By Nell Mackenzie, Carolina Mandl and Summer Zhen LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds are watching growing U.S.-Chinese geopolitical tensions and have spotted ways to trade them. U.S. authorities on Thursday told TikTok’s Chinese owners to divest their stakes in the popular video app or face a possible U.S. ban, Reuters reported. Britain, this week, described …
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By Nell Mackenzie and Pablo Mayo Cerqueiro LONDON (Reuters) -Investment managers Bridgewater Associates, Millennium Management and Marshall Wace added to short positions on European banking shares after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank sparked contagion fears across global banks, according to data from Breakout Point. Hedge funds including Citadel, Wellington Management, Capital Fund Management and …
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(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) By Mark Miller (Reuters) – Reforming Social Security may sound like an issue of interest mainly to older Americans. But any changes the U.S. Congress might make to address the looming shortfalls of the program will actually have a far larger impact …
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By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – Jean Elliott has adopted a number of senior dogs over the years, the most recent being Auggie, a 12-year-old Pekingese relinquished at a shelter. When tests revealed Auggie’s cancer, Elliott found herself facing a $5,000 bill she could not cover. The charity Lizzy’s Fund stepped in to help, …
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(Reuters) – Short sellers may have raked in $2.29 billion in profit in the past three sessions, as they took advantage of a selloff in regional bank shares following the collapse of SVB Financial Group and Signature Bank, S3 Partners said. The S&P 500 regional banks index is down about 18% since Friday when the …
By Chris Taylor NEW YORK (Reuters) – When financial planner Larry Pon started reading about the SECURE 2.0 Act that overhauls retirement saving, he was shocked at the provision about college funds. “Hey, this applies to me!” the certified public accountant from Redwood Shores, California, said. The new legislation lets savers roll over unused funds …
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By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) – Hedge funds ended last week positioned to scoop up winning profits from bearish positions on bank stock falls, according to a note by Goldman Sachs sent to clients late on Sunday. They sold financially themed shares and banks for nine straight weeks but rather than only exiting long positions, …
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By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – Traders piled in to defensive options on bank stocks on Friday, a day after a tumble in the shares of SVB Financial Group sparked worries over the lender’s stability and fueled a rout in the sector. A California regulator shut Silicon Valley Bank on Friday and appointed …
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(Reuters) – Cryptocurrency token Ether fell to its lowest in two months on Friday after the New York attorney general labeled it a security, bracketing it with assets such as stocks and bonds and fueling fears of a wider regulatory crackdown. New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday referred to Ether as a security …
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By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – Big declines in holdings including Tesla Inc and 2U Inc are leaving star stock picker Cathie Wood’s flagship ARK Innovation Fund on pace for its worst weekly decline since September as the Federal Reserve appears ready to hike interest rates further. Tesla, the fund’s top holding, is down …
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