- Guggenheim's Scott Minerd says Fed will pause to start 2019The Federal Reserve is likely to hold its interest rate hikes on pause for the start of 2019 in order to stabilize markets, given economic growth is set to slow and financial conditions having... ... Read more »
- Your Money: Can you make $100 grow into a house?My preteen daughter earned her first dollars in 2018, so I wanted to seed her retirement account. But what can you do with $100 or so? ... Read more »
- Exclusive: Jana liquidates two hedge funds, to focus only on activismJana Partners LLC, founded by Barry Rosenstein, is shutting down two stock-picking hedge funds following losses and will focus instead on its main strategy of investing in a handful of companies and... ... Read more »
- Cruiser Capital vows to fight on at Ashland even after board dealHedge fund Cruiser Capital said it plans to press on with its proxy fight at Ashland Global Holdings even after the specialty chemicals business struck a deal to refresh its board with another large... ... Read more »
- Living the tech dream, thanks to a novel apprenticeship programWhile growing up in Seattle, Enrique Rico's mom cleaned the posh homes of Microsoft employees. When Rico tagged along on sick days from school, he dreamed of having the life of a technology worker. ... Read more »
- Investors unnerved by company debt, shunning Europe, UK: BAML surveyInvestors' concerns about company leverage hit a ten-year high as they continued to position against the risk of a global trade war, Tuesday's Bank of America Merrill Lynch's January fund manager... ... Read more »
- Proxy advisory firm ISS backs two dissident nominees in Luby's fightProxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services is recommending that shareholders elect two dissident nominees at Luby's Inc after the current board oversaw "alarming underperformance" at the... ... Read more »
- Your Money: How Dry January is changing finances(The writer is a Reuters contributor. The opinions expressed are his own.) ... Read more »
- Citigroup allows hedge fund ValueAct more accessCitigroup Inc will give ValueAct Capital more access to its books and board of directors, signaling that the bank and the activist hedge fund are deepening their relationship roughly a year after... ... Read more »
- Investor Schonfeld opens London office, aims to boost foreign betsMultibillion-dollar U.S. hedge fund investor Schonfeld Strategic Advisors opened an office in London and hired two portfolio managers as the firm seeks to make more investments outside of the United... ... Read more »
- Are age-based funds protecting U.S. investors close to retirement?(The opinions expressed here are those of the author, a columnist for Reuters.) ... Read more »
- Money woes? More companies help workers build emergency fundsAt the Springdale Ice Cream and Beverage factory in Cincinnati, workers were coming to the human resources department with money troubles, wanting cash advances on their pay. ... Read more »
- Investors plow billions into stocks, bonds and EM assets as risk appetite returns: BAMLGlobal investors plowed money back into stocks and bonds this week as they regained their appetite for risk, boosted by dovish comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. ... Read more »
- Investment bank Perella Weinberg plans to name Peter Weinberg as CEO: sourceInvestment bank Perella Weinberg Partners plans to name Peter Weinberg as its chief executive officer with current CEO Robert Steel set to become the company's chairman, a person familiar with the... ... Read more »
- Third time may be a charm as Jeff Vinik relaunches hedge fundProminent investor Jeffrey Vinik is ready to manage money for outside clients again and plans to relaunch his hedge fund firm Vinik Asset Management after sitting out the last six years. ... Read more »
- Hedge fund Tiger Global ended 2018 with a 13.6 percent gainInvestment firm Tiger Global Management, which oversees $23 billion in assets, told investors its hedge fund gained 13.6 percent last year. ... Read more »
- Your Money: Do not let home equity sink your college aid packageHow U.S. schools calculate financial aid is so confusing that there is an entire industry devoted to unlocking its secrets with books, consultants and websites. ... Read more »
- Cash can beat stocks in returns and happinessHow bad was 2018 for investors? They pulled a record amount of money from stock and bond funds late in 2018 and tucked it into safe havens such as CDs, money market funds or U.S. Treasuries that... ... Read more »
- Pimco's Fels says higher probability of U.S. recession over next 12 monthsRecession models are suggesting a higher probability of a U.S. recession over the next 12 months and "flashing orange," said Joachim Fels, managing director and global economic advisor at bond giant... ... Read more »
- Saba Capital's Tail Hedge Master Fund gains 25 percent in 2018Saba Capital's Tail Hedge Master Fund, which promises a sort of doomsday insurance through bets that perform well when markets spiral, ended 2018 with a 25 percent gain, a person familiar with the... ... Read more »