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Global Private Asset Allocation Set to Increase in 2023, BlackRock Survey...
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Big Bank Benefits of Regional Bank Failures
Following first-quarter reports of big bank earnings that exceeded expectations–and the stock market’s spotty response–strategists are in analysis mode. Steve Sosnick, Chief Strategist at Interactive Brokers, spoke with CNN about what the large bank success indicates in the wake of regional bank failures...
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Warren Buffett’s Advice for Investing During a Downturn
Whether we’ll need his advice is yet uncertain, but billionaire Warren Buffett has a strategy when it comes to investing during a recession. Here are three tips from Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Officer and one of the world’s wealthiest people, worth about $93.4 billion, according to GOBankingRates...
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Housing Market Data Holds Promise for Stabilization
As the spring house-selling season gets underway, new numbers point to an end to the housing downturn, according to Yahoo Finance. The average 30-year fixed mortgage dropped from 6.32% to 6.28%, according to Freddie Mac, marking the fourth straight week of declines since the regional bank crisis began to pressure Treasury rates...
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Rising Interest Rates Spoil Private Equity’s Run on Food and Beverage
In 2021, private equity funds used bundles of debt to buy 786 food and beverage manufacturers worth $32 billion. But higher labor costs, supply chain disruption, and inflation changed the outlook for what seemed like a stable industry...
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Banks Close Customer Accounts as Part of Suspicious Activity Monitoring
As fraudulent banking activity has increased, banks have been closing customers’ accounts without much explanation, according to The New York Times. Under an obligation to report unexplainable suspicious activity to regulators and law enforcement, banks regularly monitor the financial transactions of customers...
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