(Bloomberg) — Investors plagued by fear and shunning stocks are rediscovering a time-honored antidote: U.S. government bonds. That may seem surprising, given that the Treasury market has been battered by its worst losses on record this year. But with yields holding at the highest in years, the Federal Reserve on course to raise interest rates […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden is considering forgiving at least $10,000 in student loans per borrower, a promise he made on the campaign trail, through executive action. Here are key data points: $1.75 trillion — the total amount of outstanding student-loan debt in U.S., according to the Federal Reserve. About 92% of that debt — […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which contended for years with high valuations stifling deal prospects, is back on its stock-buying game. The conglomerate made roughly $41 billion of net purchases in the first quarter, including a boost to its Chevron Corp. stake that vaulted the investment into Berkshire’s top four common stock holdings. […]
Read MoreTop environmental services company, provides a range of services designed to aggregate, process, and recycle industrial and commercial waste systems in the Gulf Coast and Central Midwest regions of the United States. The company operates through Black Oil, Refining and Marketing, and Recovery segments. VTNR $9.5100 -0.1600 % -1.6500 Vertex Energy Sector : Industrial Products […]
Read More(Bloomberg) — It wasn’t that long ago that investors were being pilloried for rushing into stocks while a pandemic was gutting the economy. Now, with earnings estimates booming and little in forecasts to suggest a recession is hence, they can’t bail out fast enough. Limitless optimism has been replaced in two short years by a […]
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