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...There is no shortage of great books on the race for the White House, and the state of the US presidency and politics in general....
...Since 1990, missing the 30 best days of the S&P 500 cuts your compound returns in half....
...AstraZeneca Q4, British American Tobacco FY, CMC Markets trading update and revised outlook for 2024, ConocoPhillips Q4, Compass Group Q1 trading update and AGM, Crédit Agricole FY, Honda Q3, Kering FY, L’...
...That brightening outlook is tempting others including CVC Capital, General Atlantic and L Catterton to follow suit. CVC is likely to be the first to take the plunge next year....
...General Catalyst eventually decided to invest, too, handing over $30mn in 2019....
...Revenues have been flat for the past seven years, according to S&P CIQ data, which means they are falling in real terms....
...And states’ budget officers say there’s been additional growth in rainy-day funds and other general reserves so far this year, S&P Ratings notes. This is interesting for a couple of reasons....
...For example, the SSGA SPDR MSCI World UCITS ETF tracks the MSCI World index for an ongoing charge of 0.12 per cent, while the Xtrackers S&P 500 UCITS ETF tracks the S&P 500 index of US stocks for 0.06 per...
...The S&P Global Clean Energy Index, made up of 100 of the biggest such companies, is set for its worst annual performance since 2013....
...Even if the oil company’s full debt was taken on by the sovereign, Mexico’s net general government debt would not exceed 60 per cent of gross domestic product....
...After assembling a team of specialists for a complicated job, a contractor falls asleep on a plane....
...Monday France, Germany, Italy, Japan, UK, US: S&P Global/Cips/HCOB manufacturing and services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data Germany: monthly retail sales figures Results: Cranswick Q1 trading...
...Over the past 10 years, the 1.5 per cent the FTSE 100 has returned annually on average has been dwarfed by the 9.7 per return an investor in the S&P 500 has enjoyed....
...L Scott Rice, who oversaw all of the Air National Guard’s units across the US, including the 102nd....
...The performance of the S&P 500 index is now the most concentrated it has been since the 1970s....
...General partners (GPs) whose funds outperform the industry in one fund are likely to outperform the industry in the next and vice versa....
...“Not every [board] member has to be an expert in financial risk, but has to be able to read a spread sheet or a P&L [profit and loss account],” Richdale points out....
...S&P Global Commodity Insight....
...Lloyds FY; Nvidia FY; Stellantis FY; Baidu Q4; Danone FY; Ebay Q4; Garmin FY; Etsy FY; Domino’s Pizza Q4; Rio Tinto FY Thursday UK, Keynote speech at the Resolution Foundation in London by Catherine L...
...Monday Deloitte publishes its annual survey of chief financial officers UK, regional PMI data published by S&P Global US, former Amazon executive David Risher is appointed the new boss of ride-hailing...
...Yet roughly one-third of the market’s rally since the start of the fourth quarter last year stems from burgeoning investor interest in Hermès, Kering, LVMH and L’Oréal....
...Some can establish discretionary loss-absorbing buffers before accounting P&L is calculated (eg NBB and DNB)....
...US defence contractors Lockheed Martin and Raytheon also report earnings as demand for their products surges. 3M, Johnson & Johnson and General Electric also report....
...Monday EU, December retail sales figures Germany, December factory orders UK, S&P Global/Cips construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data Results: Activision Blizzard Q4, Anima FY, JFE Holdings...
...And I do think that still kind of fits with Markowitz’s general framework....
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