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Saylor’s Strategy Buys More Bitcoin With Proceeds From Bond Offering

(Bloomberg) -- Strategy, the self-styled Bitcoin treasury company that until recently was known as MicroStrategy, said it acquired $1.99 billion more of the cryptocurrency with the proceeds from last week’s convertible bond sale.Most Read from BloombergTrump Targets $128 Billion California High-Speed Rail ProjectTrump Asserts Power Over NYC, Proclaims ‘Long Live the King’Airbnb Billionaire Offers Pre-Fab Homes for LA Fire VictimsNYC’s Congestion Pricing Pulls In $48.6 Million in First MonthAs Vi

Peru's economy seen growing 4% this year with stable inflation

(Reuters) -Peru's gross domestic product (GDP) will likely expand by 4% this year and rank as the second-fastest growing economy in Latin America, a senior official told reporters on Monday, as inflation is seen holding for another year at around 2%. The Andean economy is bouncing back from recession, with the government of President Dina Boluarte and the central bank forecasting positive prospects for 2025, including fewer inflationary pressures and more investment. Peru's economy for decades was one of Latin America's top performers, but in recent years growth has cooled as social unrest hit the country's key mining sector amid growing political instability.

Mexico Inflation Ticks Higher in Line With Banxico Forecasts

(Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s annual inflation accelerated roughly in line with economists’ forecasts in early February, holding near the central bank’s estimates and keeping chances of a sixth straight interest rate cut in play.Most Read from BloombergTrump Targets $128 Billion California High-Speed Rail ProjectTrump Asserts Power Over NYC, Proclaims ‘Long Live the King’Trump to Halt NY Congestion Pricing by Terminating ApprovalAirbnb Billionaire Offers Pre-Fab Homes for LA Fire VictimsNYC’s Congesti

Hedge funds exit tech, media stocks at fastest pace in six months, Goldman Sachs says

Hedge funds exited U.S. tech and media stocks in the two weeks to February 21 at the fastest pace in six months, according to Goldman Sachs, just as Nvidia, one of the biggest tech firms by market capitalisation, readies to report earnings. Nvidia's profit report this week is seen as a bellwether of the burgeoning artificial intelligence (AI) industry. Speculators "aggressively" dumped both long and short positions in AI-related equipment, media, and communications equipment companies, according to a note sent to Goldman Sachs clients on Friday.