Finance
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1.2KMeet the $625 billion bond king you’ve probably never heard of
Josh Barrickman.Vanguard Josh Barrickman is the principal and head of bond indexing in the Americas for Vanguard. He oversees $625 billion in...
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1.2KAl Gore and David Blood told us how it’s possible to save the world while still making a lot of money
Former US Vice President Al Gore, chairman of Generation Investment Management, in 2015.Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for New York Times Since...
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1.1K‘No more Brexit soap opera’: 60% of UK firms are ready to trigger contingency Brexit plans and move staff within months
Prime Minister Theresa May speaks at the Conservative Party conferenceCarl Court/Getty Images 60% of firms will trigger contingency Brexit plans if the...
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2.0KDemocrats need to stop whining about the deficit
Kevin Lamarque/Reuters Democrats are opposing Republican tax cuts partly on the basis that they will expand the US budget deficit. That’s the...
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1.7KThe CEO of investment startup Acorns wants his app to be used by every American with a household income under $100,000
Acorns CEO Noah Kerner says the company has amassed 2.2 million investment accounts in about five years.Acorns Acorns, the fintech app that...
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1.2KJerome Powell’s Fed tenure is unlikely to be a smooth sail
Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell delivers remarks during a conference at the Brookings Institution in Washington.Reuters/Carlos Barria President Donald Trump has named...
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1.1KSomething odd is happening to one of the most attractive trades of 2017
Jean-Christophe Kahn/Reuters There’s a slowdown in the emerging-markets carry trade, in which investors borrow in US dollars to invest in emerging markets...
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1.2KBill Ackman’s Pershing Square has seen assets drop $1.6 billion in 5 months
Bill Ackman.REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square has seen assets drop $1.6 billion in five months. The firm managed about $11 billion...
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1.0KSome of the biggest trading firms in the world are getting in on the bitcoin business
Traders and clerks frantically signal trades in eurodollar futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange after the Federal Reserve announced a hike in...
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1.1KBAML: Investors are still getting one key thing wrong about the market
REUTERS/Lucas Jackson Bank of America Merrill Lynch says traders are continuing to misprice how quickly rates are going to rise. The firm...