Hints and tips:
...Seems to me, therefore, that unless I can beat the S&P 500 — in sterling to match my liabilities — I shouldn’t bother. The author is a former portfolio manager....
...(Anna laughs) I’m gonna sell Washington’s cherry blossoms and buy Brooklyn’s cherry blossoms. Robert ArmstrongYes. They are really awesome....
...Most cherry-pick from the reams of data on offer and integrate the information into their own valuation frameworks. But the ratings still move a lot of money....
...Admittedly, you would have done even better in US stocks, given the 170 per cent rise in the S&P 500 over the decade....
...US stocks and bond prices moved higher on Thursday, with the S&P 500 gaining 0.5 per cent....
...More US-China relations: US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen has warned China not to flood the world with cheap clean energy exports, saying they would distort global markets and harm workers. 2....
...Alternative reality: “Publication bias”, where information is deliberately cherry-picked or obscured, can have serious consequences, writes Tim Harford in Undercover Economist....
...As S&P Global Ratings put it late last year: “Higher-for-longer interest rates remain the key risk for real estate assets globally.” US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen is, reassuringly, on it....
...US stocks ended higher, with the S&P 500 rising 0.5 per cent to its highest closing level since January 2022. That leaves it about 3 per cent below its record high from earlier that month....
...Economic data: S&P Global releases its early purchasing managers’ indices for April manufacturing and services activity....
...The S&P 500 closed 0.3 per cent lower, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.1 per cent....
...Am I cherry-picking bad examples to make a point here? Sure. But that’s deliberate, because that’s how investors think, too....
...US social media giant Meta has been forced to apologise publicly to Qatari billionaire (and Janet Jackson’s former husband) Wissam al Mana and promise extra protection after his image was used in crypto...
...The last time lawmakers approached a “fiscal cliff” in 2011, S&P downgraded the US’s triple-A credit rating....
...– watermelon, corn, artichoke, wine aubergine, pumpkin, loads of peppers…” Also, his favourite, a selection of cherry tomatoes in different colours....
...European VC Cherry Ventures has promoted Dinika Mahtani to be its first London-based partner. Astorg has named four new senior hires....
...The decline weighed on the broader S&P 500, with banks making up seven of the 10 worst performers on the benchmark index. First Republic led the declines, dropping 15 per cent....
...After S&P took away its triple A rating for the US, there was little long-term effect on markets....
...The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite were each down about 0.2 per cent, reversing gains from earlier in the morning....
...Larry Summers calls it “bizarre and inept”, Jason Furman says it’s “absurd”, Mark Zandi argues it’s “off base”, Mohamed El-Erian calls it “a strange move” while Janet Yellen says it was “arbitrary and based...
...This has drawn a wary reaction from foreign officials including US Treasury secretary Janet Yellen, who has said she is concerned about “the directive’s extraterritorial scope”....
...Futures contracts tracking the blue-chip S&P 500 rose 0.5 per cent today, while the equivalent for the tech-heavy Nasdaq jumped 1 per cent....
...“The Chinese continue to cherry pick who they want to engage with,” said Glaser, adding that they were more inclined towards economic officials such as Raimondo or Janet Yellen, the Treasury secretary....
...Firstly, that the results simply cannot be replicated, or secondly that they can be replicated but only by contorting or cherry-picking the data, something known as “p-hacking”....
...The S&P 500 finished last week up 5.9 per cent, its best week for a year....
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