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Pathstone Holdings LLC decreased its position in shares of Monster Beverage Co. ( NASDAQ:MNST – Free Report ) by 15.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 118,267 shares of the company’s stock after selling 21,602 shares during the quarter. Pathstone Holdings LLC’s holdings in Monster Beverage were worth $6,170,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC. A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in MNST. LRI Investments LLC purchased a new position in Monster Beverage during the 1st quarter worth $26,000. Stephens Consulting LLC acquired a new position in shares of Monster Beverage during the second quarter worth about $26,000. Kings Path Partners LLC purchased a new position in Monster Beverage during the second quarter worth about $30,000. University of Texas Texas AM Investment Management Co. acquired a new stake in Monster Beverage in the second quarter valued at about $30,000. Finally, Quarry LP boosted its holdings in Monster Beverage by 152.0% in the 2nd quarter. Quarry LP now owns 824 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 497 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.36% of the company’s stock. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on MNST shares. Bank of America increased their target price on Monster Beverage from $56.00 to $57.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 15th. Wells Fargo & Company raised their target price on Monster Beverage from $57.00 to $60.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 5th. Piper Sandler lowered their price target on shares of Monster Beverage from $59.00 to $46.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 8th. Citigroup reduced their price objective on shares of Monster Beverage from $60.00 to $54.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Thursday, August 8th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of Monster Beverage from $50.00 to $49.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 4th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating and thirteen have issued a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $56.45. Monster Beverage Stock Performance NASDAQ:MNST opened at $54.06 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 3.13, a quick ratio of 2.51 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. Monster Beverage Co. has a twelve month low of $43.32 and a twelve month high of $61.22. The firm has a market capitalization of $52.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.65, a PEG ratio of 2.57 and a beta of 0.74. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $52.74 and its 200 day simple moving average is $51.07. Monster Beverage Company Profile ( Free Report ) Monster Beverage Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in development, marketing, sale, and distribution of energy drink beverages and concentrates in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Monster Energy Drinks, Strategic Brands, Alcohol Brands, and Other. See Also Want to see what other hedge funds are holding MNST? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Monster Beverage Co. ( NASDAQ:MNST – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for Monster Beverage Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for Monster Beverage and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
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In about 55 days, President Donald Trump will be sworn into office. On day one, he’ll fulfill one of his most important promises: Firing Gary Gensler, President Joe Biden’s handpicked chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Over the past four years, Gensler has led a body in charge of regulating a major source of America’s economic strength: our capital markets. When he is relieved of his duties next month, he will leave a legacy that should never be repeated. Let’s take a look back at Gensler’s time as SEC chairman — a chapter for America’s financial markets that was marked by chaos. Gensler’s work didn’t start in 2021 with this appointment. He’s a long-time Democrat political appointee who served in the Treasury Department in the Clinton administration and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in the Obama years. After the 2020 election, President Biden appointed him to run the SEC. His time there has been marked by inconsistent, ill-conceived leadership that has stifled innovation. During his tenure he’s worked to incorporate environmental, social and governance measures into investing decisions, and he’s finalized the climate rule — which would require public companies to disclose emissions data that has no relationship to what investors care about most: The bottom line. He’s stood in the way of crypto, trying to quash the up-and-coming digital assets markets with failed enforcement actions and a hollow insistence that digital asset firms could simply “come in and register” their tokens with the hostile regulator. A prime example of this is his infamous Staff Accounting Bulletin 121. SAB 121, despite widespread opposition, works effectively as a regulation even though it never went through the normal Administrative Procedures Act process required for one. This specific bulletin effectively requires banks to put digital assets held in custody on their balance sheet. Simply put, that’s not how custody usually works. This bulletin upends custodial practice for banks, and it is effectively keeping banks out of this market entirely. That’s not good for consumers or for investors. Earlier this year, I led an effort to overturn SAB 121, which passed both houses of Congress with bipartisan support. President Biden ultimately sided with Gensler and vetoed it, leaving SAB 121 in place. I look forward to working with the next SEC chairperson to roll back SAB 121. It’s not just SAB 121. Right now, there is no federal regulatory framework guiding federal agencies on how to approach digital assets. Gensler has taken advantage of this, going rogue, using a regulation by enforcement tact that forces the industry and the SEC to battle it all out in court. Put simply: he could have avoided this by doing his job and providing regulatory clarity for an industry that needs it to survive. It should be no surprise that Gensler opposed the digital assets regulatory framework that passed the House earlier this year on a bipartisan basis. 71 Democrats joined House Republicans to pass this common sense framework. Even though the Democrat-led Senate has refused to take it up, it represents a breakthrough moment for cryptocurrency and is likely to inform the work of the unified Republican government as the next Congress begins in January. Whether the chairman leaves on his own or President Trump delivers his famous line on Jan. 20, 2025, there’s an incredible opportunity for the new administration to turn the page on the Gensler era. For America to lead the global financial world, the SEC needs to offer consistent, reliable regulations that foster both stability and growth. While Gensler’s tenure has done the opposite, I expect that President Trump will provide the regulatory clarity that fintech leaders, investors and consumers deserve.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A senior official in President Joe Biden's administration who oversaw its contentious efforts to address climate change by curbing oil drilling on federal lands while expanding renewable power was named Tuesday as the next president of a prominent environmental group. U.S. Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning will become president of The Wilderness Society effective next February, the Washington, D.C.-based group announced. Stone-Manning's 2021 nomination by Biden was bitterly opposed by Republicans who labeled her an “eco-terrorist” over her past ties with environmental extremists. Senate Democrats pushed through her confirmation on a party-line vote. The land bureau has jurisdiction over almost a quarter-billion acres (100 million hectares) of land, primarily in western states, that is used for oil exploration, mining, livestock grazing, recreation and other purposes. Under Stone-Manning, it sharply reduced oil and gas lease sales and raised royalty rates that companies must pay to extract the fuel. It also issued a rule elevating the importance of conservation , by making it a “use” of public lands on par with drilling or grazing. That marked a sharp departure from the land bureau's longstanding reputation for favoring commercial development over environmental preservation. The moves drew pushback from the energy, mining and ranching industries and their Republican allies in Congress. They have vowed to undo actions taken by Stone-Manning when the GOP assumes control in Washington next year as a result of its 2024 election wins. The land bureau also approved new solar and wind power projects and opened more public lands to renewable energy development under Biden. Before joining the administration, Stone-Manning worked as a senior aide to Montana Democrats U.S. Sen. Jon Tester and Gov. Steve Bullock. Her nomination by Biden sparked intense Republican opposition because of Stone-Manning's involvement in a 1989 environmental sabotage case. As a 23-year-old graduate student at the University of Montana, Stone-Manning sent a letter to federal officials in 1989 saying spikes had been inserted into trees in Idaho’s Clearwater National Forest. Spiking trees involves inserting metal or ceramic rods into trunks so they can’t be safely cut down, and the tactic has sometimes been used to halt timber sales. Two men were charged in the case, and Stone-Manning later testified against them, saying she mailed the letter at the request of one of the men and to prevent people from getting hurt. She was given immunity to testify and was never charged with any crimes, although an investigator later said she had stonewalled the criminal probe . During the debate over her nomination, GOP lawmakers called her a dangerous choice. She was confirmed with backing from moderate Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. President-elect Donald Trump nominated Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to be secretary of the Interior, which includes the Bureau of Land Management. His selection for the land bureau director has not yet been announced. During Trump's first-term, the bureau went without a Senate-confirmed director. The Republican instead used acting directors who did not have to go before the Senate to advance his agenda to increase U.S. energy production. The bureau's headquarters were relocated to Colorado under Trump, leading to the resignation or retirement of hundreds of employees before it was returned to Washington, D.C., under Biden.
Lance Terry scored a game-high 22 points, helping lead Georgia Tech to a 92-49 rout of visiting Alabama A&M on Saturday in Atlanta. Javian McCollum added 18 points, while Jaeden Mustaf chipped in 13 points and seven rebounds, as Georgia Tech (6-7) won its second game in three outings. Baye Ndongo had 10 points for the Yellow Jackets, who shot 54.1 percent (33 of 61) from the field and made 10 of 21 (47.6 percent) on 3-pointers. AC Bryant and Bilal Abdur-Rahman each led the Bulldogs (4-9) with 11 points. Alabama A&M managed to shoot just 20.8 percent (15 of 72) from the field en route to its sixth straight loss. After London Riley's 3-pointer cut the Bulldogs' deficit to 16-15, McCollum's triple began a 12-0 scoring run, extending Georgia Tech's lead to 28-15 with 5:30 remaining in the opening half. Bryant's layup stopped the Yellow Jackets' run, but McCollum scored five straight points to push Georgia Tech's advantage to 15 at the 4:13 mark. The lead expanded to 18 points before Quincy McGriff's layup trimmed the Bulldogs' deficit to 16. Terry's back-to-back triples jump-started a 12-3 run to close the first half with Georgia Tech ahead 50-25. McCollum led all scorers with 18 first-half points, while McGriff led Alabama A&M with seven. Ndongo's dunk to open the second half started a 10-1 Georgia Tech run, stamped with Duncan Powell's triple with 17 minutes left to push the Yellow Jackets' lead to 60-26. After Angok Anyang knocked down a pair of free throws for the Bulldogs, Terry's fourth triple was followed by Naithan George's layup, extending Georgia Tech's lead to 68-35 with 11:49 left. Jaylen Colon and Terry then traded triples, before Georgia Tech's 13-6 spurt was stamped with Ndongo's layup at the 3:33 mark, giving the Yellow Jackets an 84-44 edge. Georgia Tech's dominant day was stamped with baskets from a pair of Yellow Jacket walk-ons, as Emmers Nichols and Marcos San Miguel each tallied their first career points in the closing minutes. --Field Level MediaAmazon has a nice Boxing Day offer going, one that should appeal to book lovers like no other. You now have the chance to become a member against an upfront payment of just 99p, something that otherwise would set you back £9.49 per month at other times. As reported, the discounted offer is applicable for three months so you get to save more than £27 during that time. Amazon has stated the offer is going to remain valid till midnight of January 5, 2025, which means you have just about a week to make up your mind on this. This in fact can be excellent for those who’d prefer to have a feel of Kindle Unlimited before committing to the service full time. Just in case you think it isn’t for you, you can always deboard anytime you want. However, make sure you do that before the free three-month period comes to end. Else, you are going to be charged the usual monthly fees after the end of the three-month period. In case you are reluctant to part with even 99p, you can always sign up for a free one-month trial period and have access to all that Kindle Unlimited has to offer. Among the perks that comes with a subscription to Kindle Unlimited include free access to Kindle titles that number in millions. Apart from this, there are also audiobooks or digital magazines to choose from as well. There are no limits to the number of titles that you can read. You can download as many as you want and return them once you have read them. There are titles of almost every genre that you might think of. Those include bestseller titles, fiction, non-fiction, crime, and thrillers, adventure books, recipes, and whatnot. As already stated, there are digital magazines and audiobooks available for reading as well. Also, a nice thing about the Kindle Unlimited subscription is that it can be availed of by just about anyone. You don’t need to own a Kindle to become a member. All that you need is a smartphone, a tablet, or any device that can host the Kindle app. With a keen interest in tech, I make it a point to keep myself updated on the latest developments in technology and gadgets. That includes smartphones or tablet devices but stretches to even AI and self-driven automobiles, the latter being my latest fad. Besides writing, I like watching videos, reading, listening to music, or experimenting with different recipes. The motion picture is another aspect that interests me a lot, and I'll likely make a film sometime in the future.
The United States is a paradox: Media and public opinion polls portray us as a nation divided along partisan lines, but deeper research reveals that Americans share common ground on many core values and political issues. As a political philosopher , I worry about the growing chasm between our shared concerns and the often ugly polarization that divides the electorate. As we gather with family and friends who may have voted for different candidates this Thanksgiving, let’s keep in mind the many things we do agree on. A fuller awareness of our shared principles – particularly on what are so often presented as divisive policy issues – can help us listen to and respect one another over the dinner table conversation, even if it turns to politics. Cultivating political civility and unity in our private lives is a modest yet indispensable act that we all can undertake to defend and nurture the norms and culture of democracy – even if some of our political representatives fail to set the same example in public life. For starters, there is huge agreement among Americans on issues such as taxes, immigration and the economy, a 2023 survey by the American Communities Project found . There is also strong support for fundamental democratic principles , including equal protection under the law, voting rights and our First Amendment freedoms of religion, assembly, speech and the press. Judy Ho Oct. 29, 2024 In survey after survey, a majority of Americans say abortion should be legal in most or all cases. There is also broad support for high-quality health care that is accessible to all . A majority of U.S. citizens acknowledge the reality of human-caused climate change and endorse the development of renewable energy , though they may differ on how to achieve those goals. Too often positions are treated as adversarial when in fact they can be compatible – and voters with nuanced views may actually hold both positions. For example, there is broad support for stronger gun control regulations , as well as support for the right to bear arms. For all the bitterness of the 2024 presidential election, the top concerns were widely shared across party lines. Both Republicans and Democrats ranked the economy as a top political priority. A shared pessimism over the economy clearly helped Donald Trump win the election. On immigration, another key factor in the election, Americans have a positive view of legal immigration , though that sentiment has declined in recent years . Today, most Americans want to see immigration reduced . Part of the tension in the nation’s thinking about immigration stems from a political culture that is more responsive to sensationalism and disinformation than to sober consideration and discussion of the pros and cons of immigration. Much of the discourse was marred by fictional and bigoted tales of immigrants eating pets and false portrayals of most immigrants as criminals . Even shared political perceptions aren’t always based on good evidence or reasons. Despite sharing common ground, Americans perceive the nation as deeply polarized , and constant exposure to disinformation makes it nearly impossible to sort fact from fiction. Indeed, the perception of division can itself fuel distrust where commonality might otherwise be found. This perception of polarization can be exploited by partisans with something to gain. When people are told that experts are divided on an issue, such as climate change, it leads to distrust and polarization . Conversely, emphasizing scientific consensus tends to unify public concern and action. The perception that Americans are more divided than we are poses an enormous threat to democracy. People begin to see even neighbors and family members who vote differently as enemies rather than fellow citizens. Stress about holiday interactions with relatives who voted differently is leading some people to cancel family gatherings rather than spend time together. If people are too busy attacking each other, they will miss opportunities to unite, and they will fail to recognize the real threats to their shared values. Johnny C. Taylor Jr. July 19, 2024 Recognizing the public’s shared values is an important first step in healing political divides. Philosopher Robert B. Talisse has argued that one way to get started might be refocusing attention on nonpolitical community projects that bring together people who don’t normally think of each other as allies. That includes civic or sports clubs and local community events. These are collaborative in a way that supports community identity rather than partisan identity. It is an exercise in rebuilding civic trust and recognizing each other as fellow citizens, and perhaps even friends, without the tension of partisan politics. Once this trust in each other’s civic identity is healed, it can open a door for meaningful political discussion and understanding of each other’s concerns. Including at holiday gatherings. Lawrence Torcello is an associate professor of philosophy at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. This commentary was produced in partnership with The Conversation , a nonprofit, independent news organization dedicated to bringing the knowledge of academic experts to the public.