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Welcome to The Interchange! If you received this in your inbox, thank you for signing up and your vote of confidence. If you’re reading this as a post on our site, sign up here so you can receive it directly in the future. Every week, I’ll take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. This will include everything from funding rounds to trends to an analysis of a particular space to hot takes on a particular company or phenomenon. There’s a lot of fintech news out there… Source link

(Bloomberg) — For all the talk of bear markets and a possible recession, investors continue to pile into American equities. Most Read from Bloomberg US stocks attracted $14.8 billion in the week to June 15, their sixth consecutive week of additions, according to Bank of America Corp. strategists, who cited EPFR Global data. In total, $16.6 billion flowed into equities globally in the period, while bonds had the largest redemptions since April 2020 and just over $50 billion exited cash, the… Source link

The 60-40 stock-bond portfolio has been a bedrock of traditional investing, but it’s also been a loser thus far in 2022. “Investors who own a 60-40 balanced portfolio just feel like they’ve been punched in the gut,” Emily Roland, co-chief investment officer at John Hancock Investment Management, said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above), adding that year-to-date so far it’s down about 10%. A 60-40 portfolio consists of 60% equities and 40% bonds or other fixed-income offerings. Stock and… Source link

Leaving aside the bloviating at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the event often does at least reflect what’s going on in the world of politics and markets. This year’s edition was particularly interesting given Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, rising interest rates, and, of course, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s buzzword seemed to be ‘deglobalization,’ a mild surprise given this trend has been underway since at least 2016 when Donald Trump was elected U.S. president and the… Source link

Bill Ackman is a billionaire investor and hedge fund manager.Elsa/Getty Images Markets aren’t confident that the Federal Reserve can tame record inflation, Bill Ackman tweeted Tuesday. He predicts that inflation can only come down if the Fed aggressively raises rates, or if stocks crash. “It ends when the Fed puts a line in the sand on inflation and says it will do ‘whatever it takes,'” Ackman said. Bill Ackman, the CEO and founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, said markets are facing a… Source link

The bloodbath in the markets this past week wrecked retail stocks, as Walmart (WMT) posted its worst week ever, falling 20%. Amid the carnage, investors piled into beaten-down names like the Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) while shunning the best performing sector of the year. The energy sector’s stunning 47% return this year stems from soaring oil and gas prices, as WTI crude oil futures (CL=F) surged 56% this year. Still, investors have yanked $705 billion from the iShares U.S. Energy ETF (XLE)… Source link

Pavel Byrkin/iStock Editorial via Getty Images Yandex N.V. (NASDAQ:YNDX) is a dangerous situation for investors. The company is caught in a complex geopolitical situation, with 92% of its customers, advertisers, and users in Russia. This also includes large Russian corporations that may be liable for additional sanctions. The company’s stock is currently not being traded on the NASDAQ, and its trading has been halted on the exchange since February 28. In a press release, NASDAQ said it is… Source link

Wells Fargo thinks this one asset may be ‘the next big play’ — for nervous investors, it could also serve as a much-needed safe haven According to Wells Fargo, the rest of 2022 looks good for the price of gold. Thanks to hot inflation, geopolitical uncertainty and a crashing stock market, the banking giant sees gold as the next big opportunity for investors — particularly in relation to bitcoin. “On the store-of-value front, bitcoin has been getting much of the attention lately, but we… Source link

The S&P 500 (^GSPC) continues to further its 52-week low point as inflation came in hotter than expected for April. CPI rose by 8.3%, down slightly from March’s 8.5% but still above consensus forecasts. In light of the market trough, however, a recent Bank of America (BAC) Global Research report notes that retail and institutional investors continue to “buy the dip.” “More dip-buying: last week, during which the S&P 500 was -0.2%, [private] clients were net buyers of U.S. equities… Source link

U.S. stock futures opened little changed Tuesday evening, with investors looking ahead to the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy decision against the backdrop of elevated inflation and a still-tight U.S. labor market. Contracts on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq gained, while Dow futures dipped. Investors are awaiting the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy statement and press conference from Chair Jerome Powell later Wednesday afternoon. The central bank is widely expected to raise interest rates… Source link