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Miami ‘Hedge Fund Week” offers a financial vibe check on 2022 and beyond
In the evening light of a catered party around a pool at a golf resort, a young man in a…
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Casino operator Bally’s stock soars 24% after hedge fund makes buyout offer
Bally’s Corp. stock soared 24% Tuesday, after the casino operator got a buyout offer from its biggest shareholder, hedge fund…
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‘No signs of panic’ by Corporate America’s debt investors, even with stock market turbulence
Debt investors in top American companies aren’t freaking out, even as turbulence on Monday briefly threatened to land the S&P…
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Responsible investing is less important than you think — but there’s plenty you can do instead
For years now, any financial conversation about doing good in the world, or at least doing less harm, has led…
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Would 401(k) participants use a Social Security ‘bridge’ option?
Although annuities would ensure retirees higher levels of lifetime income, reduce their likelihood of outliving their resources, and alleviate some…
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The Federal Reserve needs to ‘shock and awe’ the market with one big rate hike ‘to restore its credibility,’ says hedge-fund star Bill Ackman
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman said the Federal Reserve needs to deliver old-fashioned “shock and awe” to financial markets by…
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Will the crypto market always follow bitcoin’s price lead? It may not in the future, this asset manager explains.
Hello! Welcome back to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter that reaches your inbox every Thursday. I’m Frances Yue, crypto…
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Scorched Western states and a hurricane in New York: Earth experienced one of its hottest years on record in 2021
Last year’s lofty average global temperatures, which choked the Western U.S. in drought and fire and kicked up a deadly…
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If investors really want companies fighting climate change, they should put their mouths where their money is
Shareholders nowadays have so many clashing viewpoints that boards and managers need to create more direct lines of communication to…
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‘There’s no way the stock market goes up this year, it probably goes down pretty aggressively,’ says hedge-fund honcho Kyle Bass
Don’t expect stock-market gains in 2022 if the Federal Reserve sticks to its guns on rate hikes and tightening overall…
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