Month: January 2020

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Banking Giant UBS Favors These 3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks

January 8, 2020 admin Comments Off on Banking Giant UBS Favors These 3 High-Yield Dividend Stocks

Dividends are a wonderful thing for investors. These profit-sharing payments from companies to stock owners provide a steady income stream which can be reinvested in the shares, diverted to other endeavors, or even just pocketed. Payments are usually small – sometimes just a few cents per share, and provide an incentive for investors to buy up more blocks of stock.Dividend stocks are even more attractive in today’s climate of low interest rate. The US Federal Reserve dropped its key rate three times in 2019, brining it down to just 1.75%. Bond yields are consequently low, in the neighborhood of 1.5% …read more […]

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Private investigator in Credit Suisse spying scandal hits back at banker

January 8, 2020 admin Comments Off on Private investigator in Credit Suisse spying scandal hits back at banker

A private investigator from the firm tasked with tailing former Credit Suisse banker Iqbal Khan has countered Khan’s legal action with criminal complaints against the banker, his wife and the police, Swiss prosecutors said on Wednesday. Khan, who left Credit Suisse in July to became rival UBS’s co-head of wealth management, filed a criminal complaint in Switzerland following a confrontation with private detectives tailing him and his wife on Sept. 17. The scandal led to an investigation by Switzerland’s bank watchdog into Credit Suisse’s conduct and criminal proceedings in Zurich which remain ongoing. …read more […]

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Conduent Incorporated (CNDT) vs. Hedge Fund Favorites in 2019

January 8, 2020 admin Comments Off on Conduent Incorporated (CNDT) vs. Hedge Fund Favorites in 2019

We are still in an overall bull market and many stocks that smart money investors were piling into surged in 2019. Among them, Facebook and Microsoft ranked among the top 3 picks and these stocks gained 57% each. Hedge funds’ top 3 stock picks returned 45.7% last year and beat the S&P 500 ETFs by […] …read more […]

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How Did TE Connectivity Ltd. (TEL) Perform In Comparison to Hedge Fund Favorites in 2019?

January 8, 2020 admin Comments Off on How Did TE Connectivity Ltd. (TEL) Perform In Comparison to Hedge Fund Favorites in 2019?

It has been a fantastic year for equity investors as Donald Trump pressured Federal Reserve to reduce interest rates and finalized the first leg of a trade deal with China. If you were a passive index fund investor, you had seen gains of 31% in your equity portfolio in 2019. However, if you were an […] …read more […]

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How Did Amarin Corporation plc (AMRN) Compare Against Top Hedge Fund Stocks in 2019?

January 8, 2020 admin Comments Off on How Did Amarin Corporation plc (AMRN) Compare Against Top Hedge Fund Stocks in 2019?

While the market driven by short-term sentiment influenced by the accomodative interest rate environment in the US, increasing oil prices and deteriorating expectations towards the resolution of the trade war with China, many smart money investors kept their cautious approach regarding the current bull run in the third quarter and hedging or reducing many of […] …read more […]