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The U.S. economy expanded at its fastest clip in over five years during the third quarter, according to the Commerce Department’s initial reading on GDP. Yet despite a barrage of robust data, Treasury bonds staged a surprise rally in October.
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Newly announced $115 billion deal for Lumentum will be financed entirely through stock: “There’s a real echo of 2000 here.”
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Oracle debt has been trading like a “junk bond” as the company borrows money and issues stock to help finance its AI cloud growth.
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“Our basic living expenses are covered by $110,000 in annual pensions and Social Security.”
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Novartis, Mitsubishi and Canadian Natural are examples of companies in developed markets outside the U.S. that pass screens for high dividend yields and low volatility for prices and earnings.
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One analyst notes “a meaningful gap between price and fundamentals” in some corners of the chip sector.
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Anthropic just filed updated financial paperwork ahead of an IPO that could come by the end of this month.
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In recent weeks there has been intense speculation surrounding SpaceX ambitions in the cellular market with multiple acquisition targets suggested; Boost Mobile is the latest
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Both the stock and bond markets are raising doubts about the sustainability of the AI trade.
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Analysts at the investment bank said Brent crude could reach $140 a barrel next year if tensions worsen in the Middle East.
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Hyperscalers and growth plays have underperformed amid a sharp rotation
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“About two months after his funeral, my stepmother called and said she wanted the money back.”
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What do Drake, Julianne Moore and Barbra Streisand have in common? These A-listers are not totally immune from having to play the waiting game for their perfect house.
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Retired Major League Baseball star Matt Holliday is ready to part ways with the newly built Paradise Valley, Ariz., estate he purchased earlier this year.
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Positioning among equity investors in tech stocks is consistent with much slower earnings growth than the sector is achieving. Deutsche Bank thinks it’s time to go overweight once again as the risk-reward profile favors a sector that is suddenly out of fashion.
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Morgan Stanley’s chief stock-market strategist, Mike Wilson, said the midterm elections are a classic “clearing event” whose outcome at this point doesn’t really matter.
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Tech stocks in late October caught the cold that for months has been a drag on the corporate bond market.
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Alex Barrow, founder of Macro Ops, says the bull market is on borrowed time and will ratchet back painfully for investors who aren’t prepared.
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