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...The yen hit a 34-year low after the Bank of Japan held interest rates near zero despite rising pressure on the central bank to tighten its policy and prop up the currency....
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...The 10 largest now account for a third of the entire index’s market capitalisation, and one in four of every dollar earned by America’s 500 biggest companies, according to Goldman Sachs....
...It was a sign of the times at the end of last year when the amount of assets invested in US passive funds reached $13.3tn, according to Morningstar, just pipping the $13.2tn invested in active funds....
...fallen from 70 per cent to 55 per cent; and that the share of household wealth held in deposit accounts has fallen from 22 per cent to 13 per cent....
...Tracker funds now account for more than half of all US pooled investments....
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...They famously account for around a quarter of the value of the entire S&P 500 index of US stocks. You could fit several European stock markets inside any one of them....
...Funds that equal weight the S&P 500 index — buying the same amount of every stock irrespective of its size — saw record inflows last year, even though this approach hit investors in the pocket as the tech...
...But by then, the women’s activities had begun to raise flags. Alarmed at the unexplained sums pouring in, Wen’s bank closed her account. She attempted to open a new one at other banks....
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...The mechanics of the NAIC’s rule change (as described by Barclays, Bank of America, regulators, industry groups and various other sources) are . . . not especially simple....
...Accounts of $100mn-$250mn will pay a 13 per cent performance fee, while those investing less than $100mn will pay 15 per cent....
...And yet, as the G20 met in New Delhi in September 2023, 59.1 per cent of the voting shares in the IMF were held by countries accounting for 13.7 per cent of the world’s population....
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...Again, he will receive a windfall of tens of millions of euros if the company hits its target valuation of €13 to €15 a share....
...In the same period, Canada’s population increased 13 per cent, but growth in its housing stock has not kept up. The number of private dwellings grew 5.7 per cent from 2016 to 2021....
...Two decades ago, the wealthiest 10 per cent of Americans held 77 per cent of corporate equities and mutual funds, according to calculations by Lyn Alden, a strategist....
...The Bank of Japan calculates that only 13 per cent of Japan’s liquid household assets are in equities, against more than 40 per cent in the US and 21 per cent in Europe....
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