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Traders Bet Fed Rate Cuts Will Start in March
Financial markets added to bets Friday of a March start to Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts and a Fed policy rate of under 4% by the end of next year, after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said rate hikes were achieving what was hoped.
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If the Economy Is So Great, Why Are We Still Miserable?
The White House is happy to tell you that Bidenomics has been a huge success! Just look at the latest GDP numbers. But that's not quite the whole story.
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Top 3 Dividend Stocks to Add to Your Portfolio Before the Year Ends
As the year draws to a close, investors are on the lookout for promising opportunities to bolster their portfolios. One strategy that remains popular among investors seeking a steady income stream is investing in dividend stocks.
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Year-End Wealth Management Checklist for 2023
As we approach the end of the year, it's essential to review your tax planning strategies. Here's a concise checklist of actions you can take before year-end.
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Gold & Silver Prices Start Holiday Season With a Bang
With fears of recession rising, and growing uncertainty over the future of the economy, it seems that more and more people are looking towards gold and silver as safe haven assets.
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Top 3 Dangers to Your Retirement Savings
Economic uncertainty is bad enough - sometimes it's a fact of life we have to accept. But if you think you've overcome uncertainty about your expenses in retirement, these 3 savings drains may really change the math.
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S&P 500 Returns & Why Your Performance Is Worse
As I wrote this blog, the S&P 500 index is up roughly 17% year-to-date. Most likely, your portfolio isn't.
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Global Woke Investments Drop $5 Trillion in 2-Year Span
Global investments using woke Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards led to trillions of dollars of losses in a two-year span, especially in the U.S., according to a recent report.
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Betting on Doom is a Losing Proposition
The page one story in The Wall Street Journal told of the final surrender of short seller James Chanos, who is shutting down his hedge fund after losing a fortune betting against stocks instead of investing in them.
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Are Asset Managers Liars?
In corporate governance, the "Big 5" are made up of the three asset managers that have been documented as together constituting "the largest shareholder in 88% of S&P 500 firms" (Blackrock, Vanguard and State Street), and the two proxy advisors that "make up an estimated...
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Deutsche Bank Sees 12% Upside to S&P 500 Through 2024
Deutsche Bank on Monday forecast the S&P 500 to end next year 12% higher as it expects corporate earnings to remain resilient even if the United States experiences a mild and short recession.
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US Retail ETFs Deliver Solid Black Friday Gains
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) tracking U.S. retailers moved higher in shortened trading hours on Black Friday, outpacing broader market indexes.
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5 Things to Be Thankful for This Thanksgiving
As millions of Americans start to move around the country to be with their families for the Thanksgiving holiday, it's time to start thinking about what we can be thankful for.
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Big Investors Say Markets Rally Could Be Short-Lived
The recent rally that has lifted U.S. stocks and bonds is more of a year-end rebound than a turning point, according to big money managers, who see fiscal and monetary policies, next year's presidential election and recession fears as likely to start weighing on...
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Morgan Stanley's Top 5 AI Picks for 2024
Morgan Stanley analysts have pinpointed five artificial intelligence plays they think could be winners in 2024, CNBC reports.
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Investors Pump $600M Into Defense Funds
Investors piled into exchange-traded funds tracking defense companies since October in anticipation of increased military budgets in the U.S. and Europe due to rising incidents of geopolitical conflicts.
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Solar Energy Investment Returns a Bust
Perhaps there’s little wonder that the solar industry is in a panic.
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Make Huge Gains When Investing With Dividends
Making "huge gains" when investing in dividend stocks involves a combination of careful research, strategic planning, and a long-term perspective.
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Can You Trust Your Bank If Your Bank Doesn't Trust You?
As we've seen and discussed at length this year, no bank is truly safe. When banks fail, the FDIC steps in with deposit insurance. But what happens when banks hate individual customers? Unfortunately, there's no real alternative or recourse.
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Afters Years of Ignoring It, Mainstream Media Finally Focuses on National Debt
For years, the national debt has been rising steadily upward. But every time someone tries to warn about the unsustainable nature of that rise, the media steps in to tell us not to worry.
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Roboadvisor Wealthfront Reaches $50B in Assets
Digital wealth management provider Wealthfront, a pioneer in automated investing, now oversees more than $50 billion in assets and is set to grow revenue by more than 140% this year, the company said Thursday.
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Stocks to Outperform Fixed Income in 2024: Barclays
Global equities are set to outperform core fixed-income assets next year, as threats of a global economic slowdown have declined, Barclays strategists said in a note Thursday.
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Bitcoin Up More Than 5%, Near One-Week High
Bitcoin, the world's largest cryptocurrency, rose more than 5.3% on Wednesday to $37,978, near a one-week high. It has risen about 125% so far this year.
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Hedge Funds Expand Bets on Tech Stocks
Several hedge funds expanded their bets on big technology stocks including Amazon, Microsoft and Meta Platforms even as these companies stumbled some during the third quarter after having fueled broad market gains this year, new regulatory filings show.
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Berkshire Sheds GM, P&G as Its Cash Rises to $157B
Berkshire Hathaway shas shed its holdings in General Motors and Procter & Gamble, and trimmed its stake in Amazon.com , as the conglomerate controlled by billionaire Warren Buffett boosted its cash pile to a record $157.2 billion.