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Warren Buffett now owns more T-bills than the Federal Reserve
Berkshire Hathaway now owns more in Treasury bills than the U.S. Federal Reserve as Warren Buffett builds up his cash fortress to a record level. The Omaha-based conglomerate held $234.6 billion in short-term investments in Treasury bills by the end of the second quarter, while it owned more than $42 billion of cash and cash equivalents […]
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Investors are punishing stocks that miss earnings more than normal this season
Companies with disappointing quarterly results are getting punished more than usual this earnings season. Second-quarter earnings misses have resulted in an average 3.8% decline for a stock from two days before the quarterly release through the two days after the report comes out, according to FactSet. That’s compared to the five-year average price decrease of […]
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Going for gold — Three ‘Big Short’ traders say the precious metal is a major long
“The Big Short” traders Danny Moses, Vincent Daniel and Porter Collins are focused on one of their top long bets: gold. “I just don’t think Americans have enough gold in their portfolio,” Collins said on CNBC’s ” Fast Money ” in an exclusive interview this week . The three investors are known for their successful […]
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Frank Cappelleri on using charts to successfully navigate the markets
For Frank Cappelleri, technical analysis — reading charts to identify patterns in stocks and other assets — is not an art or a science. “It’s both.” That’s because, “I can look at an indicator and use a different way that someone else does,” Cappelleri, the founder and president of CappThesis, told CNBC’s Senior Markets Correspondent […]
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How Biden’s unpopular economic record could be a challenge for Kamala Harris
As the frontrunner for the Democratic party’s nomination, Kamala Harris will have to run, for better or worse, on President Joe Biden’s economic record. That could be problematic for the vice president, who is being regarded as the near-certain replacement for Biden on the party ticket. While Biden-Harris can lay claim to a number of […]
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A pause to the ‘Trump trade’: The stock market impact if Joe Biden drops out of election
A potential decision by President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race could tap the breaks on a shift toward trades that are seen as plays on a Donald Trump victory. NBC News reported on Friday that Biden family members have talked about what a potential exit might look like, citing two people […]
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Ray Dalio makes the case for gold as the precious metal hits new record high
Ray Dalio believes gold deserves a significant portion of one’s portfolio, saying the precious metal is still appealing even at record highs. “Gold is an effective diversifier, meaning that if you take the classic mix of assets, and you have a particular problem, an optimal portfolio would have something more than about 10% in it,” […]
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Investors guess a Fed amount slice to spur rotation from crowded shares to neglected as bull industry continues
In the present-day fiscal cycle, you will find a bull current market in superlatives. The pileup of “very first time at any time” and “unprecedented extremes” in excess of the previous pair of a long time amounts to a situation that this bull is leaving actually special hoofprints. Final Thursday, 87% of S & P […]
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Investors grow concerned AI isn’t being adopted fast enough to justify the hype, says Goldman Sachs
The stock market’s red-hot mania for artificial intelligence is increasingly detached from reality as adoption of the burgeoning technology appears slower than expected, according to Goldman Sachs. “Our conversations with investors have been defined by skepticism about latter stages of AI adoption,” Ryan Hammond of Goldman’s portfolio strategy research team said in a recent note […]
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Hedge funds post mediocre first-half performance with some big names only up single digits
So far this year, hedge fund managers have failed to beat the S & P 500 , one of the cheapest, easily available investment vehicles for ordinary investors. Hedge funds returned just 5% in the first half of the year after a 0.2% loss in June, with event-driven strategies the biggest laggards, according to data […]
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