Author: super@dmin
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The Tell: If this ‘relentless bid’ dries up, investors could face ‘gruesome nightmare’
The buyback binge has reached historic proportions, with repurchases by S&P 500 companies in the last three months of 2018 marking the fourth straight quarterly record high. That’s never happened before. What happens when it stops?
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The Fed: Libor, the most important number in finance, gets a second chance at life
Libor, the benchmark interest rates for adjustable rate mortgages, was supposed to go away at the end of 2021. Now maybe it won’t
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Cryptos: The 2019 crypto rally shows no signs of slowing — but has anything changed?
If you haven’t heard, bitcoin is back. Well sort of. The best-known cryptocurrency is on a relentless run and bottom pickers may have finally struck gold.
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Market Snapshot: Stocks head south as Trump threatens tariffs on $11 billion of EU goods
U.S. stock benchmarks on Tuesday slide amid the threat of a fresh escalation of tensions on tariffs with the European Union.
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The Technical Indicator: Charting the S&P 500’s approach of the 2,900 mark
The S&P 500’s bigger-picture backdrop remains comfortably bullish in the wake of a strong April start, writes Michael Ashbaugh.
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Baby boomers commit the ‘7 deadly sins’ of retirement planning
New survey shows why millions are unprepared.
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The Moneyist: My dying father gave his girlfriend his debit card to buy food — her spending didn’t stop there
This man’s son wonders what his options are after large sums of money went missing.
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Capital One quietly changed the rewards program for some of its popular credit cards — why all consumers should pay attention
It’s not an unusual move, and it exemplifies the pitfalls of some credit cards.
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Bond Report: Treasurys rally after Trump threatens tariffs against EU
Treasury prices rose Tuesday, pulling bond yields lower, as traders grapple with the renewed threat of trade tariffs
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Cryptos: China threatens to ban bitcoin mining
The cryptocurrency industry was dealt a blow on Tuesday when a leading state planning agency in China recommended the government ban mining of bitcoin and other digital currencies.