$ROOT
Root Inc
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By Stella Qiu and Kevin Yao BEIJING (Reuters) -China said on Friday it would cut the amount of cash that banks must hold as reserves for the first time this year, releasing about 530 billion yuan ($83.25 billion) in long-term liquidity to cushion a sharp slowdown in economic growth. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) said on its website it would cut the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) for all banks by 25 basis points (bps), effective from April 25, but analysts said it might not yet be enough to reverse the slowdown. Heightened global risks from the war in Ukraine and within China widespread COVID-19 lockdowns and a weak property market have triggered convulsions in the world's second-largest economy that are quickly spilling over into global supply chains. China's exports, the last major driver of growth, are also showing signs of fatigue, and some economists say the risks of a recession are rising. "I donβt think this RRR cut matters that much for the economy at this stage," said Zhiwei Zhang, chief economist at Pinpoint Asset Management, noting it was less than markets had expected. "The main challenge the economy faces is the Omicron outbreaks and the lockdown policies that restrict mobility. More liquidity may help on the margin, but it doesnβt address the root of the problem," he said. The PBOC said the latest RRR cut would boost the long-term funds for banks, enabling them to step up support for industries and firms affected by COVID-19 outbreaks, and lower costs for banks. It will cut financial institutions' annual funding costs by about 6.5 billion yuan. The PBOC will also continue to keep liquidity broadly stable, while closely watching inflationary trends and policy changes made by developed countries, it said. For city commercial banks that do not have cross-provincial business and rural commercial banks that have an RRR of more than 5%, they are entitled to an additional cut of 25 bps. The weighted average RRR for financial institutions will be lowered to 8.1% after the cut, the central bank said. Ting Lu, chief China economist at Nomura, expects another 25bp RRR cut before the year-end, most likely before mid-2022, before cutting RRR for some big banks that still have relatively high reserve ratios. "We expect the PBOC to focus on increasing its direct credit support to small- and medium-sized enterprises, the agricultural sector, green investment, tech and elderly care via the MLF (medium-term lending facility), relending and rediscounting channels," Lu said. HEADWINDS The cut, which follows a broad-based reduction in December, had been widely expected after China's cabinet said on Wednesday that monetary policy tools should be used in a timely way to bolster growth. The PBOC has also started cutting interest rates, while local governments have expedited infrastructure spending and the finance ministry has pledged more tax cuts. China's economy rebounded strongly from a pandemic-induced slump in 2020 but cooled over the course of 2021 due to persistent property market weakness and strict measures to contain COVID-19 flare-ups, which hurt consumption. The government's determination to halt the latest spread of record COVID-19 cases has clogged highways and ports, stranded workers and shut countless factories - disruptions that are ripping through global supply chains for goods ranging from electric vehicles to iPhones. China's imports unexpectedly fell in March as the restrictions hampered freight arrivals and weakened domestic demand, while export growth also slowed. Factory and services sector activity both contracted. The government is targeting economic growth of around 5.5% this year as headwinds build, but some analysts say that may now be hard to achieve without more aggressive stimulus measures. With other major central banks such as the U.S. Federal Reserve set to aggressively raise interest rates or already doing so, more forceful easing in China could spur potentially destabilising capital outflows as investors shift money to higher yielding assets. Earlier on Friday, the PBOC kept the rate on its medium-term lending facility unchanged for a third straight month, as expected.
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By Marc Jones
LONDON (Reuters) - European stocks fell heavily again on Friday as worries about a sudden halt to central bank stimulus and rising tensions between Western powers and Moscow drove one of the worst ever starts to a year for world stock markets.
Strong earnings from Apple provided some encouragement for battered tech and U.S. markets [.N], but traders were struggling to draw a line under a global selloff that has now firmly taken root.
The pan-European STOXX 600 tumbled nearly 1.5%, on course for its fourth straight weekly drop, (EU) while volatile U.S. futures prices indicated traders weren't exactly sure which way Wall Street will go when it opens shortly. [.N].
MSCI's 50-country main world index is now down 8.1% for the month, slicing roughly $7 trillion from its value and putting it on the brink of its worst January since the 2008 global financial crisis year.
The dollar, meanwhile, is on track for its best week in seven months on bets that U.S. interest rates could now go up as many as five times this year. [/FRX]
"With the Federal Reserve sounding a lot more hawkish, it has shaken the markets," said Jeremy Gatto, a multi-asset portfolio manager at Unigestion in Switzerland.
"Markets can live with rate hikes, but the main question remains around the balance sheet," he added. Markets have been driven up by all the stimulus pumped in during the COVID-19 crisis, "so if it starts reducing liquidity, that changes the game".
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The Fed indicated this week that it is likely to raise rates in March, as widely expected, and reaffirmed plans to end its pandemic-era bond purchases that month before launching a significant reduction in its asset holdings.
The prospect of faster or larger U.S. interest rate hikes, and possible stimulus withdrawal, lifted the dollar to a 20-month high of $1.1119 per euro and to 115.50 yen - close to a high of year so far of 116.35 yen. [/FRX]
In the big government bond markets that drive global borrowing costs, benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yields dipped to 1.82% from 1.84% earlier as the Fed's favored inflation gauge, the core personal consumption expenditure (PCE) price index, rose no more than had been expected.
In the 12 months through December, the PCE price index increased 5.8%. That was the largest advance since 1982 and followed a 5.7% year-on-year increase in November.
The two-year yield, which is even more sensitive to rate hike expectations, was last at 1.20%, having started the year at roughly 0.75%.
European bond yields also rose further. Germany's 10-year yield, the benchmark for the euro zone, was up 4 bps to -0.0008% as it threatened to break through the key zero threshold. [GVD/EUR]
Focus was also on Italy, where bond yields there were also up as its parliament struggled to elect a new president.
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U.S. stock futures recovered from an earlier dip to be broadly flat after the inflation data and as Apple shares (NASDAQ:AAPL), which have slumped nearly 10% this month, jumped 3.5% in premarket trading after posting record sales for its flagship phones.
Apple is the world's largest company by market value but it and other tech shares have been hit particularly hard in the current selloff as the prospect of global rate rises give those who were already worried about stratospheric valuations the perfect reason to sell.
In the commodity markets, oil prices remained strong and set for their sixth weekly gain amid concerns about tight supplies as major producers continue to limited output despite rising demand.
Brent crude futures climbed 1.9%, to $91 a barrel - its highest level since October 2014.
A sixth week of gains will also mark the longest weekly winning streak for Brent since October last year, when prices climbed for seven weeks while U.S. WTI prices gained for nine.
This year, prices have risen about 15% amid geopolitical tensions between Russia, the world's second-largest oil producer and a key natural gas provider to Europe, and the West over Ukraine, as well as threats to the United Arab Emirates from Yemen's Houthi movement that have raised concerns about energy supply.
"Where Brent crosses the $90 level, we see some selling from a sense of accomplishment, but investors start buying again when the prices fall a little as they remain cautious about possible supply disruptions due to rising geopolitical tensions," said Tatsufumi Okoshi, senior economist at Nomura Securities.
"The market expects supply will stay tight as the OPEC+ is seen to keep the existing policy of gradual increase in production," he said.
The market is focusing on a Feb. 2 meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies led by Russia, a group known as OPEC+. It is likely to stick with a planned rise in its oil output target for March, several sources in the group told Reuters.
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By Alun John, Samuel Shen and Tom Wilson SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's most powerful regulators on Friday intensified the country's crackdown on cryptocurrency with a blanket ban on all crypto transactions and crypto mining, hitting bitcoin and other major coins and pressuring crypto and blockchain-related stocks. Ten agencies, including the central bank as well as banking, securities and foreign exchange regulators, vowed to work together to root out "illegal" cryptocurrency activity, the first time the Beijing-based agencies have joined forces to explicitly ban all cryptocurrency-related activity. "China has been known to go to extremes with either very assertive statements and prosecutions to complete radio silence," said George Zarya, CEO of Bequant crypto exchange in London. "This time the point was made very clear that China will not support cryptocurrency market development as it goes against its policies of tightening up control over capital flow and big tech," he said. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) said cryptocurrencies must not circulate as traditional currencies and that overseas exchanges are barred from providing services to mainland investors via the internet, cutting the likes of Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) and Binance off from the world's second-largest economy. The PBOC also barred financial institutions, payment companies and internet firms from facilitating cryptocurrency trading nationally. The Chinese government will "resolutely clamp down on virtual currency speculation, and related financial activities and misbehavior in order to safeguard people's properties and maintain economic, financial and social order", the PBOC said in a statement. Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, dropped over 6% to $42,2167 on the news, having earlier been down about 1%. Smaller coins, which typically rise and fall in tandem with bitcoin, also tumbled. Ether fell 10% while XRP dropped a similar amount. Friday's statement come after China's State Council, or cabinet, vowed https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinese-financial-payment-bodies-barred-cryptocurrency-business-2021-05-18 in May to crack down on bitcoin mining and trading as part of a broader effort to mitigate financial system risks, without going into details https://www.reuters.com/world/china/what-beijings-new-crackdown-means-crypto-china-2021-05-19. That threat sparked a major sell-off in cryptocurrencies. At that time more junior government bodies and provincial governments framed some specific cryptocurrency rules. Friday's statement, however, is the most detailed yet from the country's most powerful regulators, underscoring Beijing's commitment to suffocating the Chinese crypto market. It has dashed hopes among many in the industry that the May crackdown would be short-lived and the pressure would ease after the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party in July. "There's a degree of panic in the air," said Joseph Edwards, head of research at cryptocurrency broker Enigma Securities in London. The move also hit cryptocurrency and blockchain-related shares. U.S.-listed miners Riot Blockchain (NASDAQ:RIOT), Marathon Digital and Bit Digital slipped between 6.3% and 7.5% in premarket trading. China-focused SOS dropped 6.1% while San Francisco crypto exchange Coinbase Global fell 3.4%. "THOROUGH CLEANUP" The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said it was launching a thorough, nationwide cleanup of cryptocurrency mining. Such activities contribute little to China's economic growth, spawn risks, consume a huge amount of energy and hamper carbon neutrality goals, it said. It's an "imperative" to wipe out cryptocurrency mining, a task key to promoting high-quality growth of China's economy, the NDRC said in a notice to local governments. Virtual currency mining had been a big business in China before a crackdown that started earlier this year, accounting for more than half of the world's crypto supply. The NDRC said it will work closely with other government agencies to make sure financial support and electricity supply will be cut off for mining. The national planning body also urged local governments to come up with a specific timetable and road map to eradicate such activities. Previous restrictions, issued by local governments, paralyzed the industry as miners dumped machines in despair or sought refuge in places such as Texas or Kazakhstan.
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IU Watchlist Sept 23: Main Watches: $ATER same as prior days still thinking major squeeze potential but we don't know yet if that was today into close tomorrow's gap and that's that or if we are gonna go crazy and circuit halt etc. I would LOVE to see a gap fade fade fade into 7-8AM make shorts all super comfy and then do the BBIG trap move into circuits. The same thing I've said every morning - there is GREAT short trades here look left and MAKE SURE you are covering into flushes into/above key levels. It's respecting the levels VERY well - very clean trader IF you are trading it. If you are hanging around looking for more like we've talked about guess what - so is everyone else. Your edge is being one step ahead otherwise AVOID. $CEI had a video AHs (ie: CEO drawing on a white board) lol but as you know the army thinks it's amazing. Anyway - in my opinion shorts probably felt most confident today finally chart break etc perhaps felt comfortable holding it over etc finally breaking swing it and then bang big shove AHs. I don't think shorts are bent though - just back towards where they short. So, some will cover some won't but I'd LOVE $1.70 + shove but prolly unlikely higher better and I'd love to re put on the trade for the fade again. Been really nice from the trade plan since that $1.8x's exhaustion day (the first day). $LCID ideally flush off open and looking to get long for a rebound. Nice thoughts today for a weak day. Higher better for back side otherwise gap down flush and looking for rebound. This may change. Remember I have an idea - have a thesis - have a bias for now but if it's wrong the only thing WRONG is forcing your bias. So I won't force it unless proven right. $QS 945-10AM + trend join $PLTR thinking another trade soon no bias but good trader good range. Failed Follow Through: $MRIN down AHs but higher better and more unwind into 7s $WIMI higher better and more fails is ideal. $NNVC nice quiet fader today looking to do same today. Nothing huge just letting it work while trading others. $EDSA morning shove vs. today's highs. $AEMD higher better $5-5.20 + and fade off. Continuation: $ARQQ very small left - pretty nuts from $19-20s so far - minimal minimal left about 10% position. Just kept a few in case goes another $10 bucks - my gut is thinking gap/fail/fade tomorrow. $SOFI joined today high up there on /WSB $ROOT started in for continuation if it fails will move on. $HOOD watch weak open for r/g $EEIQ nice swing trade I had sold out into the last big shove (1/2) and then bailed on rest two days ago clearing out the port of the ones that weren't hanging onto trend but re bought today. Watch to see if buyer stays in tape next few days. $AEHR still have the core swing from $6 - hit new highs today I never got a chance to re scale unfortunately as planned. $VTSI no position eye on it.
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ROOT has had a root canal beter to go for the march c I would think for tax loss
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Key Metrics
Market Cap
199.95 M
Beta
2.27
Avg. Volume
3.29 M
Shares Outstanding
155 M
Yield
0%
Public Float
0
Next Earnings Date
2022-08-03
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Root Insurance is the nationβs first licensed insurance carrier powered entirely by mobile. Root was founded on the principle that auto insurance rates should be based primarily on driving behaviors, not demographics. Using mobile technology and data science, Root offers personalized, fair rates to good drivers all through an easy-to-use app. Root is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, with renters insurance available in Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio, Georgia, Kentucky, Nevada, Tennessee, and Utah, and auto insurance currently available to drivers in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia.
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