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We’re All Hedge Funds Now, Part 2: Tech Startups and Nigerian Bonds
March 27th, 2015
Watching formerly risk-averse investors adapt to a negative interest rate world is almost as much fun as watching Europe try to keep Greece and Germany in the same financial family. In each case, success depends on all the parties ...
Investors Waiting for Consumer Profits to Match Share Price Hype
March 18th, 2015
The plunge in oil that drained energy shares was also supposed to boost disposable income for consumers. Companies from automakers to retailers are still waiting to see that trickle down to their bottom lines. That poses a risk ...
Leading investment firms join a new IASB feedback programme
December 3rd, 2014
The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) today announced the launch of its Investors in Financial Reporting programme. Created with the support of some of the world’s leading asset managers and owners, the programme is designed to foster greater investor ...
FCA warning against clone firm
November 10th, 2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) of the United Kingdom has issued a warning to alert all recipients that: BlackRock Wealth Partners / BlackRock Wealth / BlackRock Wealth Group / BlackRock-Wealth SA (clone of FCA authorised firm) Address: One Canada Square, 37th ...
Steep Sell-Off Spreads Fear to Wall Street
October 16th, 2014
Dizzied by the turmoil, Wall Street experts agreed on one thing: The jarring day showed that fear had finally returned to markets that had become disconcertingly complacent. Waves of nervous selling buffeted the stock market in the United States ...
The Rate Rise Timeline to Watch for Now – When will the Fed begin to raise rates?
August 27th, 2014
According to Rick Rieder, Fed Chair Yellen’s Jackson Hole comments, along with the recently released Fed minutes, clearly show we’re at the beginning of a very significant period of transition for Fed monetary policy. As market watchers dissect Federal ...
Europe Fears Banks Lack Cash Cushion to Cover Bad Loans
August 25th, 2014
As Europe slogs through its latest round of bank stress tests, a growing number of analysts have already reached their own conclusion: Eurozone banks need additional cash. The E.C.B. will publish the results of its half-year investigation into Europe’s ...
U.S. Stocks Rise as Apple Rallies With Health-Care Shares
July 23rd, 2014
U.S. stocks roes, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index at an all-time high, as Apple Inc. results boosted technology companies and health-care shares rallied amid earnings. Apple surged to the highest since 2012 after signaling the long wait ...
U.S. SEC poised to adopt reforms for money market funds
July 23rd, 2014
U.S. regulators are expected to adopt rules on Wednesday that force “prime” money market funds used by large institutions to float their share price. Proponents have suggested that moving from the current stable $1 per share net asset value ...
U.S. Stock-Index Futures Rise as Apple, IBM Rally on Deal
July 16th, 2014
U.S. stock-index futures advanced as China’s second-quarter economic growth topped estimates and as Apple Inc. and International Business Machines Corp. rallied after announcing a partnership. Apple and IBM rose at least 2 percent each in early New York trading ...