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While strong cash flow is a key indicator of stability, it doesn’t always translate to superior returns. Some cash-heavy businesses struggle with inefficient spending, slowing demand, or weak competitive positioning.

Many small-cap stocks have limited Wall Street coverage, giving savvy investors the chance to act before everyone else catches on. But the flip side is that these businesses have increased downside risk because they lack the scale and staying power of their larger competitors.

Generating cash is essential for any business, but not all cash-rich companies are great investments. Some produce plenty of cash but fail to allocate it effectively, leading to missed opportunities.

Running at a loss can be a red flag. Many of these businesses face mounting challenges as competition increases and funding becomes harder to secure.

ING’s stablecoin project could take the form of a consortium effort including some other banks and crypto service providers, two people familiar with the plans said.

The company will use the money to expand its engineering team and launch its first product.

U.S.-listed shares of Bausch Health, the parent company of contact lens maker Bausch + Lomb, rose nearly 8% to $5.09 in early trading. In addition to owning 9.4% of the company's shares, Icahn has exposure to an additional 24.6%, or 90.72 million shares through cash-settled equity swap agreements, Bausch Health said. Such financial contracts only allow an investor to benefit from stock movements without actually owning the shares.

The effort is set to bring about the biggest change to how the government buys products and services since the 1990s.

Here's a look at major economies/central banks and their holdings of gold and Treasuries in recent months: GOLD Sustained demand from central banks has created a reliable floor under gold prices, supporting bullion's historic rally this year. GOL/] Spot gold prices surged as high as $3,500.05 per ounce on Tuesday, surpassing the $3,500/oz milestone for the first time. GOL/] "With all the geopolitical tensions, central banks do want to diversify away from the dollar and have something that won't be sanctioned ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Hedge funds are fleeing the stocks of companies that provide discretionary items and services consumers want but do not need, in a sign they anticipate an economic downturn, a Goldman Sachs prime brokerage note showed. Hedge funds dumped long positions last week in consumer discretionary and it is the most net sold stock sector this year, said the note to clients seen by Reuters on Tuesday and published Friday. "Hedge funds dumping consumer discretionary stocks strongly suggests they’re bracing for economic trouble, likely a recession," Bruno Schneller, managing director at Erlen Capital Management, said.