- Yields rise on German fiscal stimulus hopesBenchmark U.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday on a report that Germany may be open to running a deficit to boost growth, while stronger stock markets also reduced demand for safe haven debt. Read more »
- Canada's Intact Financial to buy Guarantee Co, Frank Cowan for C$1 billionCanadian property and casualty insurer Intact Financial Corp said on Thursday it agreed to buy The Guarantee Co of North America and Frank Cowan Co for C$1 billion ($750.6 million) in cash from... Read more »
- Your Money: Big companies explore virtual care to curb healthcare costsBig companies are increasing incorporating virtual technology and care options into employee benefit plans to combat the rising healthcare costs that long been corporate America's bugaboo, according... Read more »
- U.S. regulators to drop accounting test in 'Volcker' rewrite: sourcesU.S. regulators have circulated a new draft of the "Volcker Rule" that would further ease its requirements and scrap a proposed new test that had been met with fierce resistance from Wall Street,... Read more »
- Third Point cuts United Technologies stake after opposing Raytheon dealHedge fund Third Point LLC said on Tuesday that it recently cut its investment in United Technologies Corp , becoming the second activist hedge fund to sell shares after the company announced a... Read more »
- U.S. yields tumble on trade worries, political tensionU.S. Treasury yields fell on Monday, in line with the weak stock market, as trade worries and global political tensions in places such as Hong Kong and Argentina supported safe-haven assets. Read more »
- U.S. bond yields rise on confusion over U.S. trade moveU.S. Treasury yields rose on Friday amid confusion over the United States policy on trade with China, while political turmoil in Italy compounded investor concerns, capping a volatile week in the... Read more »
- Market weighs risk of negative U.S. Treasury yieldsTraders and analysts are considering whether U.S. bond yields would fall below zero as a record amount around the world sank into negative territory this week. Read more »
- Precious metal funds reap fourth biggest weekly inflows as investors play safe: BAMLPrecious metal funds recorded the fourth-largest inflows ever in the week to Wednesday and investment-grade funds sucked in money, Bank of America Merrill Lynch said on Friday, as rising trade... Read more »
- Investors embrace ESG investing but don't target gun stocksTwo new BlackRock Inc funds that exclude gun makers are off to slow starts as socially-minded investors embrace other products addressing a wide range of issues like environmental and governance... Read more »
- U.S.-based high-yield junk bond funds post largest weekly outflow since OctoberU.S.-based high-yield junk bond funds posted more than $4 billion of outflows in the week ended Wednesday, the largest weekly cash withdrawals since October 2018, according to Refinitiv's Lipper... Read more »
- Negative-yielding bond supply hits all-time high - J.P. MorganThe amount of bonds carrying negative yields increased to an all-time peak of $13.2 trillion on Wednesday, up $1.6 trillion or 13.4% from a month earlier in the wake of a dramatic rally in bond... Read more »
- U.S. small-cap stocks under renewed threat from tariffsLast week's announcement of more U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods may have undermined the prospects for small-cap stocks to rebound this year, even after a brief respite from the Federal Reserve's... Read more »
- Fidelity's money-market fund assets surged 20% in past yearFidelity Investments' money-market fund assets have climbed $116 billion, or 20%, over the past 12 months as investors embrace higher yields for their idle cash, research firm Crane Data said on... Read more »
- Hedge fund Hoplite Capital plans to shut down - letterHedge fund Hoplite Capital is returning money to outside clients after a period of sluggish returns, the firm's founder, John Lykouretzos, told investors in a letter on Wednesday. Read more »
- Manulife profit beats on strength in Asia unitCanada's largest insurer insurer Manulife Financial Corp on Wednesday edged past estimates for second-quarter profit, helped by strength in Asia unit, its biggest. Read more »
- Your Money: What to do if you need to sell stocks nowWhen stocks are volatile, conventional wisdom says to stay the course. But what if you have tuition due or a pending home purchase and you just really need to cash out? Read more »
- Hedge fund investor Tarrant, who bet with Warren Buffett, diesInvestor Jeffrey Tarrant, whose firm Protege Partners backed billionaire managers including William Ackman and Marc Lasry early in their careers and made a bet with Warren Buffett that hedge funds... Read more »
- U.S. money market assets rise to highest since 2009 - iMoneyNetU.S. money market fund assets jumped to their highest level since 2009 as investors unnerved by the rapid deterioration in trade talks between China and the United States piled into these cash-like... Read more »
- U.S. banks limp away from hopes of interest margin expansionBig U.S. banks are under pressure again, as policymakers around the globe have dashed any hopes that the industry might finally be able to earn more money on loans, after more than a decade of... Read more »