(Click here to subscribe to the Delivering Alpha newsletter.) Inflation, a hawkish Fed, fears of a recession have all made 2022 a tough environment for investing. A traditional portfolio of stocks and bonds is deeply in the red, leaving investors to seek diversity elsewhere. Ares Management, however, has been a beneficiary of the current environment. With hundreds
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The United States equities markets and the cryptocurrency markets had been rising leading up to the Sept. 13 release of the August Consumer Price Index data, but the rally fell apart once the data showed inflation rising, rather than falling. The negative data dashed any hope of a Federal Reserve pivot in the near term
When it comes to the concept of emotional loss vs. emotional win: why are we more emotional with a loss than a win in the stock market? Attachment to Current State We are more attached to our current state – what we have – than we are our future state. This also applies to other
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A federal judge in California has denied municipal advisor Matthias O’Meara and his firm Choice Advisors’ move to dismiss the Securities and Exchange Commission charges that the firm was engaged in unregistered municipal advisor activities in violation of Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Rule G-42. The charges brought by the SEC last September are a first
In Part 1, we detailed three of the different kinds of crypto OGs you might meet at an industry party. They were: (1) shadowy super coders and/or anon founders, (2) “reputable” and respected OG industry leaders like Vitalik Buterin and Brian Armstrong, and (3) the comeback OGs, who were trying to shake off the stink
Festivals love to tout their world premieres, but the best of them also know how to channel their local roots. Le Temps d’Aimer la Danse (Time to Love Dance), a yearly event in the French resort of Biarritz, has plenty to work with in that regard. The Basque country, which extends on both sides of
Mortgage demand appears to have nowhere to go but down, as interest rates go up. Application volume dropped 1.2% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. The week’s results include an adjustment for the observance of Labor Day. Since last year, homebuyers’ demand for mortgages has
Wall Street suffered the worst sell-off since the early days of the pandemic after official data showed US inflation increased unexpectedly in August, raising the spectre the Federal Reserve will need to act more aggressively to combat rising prices. The benchmark S&P 500 stock index tumbled 4.3 per cent, its worst day since June 2020
The famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, has urged investors to get into crypto now, predicting that the biggest economic crash in world history is incoming. “Now is the time you need to get into crypto,” he stressed. Robert Kiyosaki Says Now Is the Time to Buy Crypto The
Municipals saw losses across the yield curve, outperforming a U.S. Treasury selloff on the front end of the curve but facing larger losses out long, while equities tumbled following a hotter-than-expected inflation report. Two- and three-year muni-UST ratios are around 64% to 67%. The five-year was at 69%, the 10-year at 82% and the 30-year
In this article RENT CVNA Onur Dogman | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Tuesday. Meta – Shares of Meta slid 9.37% as the overall market fell Tuesday. The company’s bet on Reels is facing hurdles — Instagram users are spending less than one-tenth of the 197.8 million
Crypto and stock markets are feeling the pain after the Sept. 13 inflation report printed an unexpectedly hot figure that showed headline inflation rising by 0.1% month-over-month. Even with gas prices falling to multi-month lows and a cooling housing market, core inflation saw a 0.6% month-over-month bump and year-to-year inflation sits at 8.3%. This chart
Today we’re going to talk about vertical spreads vs iron condors. Are spreads better than iron condors, in terms of risk? Considering that an iron condor could lose money in both directions, whereas a spread can only lose money in one direction, so what is the better strategy? In this video I’ll give you my
Are millennials buying homes? Check out the latest Zacks Personal Finance 101 video to find out.
California State Treasurer Fiona Ma delivered an update on state finances Monday to attendees of The Bond Buyer’s California Public Finance conference in Los Angeles, vowing to protect bond issuance and explaining the relief package that will return some of the state’s surplus to taxpayers. She also spoke during CDIAC’s pre-conference earlier in the day.
It’s long been recognized home buyers love a view of the blue. Due to their comparative scarcity, homes on oceans, lakes (Great and otherwise), rivers and canals consistently command more at sale time. How much more? According to some estimates, a home on a lake will garner 25 to 50 percent more than the same
It’s been five days since Queen Elizabeth II died. The loss of a monarch, one who has been a source of constancy for so many during the 70 years of her reign, came no doubt as a profound shock for many. Some brands are taking it particularly badly. Take Morrisons. After reports that the supermarket
A top EU official has warned that Amazon’s compliance with the bloc’s incoming tech laws is a “work in progress”, as the regulator opens a Silicon Valley office as part of its preparations to enforce the sweeping legislation. Amazon recently pledged to make several changes to how it handles data on its third-party sellers as
Before launching his latest muscle-pummelling device, Dr Jason Wersland, chiropractor and the founder of Therabody, sought counsel from one of his most trusted patients: Cristiano Ronaldo. Or, rather, one day last year Ronaldo all but begged to try the new vibrating gadget – the “TheraFace PRO”. “I almost couldn’t hide it from him,” says Wersland. “He loves that we’re