March 9, 2025
Financial Assets

Is investing too risky now? History says current tariffs are bad news.

Trevor Jennewine  |  The Motley Fool Historically, February in a post-election year has been the worst month for the U.S. stock market, according to Carson Group. Indeed, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) declined 1.4% last month as disappointing economic data and concerns about potential tariffs weighed on the stock market. Is the February dip a

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Financial Assets

Big Money Flocks Back to a Levered Trade That Went Bust in 2008

(Bloomberg) — A diversified investment strategy that seeks to juice returns through leverage is finding new love among big money managers — more than a decade after it blew up during the 2008 financial crisis.   The approach, widely known as “portable alpha,” uses derivatives to track returns of long-only indexes and then invests the

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Gold Investing

Gold Marks Fresh Record After Bullion-Backed ETFs See Inflows

(Bloomberg) — Gold touched a fresh record, as exchange-traded funds backed by the precious metal draw renewed interest from investors. Bullion hit a new all-time high of $2,956.19 an ounce on Monday, topping the previous peak reached on Thursday, before paring gains. Prices have risen for the past eight weeks, the longest streak since 2020.

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Gold Investing

Canada’s Equinox Offers to Buy Calibre as Gold Deals Heat Up

(Bloomberg) — Canada’s Equinox Gold Corp. sought to acquire Calibre Mining Corp. in a deal that would value the combined companies at $5.4 billion, the latest example of dealmaking as miners capitalize on record gold prices. Vancouver-based Equinox said on Sunday it entered into an agreement to purchase Calibre in an all-stock transaction. Calibre shareholders

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Financial Assets

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty 50 remains below 22,800, M&M, Adani Ports top losers

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indian benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex opened today’s trade session in the red. Nifty 50 opened at 22,857.20, while Sensex ended at 75,612.61 . Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty 50 opened today’s trade session 3,420.15 points below its record high of 26,277.35. Overnight, Wall

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Financial Assets

Is a stock market crash looming? Here’s what I’m doing to prepare

Katie Brockman  |  The Motley Fool How to start investing: Everything you need to know The idea of investing your money can be a bit intimidating. Here is everything to know about how to start. While the stock market is still surging right now, investor sentiment may be taking a turn. Around 34% of U.S.

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Financial Assets

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty bulls fight tooth and nail to protect 22,800; IREDA, Tata Tech in focus

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indian benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex ended the previous trade session with minor losses. Nifty 50 closed at 22,932.90, while Sensex ended at 75,939.18. Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty 50 ended the previous trade session 3,344.45 points below its record high of 26,277.35. The

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Operating Assets

Saudi ACWA Power acquires assets in Kuwait and Bahrain for $693mln

Saudi Arabia’s integrated utility ACWA Power has signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) with the regional subsidiary of French utility developer ENGIE, to acquire assets worth $693 million, and marking its entry in Kuwait. The acquisition encompasses operating capacities of 4.61GW of gas-fired power generation and 1.11 million cubic meters per day (m3/day) of water desalination facilities,

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Financial Assets

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty holds 22,950, BEL, L&T, Axis Bank top gainers

Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Indian benchmark indices Nifty 50 and Sensex opened today’s trade session lower. Nifty 50 opened at 22,847.25, while Sensex opened at 75,787.27. Sensex Today | Stock Market LIVE Updates: Nifty 50 ended the previous trade session 3,406.1 points  below its record high of 26,277.35. Overnight, Wall Street indices

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Financial Assets

Consumers need a watchdog to guard their wallets from bad deals

Trump shuts down US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Protesters are calling on the Trump administration to change course and re-open the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). It is an independent agency of the United States government responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector founded in 2011 after the Great Recession. Fox – Seattle CFPB

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