Month: September 2019

Plenty of parents start their kids off with a piggy bank to underscore the importance of savings. Very few teach their children how to invest. “Investing is something a lot of parents struggle with,” said Roger Young, a senior financial planner at T. Rowe Price in Owings Mills, Maryland. Parents who don’t have best habits
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Leveraged loans and CLOs are at record highs. Getty In the last twelve months, I have written almost thirty articles about leveraged loans and collateralized loan obligations (CLOs), because these instruments are all too often illiquid and opaque. Moreover, measuring their market, credit, and market liquidity risks is difficult, especially in an economic or market
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Lafayette, California, March 28, 2019. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Getty Images A sprawling and controversial new labor law signed by California Governor Gavin Newsom this week could have major tax consequences for gig workers in the state and eventually, perhaps, throughout the country. The measure, called Assembly Bill (AB) 5, makes it much harder
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Lingnan Tiandi located in the historic southern China commercial city of Foshan boasts striking architectural details.  Urban Land Institute Two real estate development projects in China were among 11 from around the world feted as winners of the 2019 Urban Land Institute Global Awards for Excellence in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. The annual awards by the are
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An interview with billionaires Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger and Bill Gates. In this interview, Warren discusses his acquisition strategy and how to negotiate, including how gains and falls in the wider economy plays into his strategy. The gentlemen also talk about current investments and ones they have missed, including the impact of trade tariffs on
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Your bonds could get killed by rising rates. Here’s where to buy protection. Inflation is tame. Interest rates are low. Perhaps they are destined to go still lower, even into the negative territory you see in Europe. Perhaps not. There is a small but palpable risk that, sometime in the next decade or two, the
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Is it a good time to jump on the refinancing bandwagon? The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates twice over the past few months and may be heading even lower. Does that automatically mean you should refinance your mortgage? Not so fast. Sure, the trade war with China, slowing manufacturing and job growth are possible
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An interview and Q&A with billionaire investor and founder of Duquesne Capital, Stanley Druckenmiller. In this interview, Stanley discusses the Macroeconomic factors he is monitoring and the impact of changes in interest rates. Stanley also talks about the US trade war with China and how to structure your portfolio. ???? Books on Stanley Druckenmiller’s investing
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