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The Mental Mistakes That Active Investors Make
Wall Street Journal - 10 Feb 2020 05:14
Why is it that amateur investors still believe they can beat the market when all the evidence suggests they can't? It has to do with how our minds work.
Green Bonds Branch Out With Record Sale
Wall Street Journal - 10 Feb 2020 18:57
Community Preservation issued a $150 million sustainability bond, the largest such sale by a community development financial institution, as sales of green, social and sustainability bonds are expected to hit $400 billio...
Overall Fed Temporary Liquidity Continues to Shrink
Wall Street Journal - 10 Feb 2020 17:09
The New York Fed announced that it implemented a $38.2 billion overnight repurchase-agreement operation that saw eligible banks take far less money than the central bank was willing to provide.
An ETF of Hedge Funds (or Close to It)
Wall Street Journal - 10 Feb 2020 05:02
ASI HFRI-I Liquid Alternatives Ucits Fund, which trades on the Irish Stock Exchange, provides access to four core hedge-fund strategies, at a much lower cost.
Investors Who Tried to Save Credit Suisse's CEO Hastened His Demise
Wall Street Journal - 10 Feb 2020 00:33
Tidjane Thiam quit after months of pressure as the Swiss bank's board ran out of patience with fallout from a spying scandal.
Netflix's Wall Street Trophy Makes Up for Hollywood Snub
Wall Street Journal - 10 Feb 2020 23:17
The upstart studio had the most Oscar nominations, with 24, yet it took home only two awards. On Wall Street, nobody cares.
Is Amazon Moon-Bound Like Tesla?
Forbes - 10 Feb 2020 22:47
Nearly forever, I've sought out open-ended plays going back to Polaroid, Xerox and Syntex some 60 years ago. Nowadays, I've cottoned to Facebook, Alphabet and Alibaba, but I've turned down properties like Amazon, Salesfo...
Equifax's Treasure Trove of Data Made It a Target of State Actors
Wall Street Journal - 10 Feb 2020 22:42
The Equifax breach stood out because there was little evidence the stolen data had resurfaced for sale on the dark web.
Fed's Harker Says Rates Should Remain Steady
Wall Street Journal - 10 Feb 2020 22:11
The Philadelphia Federal Reserve leader said the U.S. economy is in a good place and he sees no reason for the central bank to change its interest-rate target for now.
Fintech Varo Moves Closer to Becoming a Bank
Wall Street Journal - 10 Feb 2020 21:13
The financial-technology startup received regulatory approval to use federal deposit insurance, marking a significant step in the fintech industry's quest to take on traditional banks.
Asia Health Risk Round-Up
Forbes - 10 Feb 2020 20:55
Per the figure below, Health Risk is rising in all major Asian markets (with a few caveats described further on the app; see solid lines in figure below) relative to our forecasts from the day prior to China's closure of...
What's Next For Bitcoin After Its Drop Below $10,000?
Forbes - 10 Feb 2020 20:45
Bitcoin prices declined below $10,000 today, falling back from their recent multi-month highs. Is this pullback only temporary?
Gold Projected To Beat The Market In 2020
Forbes - 10 Feb 2020 20:33
CLSA predicts that the price of gold will beat the S&P 500 in 2020. The Hong Kong investment firm has an impressive track record when it comes to making market predictions--last year it had a 70 percent hit rate--so it m...
Does Your Portfolio Hurt Animals?
Forbes - 10 Feb 2020 19:54
Does Your Portfolio Hurt Animals? Here are three ways you can make sure your portfolio does not hurt animals
Health-Care Firm Targeted by Short Seller Muddy Waters Reviews Founder's Stake
Wall Street Journal - 10 Feb 2020 18:43
A campaign of short-selling that has erased 70% of its market value has forced a U.K.-listed health-care company to ask some searching questions. First on the list: who its owners are.
Has The Coronavirus Bottomed Out? Wall Street Thinks It's Close
Forbes - 10 Feb 2020 18:24
Death tolls mounting. Workers supposedly going back to work. Wall Street ready to call a bottom.
Arconic To Spin-Off Arconic Rolled Products On April 1
Forbes - 10 Feb 2020 18:01
The Engineered Products and Forgings businesses will remain in the existing company, which will be renamed Howmet Aerospace Inc. and change its stock ticker from "ARNC" to "HWM" in connection with the separation.
Opinion | Why term life insurance premiums may see a correction in the near future
livemint.com - 10 Feb 2020 17:59
The current term life insurance prices in India are actually unsustainable
What To Expect From Alibaba's Earnings & How To Play It?
Forbes - 10 Feb 2020 17:38
Market participants are expecting a solid report; they expect the company to announce a 15.88 earning (adj., Chinese Yuan) per share, a 30.3% year-on-year growth, 159 billion (Chinese Yuan) in revenue, and a 36% year-on-...
An ETF Bets on Cars' Future
Wall Street Journal - 10 Feb 2020 17:23
This ETF offers investors a play on three major trends in the automotive industry: electricity, autonomous driving and transportation service.
Irish Stock Market Falls After Sinn Féin's Election Victory
Wall Street Journal - 10 Feb 2020 17:21
Irish bank and real-estate stocks dropped after the general election delivered a strong showing for a left-wing nationalist party that campaigned on an increased role for the state in the economy.
Coronavirus Fears Still Dominate, But Powell Testimony, Earnings Could Vie For Attention
Forbes - 10 Feb 2020 16:36
The new week begins about where the last one ended--with coronavirus-related uncertainty weighing the market. Meanwhile, markets are eyeing this week's congressional testimony by Fed Chair Powell.