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The S&P 500 has turned into an AI index. These stocks will help diversify your portfolio in case the trend has a setback
With valuations sky high for artificial intelligence stocks, investors may want to start thinking of a backup plan, according to Trivariate Research founder Adam Parker. The plan includes making a list of diversified stock ideas outside of AI, particularly because the S & P 500 is heavily weighted in tech and AI-related names. “Our quality-adjusted […]
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Japanese family businesses are facing a succession crisis. That is fueling a private equity boom
Japan Inc. is confronting a ticking demographic time bomb, and private equity players are racing to defuse it. Across the country, ageing business owners are facing a dual reckoning: heirs not interested in taking over the family business, and steep inheritance taxes. For many family businesses, rooted in the tradition of handing over the reins […]
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Bank worries, China trade feud unnerves stock market. Typical October volatility or something bigger?
How are we enjoying the “normal seasonal soft patch” so far? The stock market spent the past week chopping around the range left by the sharp drop the prior Friday, while confronting the ghosts of crises past: regional-bank balance-sheet worries , possible re-escalation of China trade hostilities, a crypto flash correction and a reversal in […]
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Latest bank turmoil turns spotlight to ‘NDFI’ lending market. What is that and should you be worried?
The troubles at two regional banks that helped drive Thursday’s stock market pullback could have been idiosyncratic, but one thing is clear: Just in case, Wall Street is now on alert for systemic credit risk. Stocks fell Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average closing down by more than 300 points, thanks to worries about […]
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Trump’s latest China trade spat offers lessons for the copper market amid AI boom
Key Points Demand for copper is expected to surge over the next decade, powered partly by the ongoing AI boom and a ramp-up in European defense spending. A “fragility” of supply chains, magnified by the current flare-up of trade tensions, shows why a diversity of supply is critical going forward. London Metal Exchange CEO Matt […]
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Retail traders’ incredible support of the stock market continues with biggest options volume day ever
Friday’s selloff in the stock market resulted in the biggest options volume day ever and the latest sign of the retail trading crowd’s incredible support of the stock market. Scott Rubner, head of equity and equity derivatives strategy at Citadel Securities, said Friday, Oct. 10 resulted in over 108 million contracts traded, only the second […]
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Chinese firms pull back from listing in the U.S. as Hong Kong IPOs see a surge
Chinese companies have pulled back from listing in the U.S. this year in a clear pivot to Hong Kong amid rising tensions between Beijing and Washington, and higher regulatory thresholds in New York. Chinese initial public offerings in the U.S. have slumped 4% year-on-year in terms of deal value so far this year, raising just […]
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Iraq pledges to end $4 billion gas imports from Iran by 2028 as it races to diversify beyond oil
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani said he hopes to end the country’s $4 billion reliance on Iranian gas by 2028, in an effort to diversify the major oil-producer’s economy. Decades of mismanagement, underinvestment and corruption have strained the power grid of Iraq, which is OPEC’s second-largest oil producer after Saudi Arabia. Gas […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, General Motors, Energy Fuels and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the stock market’s opening bell: JPMorgan Chase — Shares ticked higher by 0.2% after JPMorgan Chase results topped analyst estimates ; trading revenue hit a record of nearly $9 billion. Goldman Sachs — The investment bank fell 0.3% after Goldman exceeded Wall Street estimates on better-than-expected investment banking […]
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Tata Electronics acquires Chinese iPhone supplier Justech’s India unit for about $100 million, sources say
Key Points Tata Electronics has acquired Chinese industrial firm Justech Precision’s India unit for close to $100 million, according to two people familiar with the matter. Tata Electronics has sought to expand iPhone manufacturing capacity as Apple reportedly aims to make all of the iPhones for the U.S. market in India by end-2026. Apple is […]
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