January 22, 2021
“Despite recent underperformance, the long-term case for dividend funds Fund or Index / Ticker 1-Year Return Dividend Yield AUM (bil) Net Expense Ratio Columbia Dividend Income / GSFTX 9.2% 1.7% $28.9 0.69% Franklin Equity Income / FISEX 6.2 2.2 2.8… Continue Reading…
December 28, 2020
“1. Fidelity Total Bond Fund (FTBFX) The Fidelity Total Bond Fund seeks to provide investors with high levels of current income. The fund uses the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Universal Bond Index in guiding its allocation decisions and as a benchmark index. The… Continue Reading…
September 1, 2020
“Eastman Kodak’s recent roller-coaster ride continued on Tuesday as shares surged 40% on the back of D.E. Shaw establishing a position in the company. A filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday night showed that the hedge fund has… Continue Reading…
June 16, 2020
“The Federal Reserve said Monday that it will begin purchasing corporate bonds as part of a previously announced plan to ensure companies can borrow through the bond market during the pandemic. The program will purchase existing bonds on the open market, as… Continue Reading…
April 6, 2020
“Two weeks ago, just after the Fed first announced its massive overnight and term repo operation expansion which now amounts to some $1 trillion in daily repo capacity (and before Powell expanded this bazooka to included ZIRP and unlimited QE),… Continue Reading…
March 17, 2020
“In a mid-day announcement, the New York Fed said it willconduct a $500 billion repo operation this afternoon, another move targeted at keeping money flowing through the system. Repo involves banks putting up high-quality collateral like Treasurys in exchange for… Continue Reading…
January 22, 2020
“Global growth is expected to hit 3.3 percent this year, the IMF predicted. That is up from 2.9 percent last year, which was the worst year for the world economy since the Great Recession. The more upbeat forecast for 2020 is… Continue Reading…
November 4, 2019
“Guyana, a country of about 780,000 which shares a border with Brazil, Suriname and Venezuela in the northeast of South America, will see economic growth of 86% in 2020, according to the IMF. That’s up from 4.4% in 2019. Such an explosive expansion of… Continue Reading…
October 15, 2019
” Egypt’s economy is expected to grow 5.9% in the year ending in June, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday — unchanged from its April forecast but below the government’s target of 6% to 7%… In its World Economic… Continue Reading…
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