5 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks Hedge Funds Love Right Now

And from this data it has compiled a list of hedge funds' most popular stocks right now i.e. stocks with the most hedge fund dollars invested. In our experience, crowded names among active managers, including hedge funds, are usually crowded for a reason (good fundamentals). Most of our baskets of crowded names have outperformed since we started tracking the data at the end of 2010, and our stats can be used to make the case for hedge fund management” comments the firm.

Germany in Uproar as Negative Rates Threaten Saving Obsession

Most Germans live by the credo that saving is a virtue, but the European Central Bank's negative interest rates risk making a mockery of the national obsession, prompting politicians to seek ways to insulate thrifty citizens and keep the burden on the country's beleaguered banks. Finance Minister Olaf Scholz says he'll look into whether it's possible to prevent German banks from charging most retail-banking clients for deposits, after such a measure was proposed by the leader of Bavaria. Lenders have rejected the idea, saying bans don't ultimately help clients and could even destabilize financial markets.

25 dividend stocks selected for value by an outperforming money manager

Buckingham did a special screen of stocks held within Prudent Speculator portfolios to narrow the group to 25 that meet additional criteria, as listed below. He also provided three- to five-year price targets for the group. That is in contrast to the 12-month targets and ratings used by most Wall Street analysts.

3 Major Casualties of China’s New Tariffs

On Friday, China announced new tariffs on $75 billion worth of imported American goods, and a resumption of the 5% tariff on automotive parts. President Trump responded in his customary fashion, by Tweet, saying in part, “Our great American companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for an alternative to China, including bringing your companies HOME and making your products in the USA.” He added that the trade situation represents an opportunity for the US. Markets reacted to China's and Trump's announcements by plunging.

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  Trade Tensions Reach Dangerous Heights As Trump Retaliates Against China

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  Mounting China trade tensions keep Wall Street on edge and the economy under a cloud

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10 retirement lessons from a retired retirement pro

For the better part of 40 years, I spent a great deal of time helping thousands of workers prepare for retirement. We ran seminars for workers and spouses on topics like retirement income, insurance, lifestyle, relocation and more. I think it's fair to say that, if someone took advantage of the programs offered, they would have been well prepared financially and emotionally for retirement.

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  The 10 commandments of retirement

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  3 Ways to Earn Extra Income in Retirement

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This couple fought $25,000 in fraudulent credit-card charges after falling prey to identity theft — then things got even worse

Amy Wang and her husband spent hundreds of hours trying to straighten out their financial futures after falling prey to identity theft. Amy, a 50-year-old occupational therapist in Miami, says she and her husband, Michael Wang, started receiving credit-card denials and store credit cards in the mail in December of 2015. The shoppers had expensive taste, Amy said, opting for luxuries like diamond earrings, Gucci and Armani.

The U.S. stock market right now is riskier than you think

Will the stock market's real rate of return please stand up? Depending on your frame of reference, the U.S. stock market is either performing fantastically or dismally. For example, the dividend-adjusted S&P 500 (SPX)  has an annualized real (inflation-adjusted) return of 26.5% this year through Aug. 19 — including a full percentage point increase on Monday of this week.

How Slavery Hurt the U.S. Economy

One school of thought argues that slavery in general, and cotton in particular, was the driving force behind the development of America's distinctive brand of capitalism. The reality is that cotton played a relatively small role in the long-term growth of the U.S. economy. The economics of slavery were probably detrimental to the rise of U.S. manufacturing and almost certainly toxic to the economy of the South.

U.S Mortgage Rates Resume the Decline as Economic Woes Build

Mortgage rates resumed their decline in the week ending 22nd August. 30-year fixed rates fell by 5 basis points to 3.55% following a hold at 3.6% in the week prior. The fall left 30-year rates at their lowest level since late 2016 according to figures released by Freddie Mac.

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  Lower mortgage rates aren't getting people into the housing market

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  Interest rate cuts could make these bonds an attractive target

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3 Stocks to Buy Amid the AI Boom

Not to mention NUAN announced on August 23 that it will be releasing a new AI-based platform, the Computer-Assisted Physician Documentation (CAPD) solution, to help surgeons with documentation before and after operations. The AI component is critical to the efficiency and ease of use as it relates to workflow, helping to guide surgeons through the documentation process by providing the relevant, episodic, in-workflow guidance needed to capture the required level of specificity and relative completeness of the note leading to appropriate reimbursement in a complex specialty,” Senior Vice President Michael Clark said.

How one millennial managed to save almost $1 million in 10 years without ever earning a salary of more than $75,000

FIRE refers to the “financial independence, retire early” movement bubbling up in the younger generation these days as a pathway out of the grind — slash expenses, save a bundle and enjoy the freedom that approach ultimately allows. Using the name FluffayPenguin, one anonymous thirtysomething took to Reddit to illustrate his FIRE blueprint, which allowed him to graduate college in 2008 and build a small chunk of change all the way up to $930,000 in savings. Well, for starters, he lived at home half of that time, a choice many millennials are making as housing costs skyrocket.

Soybeans Sink as China Hikes Tariffs on American Farm Products

The news just turned gloomier for U.S. farmers. China announced on Friday that it will impose additional tariffs on $75 billion of U.S. goods in retaliation for President Donald Trump's latest planned levies on Chinese imports. November soybean futures in Chicago erased early gains and closed down 1.4%, extending losses after Trump said he'll announce a response to the latest Chinese tariffs Friday afternoon.

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  Chinese tariff retaliation, presidential tweets and market unease sends exchanges plummeting

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  Trump says he will raise U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods

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Trump’s Trade Shocks Risk Recession Central Banks Can’t Prevent

Central bankers attending the Federal Reserve's annual Jackson Hole symposium encountered lengthy delays in checking into the mountain resort on Thursday before the conference's start. It was a telling metaphor for the position that the world's monetary policy makers find themselves in as they try to reboot the global economy amid increasing doubts over their ability to do so. Not only are they saddled with interest rates that are already super low, they're also confronting a mounting deglobalization shock of uncertain proportions triggered by President Donald Trump's trade policies.

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  The Fed is thinking globally despite Trump's push for an 'America First' monetary policy

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  Fed's Mester sees downside risk from escalating trade war

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5 Top Stock Trades for Monday: ROKU, ACB, VMW, CRM, BA

There is too much love for the ROKU stock. Meanwhile, ROKU stock fell on Friday but there should be support down to 133 and $127 per share. Fundamentally, I've been a critic of Roku because they've been in business for 16 years and they still haven't figured out how to be sustainability profitable.

With recession fears rising, here's how to find stability when Wall Street has you on edge

Now, if you didn't choose how to invest the money, most of the time – nearly 68% of plans – your 401(k) automatically will be invested for you in target retirement date funds, according to the latest data from the Plan Sponsor Council of America. "Most people don't consider themselves to be sophisticated investors," said Katie Taylor, vice president of thought leadership at Fidelity in Boston. So, she said, the target date fund can fill that gap by offering a prepackaged mix of stocks, bonds and cash that takes on more risk when you are younger.

Factbox: From phone makers to farmers, the toll of Trump's trade wars

Trump also demanded that U.S. companies take steps to exit China, throwing a new twist into a bitter trade war now in its second year, although Trump cannot legally compel U.S. companies to abandon China immediately. Beijing's planned tariffs will add as much as 10% on top of existing rates after Trump said he would impose tariffs on another $300 billion worth of Chinese products. Washington has long pressed Beijing for wide-ranging economic reforms, including better protection for American intellectual property, ending subsidies that favour Chinese state-owned enterprises, and improving access to China's markets for U.S. companies.The United States has already imposed tariffs on $250 billio...

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  US-China trade war deteriorates, as Trump lashes out at Beijing

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  Trump Lashes Out at China, Sending Markets Falling

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Mexico posts record current account surplus as Trump China trade war bites

Mexico posted its largest current account surplus on record and the first in nine years, lifted by robust foreign trade with the United States as President Donald Trump waged a bitter tariff dispute with China, official data showed on Friday. In the second quarter, Mexico ran up a current account surplus of $5.143 billion, the biggest since current records began in 1980, and equivalent to 1.6% percent of gross domestic product (GDP), central bank figures showed. Mexico has this year become the top trading partner of the United States thanks to Trump's protracted feud with Beijing.

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  Trump raises China tariffs in escalation of trade war

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RBC Capital: 5 New Stocks Hedge Funds Snapped Up In Q2

Hedge funds have just released their portfolio trades for the second quarter. Here we focus on one particular aspect of hedge fund activity- new stock additions. The firm used this data to pinpoint the top stocks where hedge fund ownership rose the most during 2Q19, in terms of the net number of funds that added new positions.