Author: super@dmin
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Three ways for couples to stop arguing about money
What’s most important is to separate money issues from personal issues.
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FA Center: These types of stocks are exactly what you want to own during a bear market
Stocks with low ‘liquidity beta’ are easier to sell when buyers are scarce, writes Mark Hulbert.
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3i Group profit falls 15%
3i Group PLC (III.LN) on Thursday reported a 15% fall in pretax operating profit in fiscal 2019, a year the company said was characterized by uncertainties that weighed on business. The international investment manager, which focuses on midmarket equity and infrastructure, said its profit for the year ended March 31 fell to 1.23 billion pounds…
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Asia Markets: Asian markets mixed as Trump moves to ban Huawei
Asian markets were mixed in early trading Thursday after President Donald Trump signed an order that would ban telecom equipment from countries considered “foreign adversaries,” in a move apparently targeted at China’s Huawei.
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The Wall Street Journal: T. Rowe Price dumps most of its Tesla stake
T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. sold roughly 81% of its shares of Tesla Inc. over the first three months of the year, marking a sharp retreat for a firm that for years had been one of the electric-car maker’s biggest investors.
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Market Extra: The woman who nailed the 2018 stock-market volatility blowup has kicked off an actively managed ETF
Nancy Davis, the chief investment officer and founder of advisory firm Quadratic Capital, is the brain behind a new exchange-traded fund on Wall Street that aims to offer prospective investors ways to bet on inflation, the shape of the yield curve and a sharp rise in interest rates.
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Are stock-market investors ignoring Iran just like they ignored China?
Investors were arguably too complacent about U.S.-China trade tensions. Some analysts wonder if they’re making the same mistake when it comes to Iran.
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Bond Report: 2-year Treasury yield retreats to 15-month low amid geopolitical jitters and soft data
Treasury prices rise Wednesday after signs of softness in the Chinese economy and geopolitical concerns around Italy’s fiscal deficits spur inflows into haven assets like U.S. government paper.
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America’s declining birth rate foreshadows some tough financial times ahead
The upshot on the continuing decline in the fertility rate.
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Market Snapshot: Nasdaq jumps as tech, internet-related stocks try to claw back from tariff tantrum
U.S. stocks stage a turnaround Wednesday, pushing all three benchmarks into positive territory, in the wake of an opening skid after reports surfaced on developments in U.S. international trade relations that were being viewed as upbeat.