One fund to solve all your problems—it’s the dream of every investor who wants the simple life. But for all except aggressive investors with 100% in stocks, it was largely impossible until recently, with interest rates close to 0% before 2022, which rendered the bond portion of any balanced or allocation fund invested in both
Walt Disney is caught in a contentious battle with multiple activist investors. Shareholders should come out ahead no matter who the winner is. Right now, there are no fewer than four activists taking aim at the House of Mouse. That should come as no surprise given that Disney stock has lost more than half its
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were falling Wednesday. The crypto sector was giving back gains after a sharp rally to start the year but some analysts see reasons for continued strength. Bitcoin has fallen 0.6% to $45,372 over the last 24 hours. The largest cryptocurrency broke through $45,000 for the first time in more than a year
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were gaining strongly on Tuesday, with the crypto sector kicking off 2024 with a broad-based rally amid expectations that approval of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds will come as soon as this week. Bitcoin has jumped 7.4% to $45,668 over the last 24 hours. The largest cryptocurrency climbed past the $45,000 level for
Liu Jianguo, a 47-year-old teacher in the second-tier city of Guiyang, considers himself lucky. He lives in a sliver of China where the property market isn’t withering. “I have friends in the big cities,” he said. “They are aware they’re in a bad place for buying or selling real estate.” New home prices in China’s
At Friday’s price of $21.36, they’re off around 5% since his Dec. 6 critique, while many other real-estate investment trusts have risen by a like percentage in celebration of easing interest rates. Block’s claim that the Blackstone trust will cut its dividend by half—as its borrowers struggle to refinance at higher rates—has stirred the hornet’s
Erik ten Hag insists Jim Ratcliffe wants to work with him even though he is yet to speak to the British billionaire as he prepares to take control of football operations at troubled Manchester United. Ratcliffe’s INEOS group finally agreed a deal to buy a 25 per cent stake in United on Christmas Eve. INEOS
The number of shorted shares has grown 23% since the end of 2020, but that doesn’t mean traders are getting more bearish about the market. Thanks to an array of initial public offerings and stock splits, the total number of stock shares has ballooned since the end of 2020—which means the relative short interest has
Warren Buffett, so the legend goes, reads some 500 pages a day. While you might not make it quite that far over the festive break, we hope you get a bit of time to catch up on your favourite titles. Here, Financial News runs through some of the best books we’ve read this year. Isn’t private
Published: Dec. 27, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. ET By Adriano Marchese Stocks in Toronto were solidly higher in the first trading day in the shortened week following Christmas Day and Boxing Day in Canada. Nearly all sectors were driving the increase in the session, led primarily by health tech, process industries and materials. Consumer durables