Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Private credit is now so intertwined with big banks and insurers that it could become a “locus of contagion” in the next financial crisis, a group of economists, bankers and US officials has warned.Researchers from Moody’s Analytics, the Securities and Exchange Commission and a former top adviser to the Treasury department found private credit funds have become enmeshed with the banking system, creating “new linkages [that] introduce new modes of systemic stress”. “Their opaqueness and role in making the financial network more…
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Image source: Getty Images The Nasdaq Composite is jam-packed with growth stocks of all shapes and sizes. So much so, the index has outperformed the S&P 500 over the past decade, returning 282% versus 185% for the latter (excluding dividends). Here’s one Nasdaq stock that’s caught my eye. Investing in space Rocket Lab USA‘s (NASDAQ: RKLB) a vertically integrated rocket and satellite company that went public in 2021. Since then, the share price has risen by around 160%. However, the stock’s really taken to the heavens in the past year, surging from $4 to $26. That’s a gain of more than…
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Image source: Getty Images The best time to buy a stock is when it’s cheap and B&M European Value (LSE:BME) certainly looks that way right now. The share price is down another 7% after its full-year results on Wednesday (4 June). Profitability has been the key issue for the last year or so, but the company’s returning a lot of cash to shareholders. So is it worth a look ahead of a potential recovery? The results Overall, there isn’t much to like about B&M’s latest results. The headline is that revenue growth was just 1.6% – below inflation – and…
Image source: Getty Images Last year, long-time FTSE 100 member Burberry (LSE: BRBY) fell out of the blue-chip index after a torrid time for the business. The share now sits in the FTSE 250 index of medium-sized companies. However, the Burberry share price has been on fire lately and is up 73% since April. So, could Burberry return to the leading blue-chip index in one of its periodic reshuffles in coming months? FTSE 100 reshuffle is imminent The stock exchange will announce the latest quarterly changes (if any) to the FTSE 100 index membership today (4 June), after the market…
Image source: Getty Images There are various ways that an investor can make passive income. Some might turn to the property market, buy bonds, or consider dividend shares from the stock market. I like the latter method for several reasons, including the ease of access and the risk-adjusted returns. Here’s how a £6k sum could be used to build an income portfolio. Being active in stock selection One idea would be to allocate £1k to six different stocks. This provides some diversification, meaning that the eggs aren’t placed in one basket. Therefore, if one company runs into difficulty and cuts…
The Taiwan dollar’s rapid appreciation in the second quarter led to speculation of a “Plaza Accord 2.0” — a coordinated effort to weaken the US dollar — echoing the historic 1985 agreement among G5 nations. The original Plaza Accord was designed to address large US trade deficits by engineering a controlled depreciation of the dollar through joint currency intervention. It marked a rare and powerful example of global currency coordination. Any new Plaza-style agreement today would face far greater financial and geopolitical hurdles than it did 40 years ago. Indeed, if US policymakers seek to stimulate domestic manufacturing by depreciating…
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan is considering slowing the pace of tapering in its bond purchases from next fiscal year onward, said four sources familiar with its thinking, a move that would signal its focus on avoiding big bond market disruptions. The move would come in the wake of heightened volatility in the Japanese government bond (JGB) market, with super-long yields having spiked to record highs last month reflecting investors’ concern over Japan’s worsening public finances. There is no consensus yet within the BOJ, as some prefer to maintain the current pace on the view the…
Image source: Getty Images The idea of becoming a stock market millionaire appeals to a lot of people. But it need not just be a pipe dream. With the right approach and timeframe, I think even a stock market newcomer of fairly modest means can aim for a million. Time and money Whether that happens will depend on three factors: how much they invest, for how long, and what the return on it is. Here, I will discuss return in terms of the compound annual growth rate (CAGR). That is the average annual return over a set period from dividends…
China’s largest city that has been a trailblazer in carbon finance will later this month sell up to 500,000 regional carbon allowances on an … Source link