and stifle key growth opportunities. The findings of this review stand in stark contrast to those net-zero sceptics across government and certain media outlets who last year tried to argue that net-zero policies could increase the financial burden on UK citizens […]

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Retail Opportunity Investments SG Americas Securities LLC lowered its stake in Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. ( – ) by 71.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 18,346 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after selling 45,634 shares during the quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC’s holdings in Retail Opportunity Investments were worth $252,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

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Attention, Coast Guard workforce! Here is your chance to build your policy and leadership skills through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Seminar XXI: Educating U.S. National Security Leaders Program. Members of the Coast Guard, including civilians and reservists, are encouraged to apply. Officers in or selected for paygrades O-5 to O-8, and civilian employees in grades GS-14 to SES, are eligible. The Coast Guard will nominate up to four individuals from the Washington, D.C., area for Seminar XXI. While members from any location may apply, you must be stationed in the Washington, D.C., area during the program in order to participate. Seminar XXI is a prestigious policy program for senior military officers, government officials, and industry executives in the national security policy community. Coast Guard military and civilian members have participated in the MIT Seminar XXI program since 1991. Ideal candidates will be strong communicators with an ability to explain the Coast Guard’s evolving missions and broader role to a range of audiences. The best suited candidates will be those who can translate military concepts for civilians in an engaging manner. Ultimately, candidates should be excited to seize this unique opportunity to network with ascendant military, government, private […]

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Each of Tesla’s autonomous ride-hail vehicles can generate $20,000 annually, Ark Invest estimates. New product opportunities for Tesla include drones or last-mile delivery robots, the firm said. bull Cathie Wood -run Ark Invest on Tuesday provided some insights into what the electric vehicle maker would be up to in the near- and medium-term. What Happened: CEO Elon Musk and his team hinted on the company’s earnings call held this Wednesday that some new products, including an inference computer for applications beyond automotive, could be in the pipeline. Some of these applications will blow people’s minds when revealed, the billionaire said on the call. Ark Invest analyst Tasha Keeney said Tesla’s data library and training/inference tools are positioning the company to build other autonomous machines that navigate the physical world. These could include drones or last-mile delivery robots, she added. This could be an attractive opportunity for Tesla, going by Ark’s estimate that real-time delivery robots that fly and roll could generate $1 trillion in revenue in 2030. This is in addition to the humanoid robot Optimus the company is building and the robotaxi service it is planning for, the analyst said. Robotaxi, A Big Opportunity: Musk sees autonomous taxi […]

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Source: Shutterstock While HireQuest, Inc. ( NASDAQ:HQI ) might not be the most widely known stock at the moment, it led the NASDAQCM gainers with a relatively large price hike in the past couple of weeks. Less-covered, small caps sees more of an opportunity for mispricing due to the lack of information available to the public, which can be a good thing. So, could the stock still be trading at a low price relative to its actual value? Let’s take a look at HireQuest’s outlook and value based on the most recent financial data to see if the opportunity still exists. Is HireQuest Still Cheap? The share price seems sensible at the moment according to my price multiple model, where I compare the company’s price-to-earnings ratio to the industry average. I’ve used the price-to-earnings ratio in this instance because there’s not enough visibility to forecast its cash flows. The stock’s ratio of 25.62x is currently trading slightly above its industry peers’ ratio of 21.08x, which means if you buy HireQuest today, you’d be paying a relatively sensible price for it. And if you believe that HireQuest should be trading at this level in the long run, then there should […]

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Cloud infrastructure stocks have been among the worst performers this year despite all the excitement around artificial intelligence (AI). In this report, we dive deeper into the drivers of the current underperformance and highlight the medium-term upside potential. Contents: Enterprises are cutting spend and optimizing cloud usage Not all cloud business models are the same – consumption vs. project-based AI breakthroughs will drive strong medium-term cloud demand Cloud Spend Optimization There are two effects that are driving a temporary slowdown in enterprise spending (1) fear of recession is forcing companies to cut spending (2) after two years of robust growth, companies are optimizing their spending. Fortune 500 decision-makers expect a dramatic slowdown in IT spending. Per a recent ETR survey, respondents expect 2023 IT spending to grow only 1.4% vs. 4.4% yoy only 2-3 months ago (based on data from over half of the Fortune 500). IT Spending of Organizations Interestingly, cloud spending is expected to fare worse than the average IT spending. In addition to broader slowdown in IT spend, companies are optimizing their cloud usage and delaying new projects. Spend Intent in Cloud vs Avg YoY Per Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT ) F2Q23 earnings call, the company expects […]

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Dorothy Basemera Otim picks wild mushrooms at her compound in Kampala, Uganda. BUSHENYI, UGANDA — Dorothy Basemera Otim loves a hot bowl of wild mushroom gravy. The retired news editor and television personality says for as long as she can remember, she has looked forward to the annual season when suddenly mushrooms spring out of the ground. But lately, that has been rare and unpredictable. “In the last three years mushrooms have come twice and in different seasons,” she says, as she bends over to pluck some. Otim thinks wild mushrooms have become rarer because not many parts of the half-acre plot she lives on lie undisturbed long enough to create the right conditions for them to grow. Like many Ugandans in urban areas, she now grows her own vegetables about three times a year, which means the ground is continually turned. The only place mushrooms appear in is the small corner under a mango tree where the dark shadow prevents vegetables from growing. The clearing of natural forests to create space for agriculture and human settlement has led to a steep decline in wild mushrooms, which used to be a cheap source of nutrients and were used as […]

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Rural Opportunity Institute (ROI), one of eight organizations in New Profit’s first Health Equity Cohort , supports youth, organizations, and communities in rural North Carolina to help them interrupt the cycle of generational trauma and design innovative solutions for healing and resilience. ROI builds new tools and is open-source, freely sharing what works. ROI works to turn wisdom and the newest science into common practice. Vichi Jagannathan and Seth Saeugling of Rural Opportunity Institute. Travis Dove for Teach For America. Below, ROI Co-Founder Vichi Jagannathan shares the path that led her to start the organization and how, when properly resourced, a rural community can become a hotbed of innovative practice. Q: Can you reflect on a moment from your life that really shaped who you are today? What about this moment brought about the greatest impact on your career? A: As a child of Indian immigrants, I internalized education as the ticket to achieving success, believing those who did not attain it were fully responsible for their struggles. I attended three Ivy League universities, but never once learned about the legacies of racialized trauma still perpetuated by institutions, including schools, through policies and practices steeped in white supremacy. When […]

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Vermont sits in the middle of the U.S. states when it comes to income, according to the World Population Review . So, why isn’t UVM accessible for Vermonters? While there has been a genuine decline in numbers of Vermonters graduating from high school since 2008, the 80% of students in the Vermont State Colleges System are in-state, according to a Sept. 28, 2015 article from the Burlington Free Press . In contrast, only about one-fourth of the UVM undergraduate population is from Vermont, according to data from College Simply . The same data shows only about 13% of students are considered low income. Clearly, the issue isn’t Vermont—it’s the lack of accessibility to UVM. It would be in UVM’s best interest to admit more in-state students. Having a high in-state population at universities is great for a number of reasons. First, when there are more in-state students, it shows that there is a clear liking and want for students to stay in the state they grew up in for some of the more formative years of their lives. It also demonstrates University support and encouragement towards its young citizens to take the opportunity that’s right in front of them […]

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