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Hedge fund winners and losers emerge in brutal tech-driven sell-off
The stock market is going through a period of uncertainty and volatility, but some sectors could benefit from that. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) A wide divergence of performance has formed in the hedge fund industry amid the stock rout on Wall Street this year. […]
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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell confirmed by Senate for a second term
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on May 04, 2022 in Washington, DC. Powell announced the Federal Reserve is raising interest rates by a half-percentage point to combat record high inflation. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images As he and his colleagues engage in a […]
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Ahead of hurricane season and summer storms, be sure you know how weather events are covered by your homeowners insurance
Win McNamee | Getty Images As spring warmth takes hold, homeowners may want to make sure they’re prepared for the severe weather that will likely soon follow. That preparation should include checking your insurance coverage. Whether you live in an area prone to hurricanes, tornados, flooding, hail, wildfires or severe storms — all of which […]
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What this week’s Terra stablecoin fiasco means for crypto and what investors can learn from it
But UST’s move isn’t the first depegging in stablecoins and it probably won’t be the last. Here’s what you need to know about this week’s Terra fiasco. Source
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‘I made $245,000 in a month’: This 29-year-old got rejected from 15 medical schools—now he runs a $1.5 million business
In 2014, I was fresh out of college and thought I had my life all planned out: Go to medical school, get a six-figure job as a doctor, and make my parents proud. None of that worked out. I realized I hated blood and needles, and got rejected from more than 15 medical schools. My […]
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Tax professionals ‘horrified’ by IRS decision to destroy data on 30 million filers
courtneyk | E+ | Getty Images An audit by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration revealed the IRS has tossed data for millions of payers, sparking anger from the tax community. The material, known as paper-filed information returns in accounting parlance, is sent yearly by employers and financial institutions, and covers taxable activity, such […]
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Franklin Templeton CEO Jenny Johnson says active management pays off during extreme volatility
(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) With $1.5 trillion in assets, Franklin Templeton is among America’s top 10 asset managers, and growing. Over the last few years, the firm has acquired asset manager Legg Mason, custom index provider O’Shaughnessy Asset Management, and secondary private equity investor Lexington Partners, among others. President and CEO Jenny […]
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Growth stock valuations ‘have further to fall,’ says Citigroup strategist
Analysts as a group expect that it is “more likely” that real yields will continue to rise, which would hurt growth stocks. Source
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Twitter’s market cap has dropped to $9 billion below Musk’s purchase price as concerns about deal emerge
The Twitter logo and trading information is displayed as a trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., May 3, 2022. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters As Elon Musk pursues ownership of Twitter, shares of the social media company are dropping, suggesting some concern among investors that […]
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Wolfe downgrades credit card stocks to underweight, as research firm feels a ‘recession is likely’
Investors should sell shares of credit card issuers given that a “recession is likely,” according to Wolfe Research. Analyst Bill Carcache downgraded credit card issuers as a group to underweight from market weight, saying in a Thursday note that the stocks will increasingly come under pressure with higher recession risks. “While we remain cautious on […]
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