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...Multi-manager funds such as Citadel and Millennium, which run money across a wide range of strategies, and macro funds such as Brevan Howard and Rokos that bet on falling bond prices, thrived....
...First, using data provided by the great Howard Silverblatt of S&P Indices, here is a chart of the year-over-year change in dollars spent on buybacks by companies in the S&P 500 index, plotted against the...
...Here is a table of the composition of buybacks in the S&P 500, by sector, from the great Howard Silverblatt of S&P Dow Jones indices. Look at information technology!...
...They illustrate their argument by comparing the paths to success of the richest people in Mexico and the USA (p. 39)....
...Howard Davies: I expect little or no change....
...Quick Hits — What’s on the markets radar The power of tech is shown in this table courtesy of Howard Silverblatt at S&P Dow Jones Indices....
...“Several factors suggest higher yields,” said Boris Glass of S&P Global Ratings....
...Letters in response to this editorial: Take comfort in confines of the US constitution / From Earl P Bell Ninth justice and a chance to do things differently / From Dr John Howard Wilhelm Struggle between...
...The failure of business leaders to inspire a Remain outcome shows their influence is limited outside the C-suite....
...It is unlikely that he will go much further unless a) financial crisis intervenes b) the election is brought forward or c) war is declared....
...(WSJ) Brevan Howard’s “dedicated emerging markets hedge fund with $2.8 billion under management is down 12 percent for the year as of October 4, according to marketing material reviewed by Reuters.”...
...Howard Davies is a professor at Sciences Po in Paris and former deputy governor of the Bank of England...
...Investors who buy into a company when an Icahn representative goes on the board have on average outperformed the S&P 500 by 10 percentage points, he says....
...“We had been worried that if Diamond owned Pringles it would be an unprotected orphan brand overseas,” said Alexia Howard, analyst at Bernstein Research....
...A strong dollar “will not devastate the index”, said Howard Silverblatt, at S&P Capital IQ. “But when it comes to stocks, we work on pennies. They do matter.”...
...Howard Silverblatt, senior analyst at S&P, thinks it’s too early to call EM equities’ performance in July a turnaround. “We don’t see a huge turnaround” he told beyondbrics....
...Kennedy, Vern Krishna, Christopher Portner and Edward P....
...The broker also noted C&W’s use of finance leases to fund capital expenditure, which it said had flattered cash flow by £31m....
...Industrial companies in the S&P 500 had a record $836bn in cash in March, according to Howard Silverblatt, an S&P index analyst. Cash matters to investors....
...By the close, the S&P 500 was 0.3 per cent down at 1,169.44, ending the quarter up 4.8 per cent – its best first-quarter performance since 1998....
...“Improved market conditions reduced economic pressures and permitted more companies to loosen their grip on cash expenditures during the first quarter,” says Howard Silverblatt, senior analyst at S&P....
...The S&P 500 index closed 0.9 per cent lower at 1,081.40. The S&P financials sub-index dropped 1.9 per cent....
...The Bunkamura show, put together in co-operation with Paris’s Musée d’Orsay, comprises some 50 paintings by P-A and 15 extracts from J’s films and highlights common influences and affinities....
...John P Calverley, Amex: They are not nearly as good as 2001 in the US and UK....
...“Recent contract wins suggest the UK recovery is more than on track,” analyst Paul Howard said. “We sense that management is increasingly confident regarding the prospects of the UK business....
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