Avior Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF ( NASDAQ:FTQI – Free Report ) by 32.7% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 17,672 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,354 shares during the period. Avior Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF were worth $362,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period. A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Fifth Third Securities Inc. acquired a new position in shares of First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF during the second quarter worth approximately $3,814,000. TrueMark Investments LLC bought a new position in First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF in the 2nd quarter valued at $3,353,000. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC boosted its position in First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF by 951.3% in the 2nd quarter. Commonwealth Equity Services LLC now owns 125,394 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,561,000 after buying an additional 113,467 shares during the last quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC raised its position in shares of First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF by 102.9% during the second quarter. Ameritas Advisory Services LLC now owns 218,058 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,453,000 after acquiring an additional 110,613 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cetera Investment Advisers lifted its stake in shares of First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF by 357.6% during the first quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 98,956 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,033,000 after acquiring an additional 77,330 shares during the period. First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF Stock Up 0.6 % Shares of FTQI stock opened at $20.89 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $482.56 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.15 and a beta of 0.52. First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF has a 12 month low of $18.23 and a 12 month high of $21.18. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $20.60 and a 200 day moving average price of $20.36. First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF Dividend Announcement First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF Company Profile ( Free Report ) The First Trust Nasdaq BuyWrite Income ETF (FTQI) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in large cap equity. The fund is an actively-managed portfolio of US stocks, with an options overlay of short calls on the Nasdaq 100. FTQI was launched on Jan 6, 2014 and is managed by First Trust. Featured Stories Want to see what other hedge funds are holding FTQI? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF ( NASDAQ:FTQI – Free Report ). Receive News & Ratings for First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for First Trust NASDAQ BuyWrite Income ETF and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .YOURSAY | ‘If all these politicians do not do it what does that tell you?’ Asset declaration: Why should civil servants go first? Pink: As a civil servant, I have had to declare my assets since time immemorial. Once, my declaration was rejected because I did not put the value and the lot number of a small piece of land left by my grandfather (I could not trace the land grant), I had to write down the account number of my Amanah Saham Nasional Bhd (ASNB) and got to update the declaration every year as well. I held a position involving research and training, not in approving projects. I used to drive a Proton Tiara, then an Axia and lived in a lower middle-class area. I have never heard of anybody holding the same position as I was being charged for corruption because the opportunity to do so is absolutely zero. And yet I have been harassed yearly by the human resources department about updating my asset declaration. It’s such a waste of time. Yet the biggest corruption scandals in this country occur amongst politicians, the least trusted group of people. They are reluctant to declare their assets. We truly understand that because no crooks would want to declare their assets. Asset declaration policy is stupid and not involving politicians is hypocritical and farcical. OrangePanther1466: I am all for transparency and integrity. However, for the sake of discussion, I feel that mandatory asset declaration is outdated and does not serve its purpose. There are so many ways a person can hide his wealth, making any declaration inadequate. The key to combating corruption is diligent enforcement without fear or favour. With the latest technologies, including artificial intelligence, a person’s wealth, spending patterns, lifestyle, and so on, can be determined with a few strokes of the keyboard. Efficient intelligence gathering, better whistleblower protection and even rewards may be a better deterrent to corruption. As it stands now, this asset declaration initiative is like a millstone on Pakatan Harapan’s neck as yet another example of an unfulfilled promise. MS: Why does former deputy international trade and industry minister Ong Kian Ming want former civil servants to declare their assets first? Elected politicians have a lot to hide. Declaring their assets would prick their bubble of propriety and expose their indulgences. Still, I must say that getting civil servants to declare theirs is not a bad idea. The problem is that those scrutinising the declarations could also be civil servants. And you can guess what that will lead to. Anyway, with Jakim, instructed by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, looming over all departments and agencies, chances are the Malaysian civil service will overtake Singapore’s - which coincidentally has just been ranked by Oxford University as the world’s best on multiple counts. There’s one problem though - Singapore is not an Islamic state. So I guess it is not worth emulating. GreenHare9358: This declaration of assets is important. All those in government and civil service in charge of managing the country’s wealth and resources should declare. It should be voluntary for elected politicians sitting at the highest level of the nation’s government. If they have a conscience, they should be an example for those below them to follow. Our politicians seem to have “exemplary values” when they are not in power, barking incessantly at those who are in power for refusing to declare their assets. Mgpowl: Good question, but it can’t be a one-off requirement. Everyone holding public office must declare their assets. It should not be a request but a law which, for reasons best known to this self-professed reformist of a prime minister, just can’t deliver. Subang MP Wong Chen, your position in your constituency is safe because it is a Chinese-majority seat and pro-Harapan. I’m in your constituency and, to get my vote, I want to hear you expose everything unconstitutional about this government. Anonymous_3f4b: Wong is protecting his kind. It is the politicians, especially on the government side, especially the ministers, deputies, secretaries, and MPs that must declare their assets first openly, publicly, and transparently and be accountable for every sen that they take from the public coffers. Once they have the gumption and the moral guts to do it as “leadership by example”, then the civil service must follow as a matter of course. If all these politicians do not do it what does that tell you? BlueCougar1744: Just request our Agong to pass a Royal decree that all MPs must declare their assets or they will be denied the role of an MP. The Election Commission must ensure all candidates for both state and parliamentary seats declare their assets before contesting. Do it before the next state or general election. Cogito Ergo Sum: I thought civil servants were already required to declare their assets annually. Wong is out of date. It’s the MPs who seem reluctant to declare their assets. From all the latest news reports, lawmakers seem to be embroiled in one of the worst cases of corruption involving state property, land, and resources. RedWolf4463: All those who want their wealth to be hidden and not subject to public scrutiny should get out and stay out of politics. Only the really clean ones can then implement the declaration of assets to every level of government. Drngsc: Everybody who takes public money must declare their assets annually. No ifs, no buts, please. Who does it first or second is not crucial. The above is a selection of comments posted by Malaysiakini subscribers. Only paying subscribers can post comments. In the past year, Malaysiakinians have posted over 100,000 comments. Join the Malaysiakini community and help set the news agenda. Subscribe now . These comments are compiled to reflect the views of Malaysiakini subscribers on matters of public interest. Malaysiakini does not intend to represent these views as fact. Please join the Malaysiakini WhatsApp Channel to get the latest news and views that matter.BOSTON (AP) — Forty years ago, Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie rolled to his right and threw a pass that has become one of college football’s most iconic moments. With Boston College trailing defending champion Miami, Flutie threw the Hail Mary and found receiver Gerard Phalen , who made the grab while falling into the end zone behind a pair of defenders for a game-winning 48-yard TD. Flutie and many of his 1984 teammates were honored on the field during BC’s game against North Carolina before the second quarter on Saturday afternoon, the anniversary of the Eagles’ Miracle in Miami. “There’s no way its been 40 years,” Flutie told The Associated Press on the sideline a few minutes before he walked out with some of his former teammates to be recognized after a video of The Play was shown on the scoreboards. It’s a moment and highlight that’s not only played throughout decades of BC students and fans, but around the college football world. “What is really so humbling is that the kids 40 years later are wearing 22 jerseys, still,” Flutie said of his old number. “That amazes me.” That game was played on national TV the Friday after Thanksgiving. The ironic thing is it was originally scheduled for earlier in the season before CBS paid Rutgers to move its game against Miami, thus setting up the BC-Miami post-holiday matchup. “It shows you how random some things are, that the game was moved,” Flutie said. “The game got moved to the Friday after Thanksgiving, which was the most watched game of the year. We both end up being nationally ranked and up there. All those things lent to how big the game itself was, and made the pass and the catch that much more relevant and remembered because so many people were watching.” There’s a statue of Flutie winding up to make The Pass outside the north gates at Alumni Stadium. Fans and visitors can often be seen taking photos there. “In casual conversation, it comes up every day,” Flutie said, when asked how many times people bring it up. “It brings a smile to my face every time we talk about it.” A week after the game-ending Flutie pass, the Eagles beat Holy Cross and before he flew off to New York to accept the Heisman. They went on to win the 49th Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day. “Forty years seem almost like incomprehensible,” said Phalen, also standing on the sideline a few minutes after the game started. “I always say to Doug: ‘Thank God for social media. It’s kept it alive for us.”’ Earlier this week, current BC coach Bill O’Brien, 55, was asked if he remembered where he was 40 years ago. “We were eating Thanksgiving leftovers in my family room,” he said. “My mom was saying a Rosary in the kitchen because she didn’t like Miami and wanted BC to win. My dad, my brother and I were watching the game. “It was unbelievable,” he said. “Everybody remembers where they were for the Hail Mary, Flutie pass.” Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-footballNone
Judge rejects request to sideline SJSU volleyball playerCalifornia voters have approved Proposition 34, a measure from an apartment trade group that aimed to restrict spending by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which has bankrolled several rent control initiatives and criticized the measure as unconstitutional revenge. The Associated Press called the initiative Wednesday evening. According to the California Secretary of State, the measure is ahead 50.8% to 49.2%. As written, Proposition 34 applies to healthcare providers who have spent more than $100 million in any 10-year period on things besides direct patient care and have run multifamily housing with more than 500 “high-severity health and safety violations.” If a healthcare provider meets that standard they would be required to spend 98% of their revenues from a federal prescription drug program on direct patient care. The measure was sponsored by the California Apartment Assn., whose campaign committee said the new rules could apply to multiple organizations and noted the initiative’s language did not name any specific group. In the weeks before the election, much of the advertising in favor similarly did not name a specific healthcare provider, but emphasized Proposition 34 would save taxpayers money while also increasing spending on patient care. However, the apartment association did single out the AIDS Healthcare Foundation by name as a target during the campaign and no other health organization has such a well-publicized history of operating housing with health and safety complaints and spending money on things other than direct patient care. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has bankrolled three initiatives to dramatically expand rent control in recent years, including Proposition 33 on this year’s ballot. All of those measures were defeated , but forced the real estate industry to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in opposition. The AIDS Healthcare Foundation, or AHF, earns most its revenue off the federal drug program at question. The program, known as 340B, requires drug makers to sell their drugs at discounts to certain healthcare providers, who then turn around and charge health insurance companies more for the drugs. According to California’s nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office, the program is supposed to enable providers like AHF to serve more low-income patients, but the law “does not directly restrict how providers spend their revenue from federal drug discounts.” Proposition 34’s restrictions could hamstring AHF’s ability to fund additional rent control measures or operate apartments it owns in and around Skid Row, which have been beset with vermin infestations, elevator failures and other problems, according to a Times investigation published last fall. In a statement, AHF president Michael Weinstein said that the organization would continue to fight for renters. “The results of Propositions 33 and 34 prove only one thing: If billionaires spend more than $170 million lying and confusing voters, they are virtually guaranteed to win,” Weinstein said. What happens next is unclear. Prior to the election, AHF unsuccessfully sued to take Proposition 34 off the ballot, arguing it was unconstitutional because it so singularly targets the organization. However, one legal expert previously told the Times courts generally are reluctant to remove measures before an election and that there was a “good chance” a judge would find the measure unconstitutional if it passed. In an email, AHF spokeswoman Jacki Schechner said that organization would decide on what legal action to take once it sees how the law will be applied. The Yes on 34 campaign declared victory last week, before the race was called by the Associated Press, saying voters took action to close a “loophole” that allowed healthcare organizations to spend money meant for patients on “luxury condos, CEO bonuses, naming rights on sports stadiums, and political campaigns.”Daily Progress kicks off 130th year of Santa Fund
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Touch football in Greenfield has a long, storied history. Greenfield YMCA program director Pete Duffy founded and served as league director for the original Greenfield Recreational Men’s Touch Football League in 1971. The league served as a competitive outlet for players, many coming over from the adult softball circuit, and used a system based on UMass’ intramural touch football team. The field was 80 yards instead of UMass’ 60-yard space, with seven players per side playing 15-minute periods. Duffy asked that each player bring 50 cents “to cover the cost of practice jerseys,” according to a Recorder article from Oct. 1971. Four teams played that initial year — the 49ers, Colts, Redskins and Lions — with team captains Dick Howe, Bob Lively, Bill Martin and Bob Laskowski guiding their squads through the fall and early winter months at Beacon Field and Green River Park. “This will be the only sport in Greenfield to report their games to the Sports Desk with a body count as well as a score,” joked Recorder scribe Denny Wilkins of expected bumps and bruises in his “Sports Notebook” column. The league changed, and sponsors came into the mix by 1973. Teams were sponsored by the likes of Wrisley Funeral Home, Mt. Mohawk Ski Area, Northwestern Mutual and Merrigan Real Estate in the early days. Lou Grader ran the Greenfield Touch Football League for decades, with sponsors like Taylor’s Tavern, Alberti’s Restaurant and Shelburne Falls Bowling Alley coming into the mix. Grader would call the Recorder each week with stats and scores from the weekend’s games. Eventually, Rich Clark took the baton – about 15 years ago, he said. Some 50-plus years removed from the very first pass, the venture continues as the last remaining touch football league in western Massachusetts. Article continues after... Cross|Word Flipart Typeshift SpellTower Really Bad Chess The 2024 season will come to its conclusion on Sunday, when Green River Park hosts the championship game between defending champion Gill CC Woodworking and the Titans at 10:30 a.m. Quarterbacks Pat Viencek and Julio Rivera will sling passes to Cody Underwood and Gio Ortiz, as the top two seeds in the league playoffs battle it out for a title. “It’s been great,” explained Clark of the league’s longevity. “We’ve done everything in our power to make it a family-friendly environment and it’s worked. After games, people stick around, have cookouts... it’s a real community environment.” That community environment enticed Diana Nunez, who went to a game as a spectator for the first time about 10 years ago. Fast forward a decade, and she now helps run two teams sponsored by Namaste Restaurant — the Rockets and the Panthers. Nunez, who runs social media and handles community events for Namaste, said she was hosting an event and found out that a team in the touch league had lost a sponsor. Her son also wanted to start a team in the league, and the restaurant has now sponsored both squads for two seasons. “It’s really such a good community thing that a lot of people don’t know about,” said Nunez. “It’s a great group of people getting together to play football and have a good time.” This year’s league had seven teams, with upward of 100 players participating. Clark said a team from Holyoke joined the mix this fall, and competition is fierce with a number of former college football players on rosters. Teams play 8-on-8 across two 80 yard fields that Clark sets up every Sunday morning — two games played simultaneously. For Clark, a longtime football official and coach, every Sunday is an opportunity to see former players continue to light it up as adults. “So many of the people who we have playing in the league, I coached them when they were 8 years old,” he said. “I really enjoy keeping a league going where these guys can still play.” Despite touch football leagues folding in Holyoke and Springfield in recent years, Clark’s devotion, and the passion he says still resonates from the league’s players, has the Greenfield Touch Football League chugging along. “I always said I’ll stay in the league as long as I’ve got teams that want to play,” he said. “If we’re gonna dwindle down and not have guys show up on Sunday, I might consider passing it off but as long as there are teams and players that want to play, yes, I plan to stay.”Colombia shares higher at close of trade; COLCAP up 0.47%Louisville will aim to end a three-game losing streak when it hosts UTEP on Wednesday, but beating the Miners may not be an easy feat. UTEP (6-2) comes to the Derby City winners of three straight, most recently beating Seattle 88-72 on Saturday. The Miners shot 56.1 percent (32 of 57) and used a 24-2 first-half run to essentially put the game away. Coach Joe Golding said that first-half performance may have been UTEP's best in his four years leading the school. "I thought offensively and defensively the first 20 minutes we were really locked in and ready to go. (The game) never got close," he said. "We kept it at 20-plus points for the majority of the game. Our ball movement was terrific." Ahamad Bynum led the Miners with 19 points on 7-of-9 shooting off the bench, while Otis Frazier III added 18 points and five assists. Frazier (13.6 points per game) and Bynum (12.1 ppg) are among four UTEP players averaging in double figures. Bynum leads the country shooting 63.3 percent from beyond the 3-point arc, though he has attempted just 30 threes, making 19. Louisville (5-4) also started hot in its last game but could not sustain its momentum in a 76-65 home loss to then-No. 9 Duke on Sunday. Coach Pat Kelsey's team, which had just seven players healthy, made 10 of its first 14 shots to build a 30-16 lead before the Cardinals' lack of depth caught up to them. Louisville shot just 9-of-37 (24.3 percent) after its hot start and was outscored 43-28 after halftime. Terrence Edwards Jr. paced the Cardinals with 21 points in his first game as a reserve this season. Edwards (11.9 ppg) is one of four Louisville scorers averaging double figures, led by Chucky Hepburn leads the team in scoring (14.3 ppg) and is second in the country with 3.2 steals per game. The Cardinals entered the season with expectations of rotating 10 or more players to utilize Kelsey's up-tempo attack. However, swingman Kasean Pryor (knee) and guard Koren Johnson (shoulder) will both miss the rest of the season, while forward Aboubacar Traore (arm) is out indefinitely. After Sunday's loss, Kelsey did not rule out adding players to the roster during the season. "Everything's on the table," he said. "I don't sleep, figuring out what buttons to push to get this team to be the best that they can be. We'll scour every inch of the Earth to figure out how we can improve our team. And whether that happens or not, I have no idea, but I'm willing to try anything." --Field Level Media
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Cameron Haffner scored 13 points as Evansville beat Missouri State 57-40 on Sunday to snap a five-game losing streak. Haffner went 5 of 12 from the field (3 for 7 from 3-point range) for the Purple Aces (4-9, 1-1 Missouri Valley Conference). Joshua Hughes added 11 points, nine rebounds and four steals. Tayshawn Comer scored 11. Dez White finished with 12 points, four assists and six steals for the Bears (7-6, 0-2). Missouri State also got 10 points, 12 rebounds and two steals from Michael Osei-Bonsu. Zaxton King had eight points. Evansville carried a slim three-point lead into halftime, as Haffner led the way with seven points. Evansville took the lead for what would be the final time on Haffner's 3-pointer with 18:44 remaining in the second half. His team would outscore Missouri State by 14 points in the second half. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Zimmer Biomet Receives FDA Approval for Oxford® Cementless Partial Knee, Only Cementless Partial Knee Replacement Implant in the U.S.Winners of 3 straight, UTEP takes aim at short-handed Louisville
Global Youth Philanthropy Youth Representatives Showcase Climate Action at COP29The U.S. Department of Justice and Google both delivered closing arguments in the U.S. antitrust trial concerning Google’s ad business. As with , the federal government argued that Google’s monopoly of this market is illegal. And as with that case, , in this case three businesses tied to online advertising. “Google is once, twice, three times a monopolist,” DOJ prosecutor Aaron Teitelbaum told Judge Leonie M. Brinkema today, referring to the three related Google ad businesses it’s accused of abusing, DoubleClick, Google Ads, and AdX (AdExchange). “These are the markets that make the free and open internet possible ... [But] for more than a decade, Google has rigged the rules of [ad] auctions.” “Google’s conduct is a story of innovation in response to competition,” Google lead lawyer Karen Dunn retorted in an equally pithy summary. Sign up for our new free newsletter to get three time-saving tips each Friday — get free copies of Paul Thurrott's Windows 11 and Windows 10 Field Guides (normally $9.99) as a special welcome gift! , and . In both cases, regulators have proactively suggested that because of the scope of its dominance and abuses. In the most recent quarter, 66 percent of Google’s revenues, or almost $66 billion, came from advertising. But this antitrust case concerns only a small percentage of that: Ad revenues from Google Search and YouTube are not part of the complaint, and won’t be impacted if Google loses this case. But Google losing seems like a solid bet. During the September trial, the government argued that Google owns 87 percent of the market for selling online ads, and that it has consisted closed the vice on competition by illegally favoring its own services while raising feeds and lowering payouts to websites and other online publishers that rely on this income to survive. And it produced an internal Google email claiming that the three ad businesses it owned were similar to “if Goldman or Citibank owned the NYSE [New York Stock Exchange].” Google’s argument, that it has innovated and has competition, is about as specious as it is obvious. But the online giant says that this business is relatively tiny if you factor in all forms of advertising. And it blames “handful of rivals and several mammoth publishers” for the complaints that led them to the trial. Unlike the Judge overseeing Google’s search case, this one is going to wrap up quickly: Judge Brinkema will rule on the case before the end of the year and then schedule remedy hearings, if necessary, in early 2025. Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with 30 years of industry experience and the author of 30 books. He is the owner of and the host of three tech podcasts: with Leo Laporte and Richard Campbell, , and with Brad Sams. He was formerly the senior technology analyst at Windows IT Pro and the creator of the SuperSite for Windows from 1999 to 2014 and the Major Domo of Thurrott.com while at BWW Media Group from 2015 to 2023. You can reach Paul via , or . Join the crowd where the love of tech is real - become a Thurrott Premium Member today! Sign up for our new free newsletter to get three time-saving tips each Friday
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