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As Kabiru Sadiq, I have spent more than 30 years advising across Nigeria’s finance and capital market landscape, and in this article I explain how to learn about stock trading in Nigeria with discipline, clarity, and proper risk management. From my perspective, today’s stock market offers meaningful opportunity for any investor willing to approach the Nigerian Exchange Group with research, patience, and a sound investment strategy. The Nigerian stock market has delivered notable momentum in 2025, with the NGX All-Share Index advancing strongly year to date and overall market capitalization reaching substantial levels. I have seen periods like this improve…

A LinkedIn post from Moonfare highlights recent private markets activity spanning infrastructure, aerospace, and AI. The post references Blackstone’s backing of SUNOTEC to support European solar and broader energy expansion, pointing to continuing institutional capital flows into renewable power assets.Easter Sale – 70% Off TipRanks The same update notes that Hermeus has advanced hypersonic aircraft and defense technology with a new funding round, underscoring ongoing investor interest in dual‑use aerospace innovation. In addition, Coatue Management and NVIDIA are cited as investing $505 million in FIRMUS to scale AI infrastructure, signaling sustained demand for capital-intensive compute and data platforms. The post…

D-Wave Quantum’s stock crashes 60% in six months as market fears overshadow its explosive revenue growth and dual-platform quantum tech strategy. The promise of quantum computing is colliding with the reality of a risk-averse market. D-Wave Quantum, despite posting explosive revenue growth and expanding its technological arsenal, has seen its stock plummet by nearly half this year. Even a recent venture into quantum-powered blockchain failed to spark investor interest, highlighting the severe disconnect between the company’s operational progress and its market valuation. Investor sentiment is being dictated by broad macroeconomic fears, not company-specific news. Geopolitical tensions in the Middle East…

Three tokens. Over $13 million raised. One massive question. Which is the best utility token in 2026 which can offer real use right now? Google, Airbnb, Uber. Everyday investors missed all of them. Private deals stayed locked behind big bank doors. IPO Genie says that era is over. Pepeto and DeepSnitch AI say they have better answers. Here is what the numbers actually show. Let us break it all down simply and honestly. Key Takeaways Token utility means what the token actually does, not just how much it raised IPO Genie targets the $3 trillion private market with a $10…

Odhran McBrearty won his first national gold medal on the track and there was a first national gold in the career of Stephen Slevin on day 3 of the National Juvenile Indoor Championships in Athlone on Saturday. The Finn Valley AC duo were atop the podium at the TUS Arena, McBrearty winning the U19 1500m and Slevin taking gold in the U19 high jump. McBrearty, a multiple medallist in national cross country events, broke four minutes, surging to gold in 3:58.47, lowering his personal best by five seconds in the process. McBrearty has transitioned well from cross country to track…

ANALYSIS: Part one of a four-part series on private equity and the tyranny of internal rates of return. © All content copyright NBR. Do not reproduce in any form without permission, even if you have a paid subscription. Today, I’m exploring the use and misuse of the internal rate of return calculation as it is employed by the private equity (PE) sector. This exposé, based on a paper by Oxford University economics professor Ludovic Phalippou, shows how overseas PE managers have used financial sleight of hand to Want to read more? It’s easy. Choose your subscription Already have an account?…

Yuga Labs has settled its multi-year lawsuit with two artists over trademark infringement involving NFTs. Summary Yuga Labs has settled its lawsuit with artists Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen, bringing the dispute over lookalike BAYC NFTs to a close. Ripps and Cahen are permanently barred from using Yuga Labs imagery and must transfer control of related NFTs, domains, and smart contracts within 10 days. Documents filed with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California on April 8 confirm that defendants and artists Ryder Ripps and Jeremy Cahen have reached a final settlement agreement with Yuga Labs. As…

At its April 6–8, 2026 meeting, the Reserve Bank of India’s Monetary Policy Committee kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.25 per cent and retained a neutral stance. Risks from the West Asia conflict, particularly via energy prices and supply chain disruptions, have strengthened the case for caution. While domestic fundamentals remain resilient, the Governor’s remarks indicate that the MPC will closely track incoming data before moving on rates. However, with upside risks to inflation increasing and global uncertainty remaining high, the room for rate cuts appears limited for now.With interest rates uncertain, debt allocations for a 1–4 year horizon…

Private equity office building, Sherman Oaks, California. Photo: Jeffrey St. Clair. For more than a decade, private equity has been on a quest to gain access to the nearly $14 trillion of  hard-earned money in workers’ defined contribution retirement accounts, two-thirds in 401(k) plans. On March 30, the Trump administration handed private equity, private credit, crypto, and the full array of alternative investments the keys to this golden kingdom. Their timing could hardly be worse. Employers have long been reluctant to include such assets in workers’ defined contribution retirement accounts —– mainly  401(k)plans. In 2024, only 4 percent of defined…

AI-powered auto-trading is seeing renewed interest in 2026 as elevated volatility and rapid market swings strain human traders. With the S&P 500 near 6,780 and up ~28% year-over-year, higher intraday volatility (proxied by elevated VIX readings) creates both opportunity and execution risk. AI stock trading uses machine learning, pattern recognition, and sentiment analysis to scan price, volume, and alternative data, then execute trades automatically. The AmbCrypto overview explains how these systems work, highlights their benefits in speed and scale, and walks through adoption considerations and pitfalls. Practitioners should treat these apps as engineering systems, requiring robust backtesting, realistic transaction-cost modeling,…