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...The most popular funds, those tracking the S&P 500, the total US stock market and the Bloomberg Aggregate Bond index, cost an average of just 0.03 per cent per year....
...The 10-year yield slipped 0.03 percentage points to 3.98 per cent, perpetuating the “inverted yield curve” phenomenon where shorter-term borrowing costs exceed longer-term yields — historically seen as a...
...The yield on the 10-year Treasury note was up 0.02 percentage points at 3.98 per cent, having hit 4 per cent, a three-month high, last week....
...I can see now that the UK clearly signals they do not trust those on unemployment, so they treat them like low-lifes....
...With 98 per cent of votes counted, he had 50.7 per cent of the vote with a lead of nearly 65,000 over Republican incumbent Kelly Loeffler....
...FastFT reports Daily Mail and General Trust said its first quarter had proceeded in linewith current market expectations and left its forecast unchanged....
...Japan’s yen was off 0.2 per cent at ¥112.98 per dollar, as was the Australian dollar off 0.6 per cent at $0.775....
...West Texas Intermediate was also down 0.5 per cent at $51.03 a barrel. Gold was up 0.2 per cent at $1,294 an ounce. Intraday In New York, the S&P 500 is set to start the day 0.1 per cent lower....
...) at 12,587 Currencies €/$ 1.15 (1.15) $/¥ 112.08 (112.62) £/$ 1.31 (1.31) €/£ 0.8789 (0.8791) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) down -0.02 at 48.40 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.04 at 45.98 100 Oz Gold...
...111.72) £/$ 1.35 (1.35) €/£ 0.8786 (0.8795) Commodities ($) Brent Crude (ICE) up +0.05 at 59.07 Light Crude (Nymex) down -0.14 at 52.08 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,307 Copper (Comex) up +0.03...
...1,610 Hang Seng down -75.82 (-0.29%) at 25,848 US markets S&P 500 up +9.01 (+0.37%) at 2,439 DJIA up +62.11 (+0.29%) at 21,206 Nasdaq up +58.97 (+0.94%) at 6,306 European markets Eurofirst 300 up +3.98...
...Each manager will typically select 20 stocks, which will make up the combined portfolio of the Trust....
...Resilience at Daily Mail and General Trust, good news at Glencore and Strong trading at Serco. FT Opening Quote, with commentary by Matthew Vincent, is your early Square Mile briefing....
...And had you wed on Valentine’s Day or a “numerically special” date, such as 01/02/03, the probability of being asked for a divorce increases, according to University of Melbourne economists Jan Kabátek and...
...currency reserves 8.30 – Halifax house prices 9.30 – UK Industrial production 9.30 – UK manufacturing production 12.00 – UK Prime Minister’s questions 15.00 – NIESR UK GDP estimates The markets at 08:03...
...Alliance Trust, the sluggish Dundonian investment group successfully challenged by activist Elliot, is selling its investment management wing for up to £30m....
...at minus 0.03 per cent....
...Last month, the investment firm announced the end of the first phase of a strategic review, revealing it would move from a listed investment trust to a “corporate” structure next year, helping save £25m...
...at 43.44 Light Crude (Nymex) up +0.03 at 41.95 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +12.80 at 1,340 Copper (Comex) up +0.02 at 2.21 10-year government bond yields (%) US 1.52% UK 0.74% Germany -0.09% CDS (closing levels...
...Markets at 07:57 Asian markets Nikkei 225 down -114.80 (-0.69%) at 16,614 Topix down -8.25 (-0.62%) at 1,315 Hang Seng up +33.53 (+0.14%) at 23,249 US markets S&P 500 down -32.02 (-1.48%) at 2,127 DJIA...
...Markets at 08:14 Asian markets Nikkei 225 up +601.84 (+3.98%) at 15,709 Topix up +45.91 (+3.79%) at 1,256 Hang Seng up +300.60 (+1.46%) at 20,865 US markets S&P 500 up +32.00 (+1.53%) at 2,130 DJIA up...
...The China Banking Regulatory Commission said the Rmb3.3tn ($495bn) of special mention loans reported at the end of June accounted for 4.03 per cent of total loans, just 0.02 percentage points more than at...
...Alliance Trust has confirmed the Financial Times story over the weekend that it has been approached by RIT Capital Partners, a rival investment trust, about a possible merger....
...(-0.31%) at 5,074 European markets Eurofirst 300 down -0.98 (-0.07%) at 1,344 FTSE100 down -29.10 (-0.43%) at 6,700 CAC 40 unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 4,376 Dax unchanged 0.00 (0.00%) at 10,156 Currencies...
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