The stock market has been reeling since Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff announcement back on April 2. But even before this shock announcement tipped the Nasdaq into a bear market and sent the S&P 500 down 10% in two trading days, stocks had struggled this year as the reality of Trump’s desire to impose tariffs on a wide range of partners and a wide range of goods was increasingly resolute. In turn, investors had spent much of this year searching for the “Trump put,” or the level in the stock market that would prompt the administration to back off its tariffs…
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In its Q3 2024 letter, Madison High Quality Bond Fund outlined its commitment to investing in high-quality, investment-grade bonds. The fund’s strategy is centered around preserving capital while generating steady income, which is achieved by focusing on bonds with strong credit ratings. This approach ensures that the portfolio remains resilient in various market conditions.The fund places significant emphasis on duration management, a critical component in navigating the current interest rate environment. By carefully managing the duration of its bond holdings, the fund aims to mitigate the impact of interest rate fluctuations on its portfolio. This strategic focus helps in maintaining…
Australia’s biggest polluters have relied heavily on carbon credits to offset their climate footprint and made only small cuts to actual emissions, according to data released on Tuesday, in a major test of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s green reforms.More than 200 facilities covered under the Safeguard Mechanism trimmed their emissions by 2.7 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, or 1.9%, to 136 million tons for the year through June 2024. Carbon credits worth 8.5 million tons of CO2e were surrendered to meet compliance obligations. Source link
Image source: Getty Images Thanks to strong price gains over the past year, Barclays (LSE:BARC) shares have eked out a solid return for investors during the past decade. At 270.4p per share, the FTSE 100 bank’s price is 3.7% higher than it was 10 years ago. This means that £10,000 worth of Barclays shares are now worth £10,370. Not great. But that’s only a small part of the story. When one adds in the 52.65p per share of dividends paid out in that time, Barclays has delivered a total return of 23.9%. In monetary terms, someone who put £10k in…
Image source: Getty Images The past two weeks have been hair-raising for global investors. Global share prices plunged after President Trump revealed the largest tariffs on US imports since 1930. The UK FTSE 100 and US S&P 500 both dived, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index was the hardest hit. With asset prices slumping, maybe it’s finally time for me to buy more GSK (LSE: GSK) shares? GSK takes a tumble At its 52-week peak on 16 May 2024, the GSK share price hit 1,823.5p, but it’s been mostly downhill ever since. Last week, as stock markets crashed, GSK shares…
Image source: Getty Images The FTSE 100‘s down 2.5% since the beginning of the year. This means £10,000 invested in an index tracker then would be worth £9,750 now. It’s clearly not a great return, but the index has demonstrated considerable volatility in recent months. Unsurprisingly, a lot of this volatility has been created by the new US administration. What’s been going on? The FTSE 100 has reached significant highs and lows. The index hit record highs, peaking at 8,908.82 points on 3 March. This rally was fuelled by improving macroeconomic conditions, including moderating inflation and expectations of interest rate…
Image source: Getty Images As a long-term investor, I like buying shares in good businesses at fair prices. Also, my investing style nowadays favours value shares and passive income. Thus, when share prices plunge — as they did during the recent market meltdown — I see these falls as opportunities to buy at a discount. Hence, I’m often drawn to cheap shares offering market-beating dividend yields to patient shareholders. As my family doesn’t need this income right now, we reinvest our dividends by buying more shares. Over time, this increases our corporate ownership and boosts our total long-term returns. Passive…
Delta (DAL) and Walmart (WMT) on Wednesday started what is sure to be a lengthy period of companies cutting or withdrawing their forecasts as a result of tariff uncertainty. But cutting guidance so an executive team can buy itself time to figure out what constitutes success for its business under this new tariff regime is only one way companies will use these events for cover. Another way involves finishing off what was started after the pandemic: downsizing. In 2022, a wave of layoffs blew through the corporate world, most notably the tech industry, as companies realized they’d overhired during the…
The loonie’s value is a tough balancing act for Canada. On one hand, a weaker currency against the U.S. dollar makes exports cheaper, but a strong dollar will make imports more affordable for Canadians. (Credit: Peter J. Thompson/National Post/Postmedia files) The Canadian dollar could be benefiting from both “haven” tailwinds and growing bets that the Bank of Canada will hold interest rates this Wednesday, say economists. The loonie broke through 72 cents U.S. late last week and continued to hold in trading on Monday, rising to a level last seen in November 2024. “The idea of Canada as a safe…
Every year, state governments across the America give out hundreds of millions of dollars to help the victims of violent crimes navigate one of the most devastating and expensive times of their lives. Many victims of traffic violence, though, never see a dime of that money — in part because they have no idea those programs even exist.Since the passage the Victims of Crime Act in 1984, every state government has operated a Crime Victim Compensation fund that usually collects fines and penalties from criminal cases and redistributes them to victims who have no other way — such as like insurance payouts…