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...The administration of President Joe Biden has been active in policing violations of US export controls on China and sanctions on Russia....
...Various members of Qatar’s ruling family have become some of the world’s most active art collectors — and sought-after clients for auction houses....
...The same dog-avoidance benefit probably contributed to actives beating passives last year in Denmark, where selling Ørsted and Genmab on the first sniff of trouble while holding on to Novo Nordisk would...
...“There is no question that this is a pro-competitive, pro-consumer deal and that the FTC fundamentally misunderstands both the marketplace and the way in which consumers shop,” Tapestry said in a statement...
...But active funds have questionable holdings too....
...Of the more than 2bn websites in existence, only around 350mn are actually active. And the “active” includes sites in a form of living death....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on March 11. ©2024 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Cook said the Vision Pro launch in the US would be followed by “expansion to other countries later this year”....
...Small-caps also face particular issues as active managers consolidate and minimum liquidity requirements rise....
...Nippon Steel, at least, is still hopeful that its traditional method of holding persistent talks with unions will bear fruit....
...Folwell said he has negotiated for lower fees and now votes the state’s holdings in proxy votes rather than letting BlackRock do so....
...“Trade deals strengthen Taiwan’s international legal status and support Taiwan’s desire to remain an active partner on the world stage,” Deng said....
...In the last set of quarterly earnings, active customer numbers fell 6 per cent while revenue dropped 3 per cent. But such metrics are not good enough to support this former growth stock....
...These “linkers” may complement your gold holdings too....
...Now, that’s only the equivalent of two seedless grapes (I just checked) but we spend so much time holding smartphones these days that their precise heft has evidently become as familiar to us as their appearance...
...Understandably, many customers have been writing calls against their NVDA holdings. The problem for them is that the rapid run-up in the stock has put those calls in danger of being exercised....
...The new “portfolio-shielding” models were expected to encourage actively managed funds to enter the ETF market, something many active managers had been reluctant to do because they feared daily holdings...
...The iPhone maker has been more active than rival big tech companies in buying AI start-ups, acquiring 21 since the beginning of 2017, research from PitchBook shows....
...The three pro-European groups — the EPP, Socialists and Liberals — should muster about 400 seats, according to a Europe Elects poll of polls....
...A version of this article was first published on November 3 by Nikkei Asia. ©2023 Nikkei Inc....
...The firm will also bring together the iShares index funds with active funds and separately managed accounts under a new chief product officer, Stephen Cohen....
...Covered call ETFs sell options on underlying equity holdings to generate income in the form of premiums while also limiting the magnitude of gains and losses....
...Even if you still want to take a punt on active management in a bid to beat the stock market, you’re likely to be holding a decent chunk of your portfolio in trackers....
...Additional reporting by Dylan Loh A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on March 6. ©2024 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...The Pro and Pro Max models are the first smartphones with 3 nanometre chips made by TSMC, and Apple touted a “breakthrough” new GPU for faster graphics processing....
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