Hints and tips:
...No matter how you cut and slice the index, whether you include megacap technology names or not, the S&P 500 is expensive relative to history. That rarely ends well....
...S&P Global Ratings said in a report on Thursday that triple C borrowers would “contend with weak cash flow and elevated interest expenses this year”, while “defaults in 2024 [would] largely come from consumer-facing...
...to c.$1.2bn....
...Some would probably argue that more information is not the same as better information . . . but c’mon....
...Excluding the four companies without earnings as well as the Mag 7, the S&P 489 has an average P/E of 23, essentially the same as the index as a whole....
...Berkshire’s line-up of managers, however, is to P/C insurance what Cooperstown’s honorees are to baseball.”...
...A: Sean Combs/P Diddy/Puff Daddy/Puffy/Diddy Which high street lender has Nigel Farage opened accounts with after being cut off by Coutts?...
...My point is more general....
...Karoui’s point is backed up by the distribution of credit ratings....
...You do the S&P 500 questions. Alexandra Scaggs The S&P is a multinational index. Robin Wigglesworth Yes. Alexandra ScaggsI take no responsibility for whether this is right or not. OK, so 497....
...This may well present a more obvious buying opportunity than piling into an S&P 500 tracker. But price tag aside, can investment trusts lure buyers away?...
...Unlike the flat S&P 500, the Roundhill meme-stock ETF has had a bumper month. It’s up 10 per cent in July, and up nearly 60 per cent on the year....
...The chances of (c) are impossible to estimate, even granting that Putin looks weaker now....
...Several readers wrote to point out, with approval, the buyback policy of UK retailer Next PLC....
...Hence we think share price underperformance of wholesale banks such as DBK (4.7x P/E 2024E), BARC (3.9x P/E 2024E), BNP (6.9x P/E 2024E) as well as by some Money Center Banks is overdone....
...No alternative deal has emerged since March for Cotiviti, suggesting problems that go well beyond one private equity firm....
...Look at the US: as well as the advantages the blue-chip S&P 500 derives from rich American capital markets, 2023 proves that sometimes just the top-end of US stocks are strong enough to carry the rest of...
...That’s a lower proportion than the S&P 500, which has 13 stocks above the 10 per cent short threshold. And from 461 companies in the Stoxx 600 ex UK, 28 are heavily shorted....
...(Amanda Chu) Power Points South Korea’s EV battery leader bets on US growth to dethrone Chinese rival....
...Though there are limited studies showing Vitamin C IVs’ effectiveness in reducing fatigue and inflammation, the research behind IV Drips is not robust and many medical experts would discourage their use...
...He appears to be making efforts to appease employees as well as shareholders....
...Some can establish discretionary loss-absorbing buffers before accounting P&L is calculated (eg NBB and DNB)....
...Colby SmithA 50 basis-point hike is by no means a done deal....
...First-quarter figures point to a blended net profit margin for the S&P 500 stock index of 12.3 per cent, according to FactSet....
...E-P-C you in Prague The European Political Community hasn’t even been inaugurated but has already made a decision: its second meeting will be held in Moldova, writes Henry Foy in Brussels....
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