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Were Hedge Funds Right About Souring on Pfizer?

Most investors tend to think that hedge funds and other asset managers are worthless, as they cannot beat even simple index fund portfolios. In fact, most people expect hedge funds to compete with and outperform the bull market that we have witnessed in recent years. However, hedge funds are generally partially hedged and aim at […] …read more […]

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Trump election rhetoric could send Mexican peso down almost 9% to 21.30 per dollar -Banorte

The Mexican peso could fall almost 9% to 21.30 per dollar next year if U.S. President Donald Trump again threatens the country during his re-election campaign, Mexican financial group Banorte said on Tuesday. Trump has repeatedly sent the Mexican currency and stock market tumbling after attacking Mexico over immigration and trade, mostly on Twitter, threatening to impose tariffs on Mexican goods or close the countries’ shared border. Banorte’s forecast would represent an 8.7% depreciation for the currency from its current level of about 19.60 pesos per dollar. …read more […]

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US STOCKS-Indexes briefly cut losses in choppy trade after Powell comments

U.S. stocks briefly cut losses in choppy trading on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell suggested openness to further rate cuts and said the time has come to allow the Fed’s asset holdings to begin to expand again. The interest-rate sensitive financials index was down more than 1%. …read more […]