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By Niket Nishant (Reuters) – Event contracts have exploded in popularity since the U.S. presidential election, fueling a heated debate between traders who have embraced the nascent asset class and critics who liken it to gambling. Several market players such as retail-favorite Robinhood and Interactive Brokers have rolled out event contracts in recent months, looking …

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By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) -Global hedge funds started to add back U.S. equities to portfolios last week following a massive selloff in Wall Street’s major indexes, an early indication of optimism about the country. Goldman Sachs said in a separate note that after unwinding positions in U.S. stocks on March 7 and 10, …

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By Kantaro Komiya TOKYO (Reuters) -Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway raised its holdings in five Japanese trading houses, regulatory filings showed on Monday, in the U.S. conglomerate’s latest investments in Japan’s top commodity firms that began nearly five years ago. Berkshire’s stake in Mitsui & Co rose to 9.82% from 8.09%, while its holdings in Mitsubishi …

Berkshire raises stakes in five Japanese trading houses to near 10% Read More »

(Reuters) -American families are growing sharply less optimistic about the economic outlook, but the Federal Reserve may be loathe to respond aggressively to a weakening economy in light of increasing worries that the Trump administration’s trade policy will boost already elevated inflation. That’s the betting reflected in financial markets on Friday, as the widely watched …

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By Suzanne McGee (Reuters) -Investors are increasingly taking refuge from the tumultuous U.S. stock market by pouring into a type of exchange-traded fund that offers a tradeoff, a cap on potential gains in return for a cushion against possible losses. Over the past month, as the market has pulled back sharply, “buffer” ETFs have seen …

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(Reuters) -U.S. household wealth eked out a fresh record high at the end of 2024, Federal Reserve data showed on Thursday, thanks to a stock market rally that appears to have run out of steam in the past three weeks. The net worth of households and non-profit groups rose about $200 billion to $169.4 trillion …

US household wealth eked out record high in fourth quarter on stock gains Read More »

By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) – Global hedge funds accelerated the unwinding of stock positions on Monday, and this trend is likely to continue, as portfolio managers seek to reduce risk amid a selloff in U.S. stocks, according to Goldman Sachs. “Through yesterday, our best guess is that we are currently in the middle …

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By Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Managed Funds Association, a private fund industry group, has urged the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) to reform or withdraw regulations introduced over the past four years. The recommendations, including changes to mandates involving Treasury trades and funds’ disclosures, were made in a letter to acting chair Mark …

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By Nell Mackenzie LONDON (Reuters) -Hedge funds fleeing positions intensified towards the end of last week and may continue to dent European hedge fund managers’ returns, a JPMorgan note to clients seen by Reuters on Tuesday showed. Hedge funds unwound positions in single stocks on Friday at the largest amount in over two years, with …

Hedge funds fleeing positions dents European stock traders, say sources Read More »