• Hedge Funds Whiplashed in Wild March Markets
  
  Trend-following and macro hedge funds have been badly wrong-footed in a week of wild market gyrations and are selling stocks to make up for souring bets on higher interest rates, banks and traders say.
• Trevor Gerszt: Have You Crisis-Proofed Your Investments?
  
  If you still have PTSD from the 2008 financial crisis, the events of the past week can't have been very pleasant for you.
• Investors Pile Into Safety of Cash: BofA
  
  Investors snapped up cash at the highest weekly rate since April 2020 in the week to March 15, according to BofA Global Research Friday, against a tumultuous backdrop of the failure of several U.S. banks and a rout in global banking shares.
• Peter Reagan: 2 of the 3 Largest Bank Runs in US History Happened in Just 72 Hours
  
  Bank runs are getting bigger than ever, faster than ever. Today, Peter Reagan assesses the 72-hour period that saw the collapse of two significant regional banks and asks, who's next?
• Peter Reagan: Wall Street Crybabies Hate Powell's Latest Move - Should You?
  
  This week, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before Congress and acknowledged that the inflation fight is far from over. Rates are going up, higher than we thought, for longer than we thought. Here’s why Wall Street is crying.
• Billionaire Bought Schwab During Monday's Sell-Off
  
  Billionaire investor Ron Baron said he "modestly increased" his position in Charles Schwab, CNBC reported on Tuesday, aiming to buy a dip in its shares amid a meltdown in financial stocks.
• Gold Soars as SVB Disaster Spurs Flight to Safety
  
  Gold and silver prices surged on Monday, as their safe-haven appeal drew in investors spooked by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, with the crisis also sparking hopes the U.S. Federal Reserve would have to slam the brakes on its aggressive monetary policy.
• Peter Reagan: The Dollar's Been Careening Down This Slippery Slope for Decades
  
  As the official global reserve currency since the end of World War II, the U.S. dollar has historically played a massive role in the global economy. Today that role is shrinking faster than ever - and now we know why.
• Ken Nuss: SECURE 2.0 Act Lets Retirees Defer Taxes on Retirement Plan Money Longer
  
  How to take advantage of new rules on RMDs and qualified longevity annuitiesBy Ken NussA retirement crisis looms. Americans aren't saving enough, and the aging of the population may require trimming Social Security benefits eventually.
• Peter Reagan: What's Hiding Behind the 'Disinflation' Smoke and Mirrors?
  
  Two weeks after the press conference, the Fed's touted "disinflation" popped like a Chinese spy balloon.
• Schwab Rated a 'Buy' in SVB-Fueled Selloff
  
  With Silicon Valley Bank going into receivership, becoming the biggest bank to fail since the financial crisis of 2008, analysts are pointing to Charles Schwab (SCHW) as a buying opportunity, CNBC reports.
• A Warren Buffett-Style Global Value Fund
  
  Those inspired by Warren Buffett's value investing sucess might consider the First Eagle Global Fund (SGENX), which has returned more than 12% annually since 1979, CNBC reports.
• Banks Feel Sting of Fed Fight Against Inflation
  
  The banking sector is in retreat, as it has been all week, as the effects of the Federal Reserve's fight against inflation begins to weigh heavily on a small number of banks that cater to the tech sector.
• Trevor Gerszt: Could Electric Cars Make the Future of Silver Brighter?
  
  One of the most encouraging things when it comes to the silver market is the increasing use of silver in new technology.
• Global Equity Funds Draw 1st Inflow in 4 Weeks
  
  Global equity funds drew their first weekly inflow in four weeks in the seven days to March 8 after strong consumption boosted the service sector in some major economies, easing worries over a recession.
• Berkshire Expands Occidental Stake to 22.2%
  
  Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has resumed its purchases of Occidental Petroleum Corp. shares after a five-month hiatus, increasing its stake in the oil company to about 22.2%, a regulatory filing showed.
• Goldman: Higher Rates Could Spur Stock Sell-Off
  
  A more aggressive Federal Reserve stand on interest rates could cause a steep stock sell-off, Goldman Sachs warns in a Thursday client note, CNBC reports.
• Utah Township Rejects ESG Investing
  
  The city council of Riverton, Utah "unanimously approved a resolution" objecting to placing its financial management in the hands of investment firms utilizing ESG scoring criteria.
• Goldman's Top Technology Pick for 2023: Amazon
  
  Goldman Sach's technology analysts have zeroed in on companies with the "most compelling risk/reward skew" in the event of an economic slowdown, and selected Amazon (AMZN) as their top pick, CNBC reports.
• Traders Shift Billions From Stocks Into Credit
  
  As stocks continue to be pounded, traders are moving billions into high-grade, short-term bonds, in spite of their sub-par performance in a rising interest rate environment, Bloomberg reports.
• Bryan Kuderna: Retirement Planning With SECURE 2.0
  
  Red lights are flashing, and alarms are ringing in when it comes to the future of retirement planning.
• John Schnatter: Papa John's Will Fully Embrace Quality Again
  
  Everybody loves pizza. The pandemic proved it. People were forced to stay at home for months on end, the government was handing out paychecks, and pizza delivery shops were soaring high with teeming business.
• Zillow Picks 239 Housing Market Winners for 2023
  
  Overall, Zillow economists foresee the U.S. housing market remaining virtually flat in 2023 - but they have pinpointed 239 markets out of 400 major metro areas where they expect prices will increase.
• Treasury Yields Move Higher After Powell Remarks
  
  U.S. Treasury yields moved higher in choppy trading, with the benchmark U.S. 10-year yield briefly erasing earlier declines Tuesday after remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Powell indicated the U.S. central bank would continue its rate hikes.
• Roubini: 4 Investments for Coming Stagflation
  
  U.S. economist Nouriel Roubini says persistent inflation will cause the Fed to raise interest rates above 6% and that these higher rates will trigger a recession paired with stagflation, a crashing stock market and debt defaults.

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