TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s central bank raised its benchmark interest rate Tuesday for the first time in 17 years, ending a long-standing policy of negative interest rates designed to stimulate the economy. The Bank of Japan’s overnight lending rate from banks was raised to a range of 0 to 0.1 percent from minus 0.1 percent …
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An investment advisory firm has touted itself as “the first regulated AI financial advisor.” Another claims it uses collective data “to make our AI smarter so it can predict which companies and trends are going to be big and invest in them before everyone else.” Those claims and others made by Global Predictions and Delphia …
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government said Monday it is scrapping the premier’s annual press conference, which was one of the rare occasions when a top Chinese leader answered questions from journalists. Lu Qingjian, the speaker of the Chinese National People’s Congress, said on the eve of the opening of the annual session of the legislature …
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Long-term interest rates have been falling rapidly over the past two months. It’s still a good time for income-seeking investors to buy shares of bond funds, and one prime example is the ICON Flexible Bond Fund, which is managed by Jerry Paul. During an interview with MarketWatch, Paul described his advantages over the largest bond …
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Long-term interest rates have been falling rapidly over the past two months. It’s still a good time for income-seeking investors to buy shares of bond funds, and one prime example is the ICON Flexible Bond Fund, which is managed by Jerry Paul. During an interview with MarketWatch, Paul described his advantages over the largest bond …
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I am 51 years old and would like to retire by 55. I will only have about $125,000 in retirement accounts plus another $35,000 in non-retirement accounts. I am planning to move from the US as I have a house that is fully paid off overseas. After living there for a year, I’ll get residency …
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Friday banned the separation of families at the border to deter immigration for eight years, preemptively blocking the resumption of a Trump-era lightning rod policy that the former president has not ruled out if voters return him to the White House home next year. The separation of …
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will sign an executive order Wednesday at a tribal nations summit aimed at making it easier for Native Americans to access federal funding and have more autonomy over how those funds are invested, and he will support his request to allow of a confederation to compete under its flag at …
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President Joe Biden will sign an executive order during a tribal nations summit that aims to make it easier for Native Americans to access federal funding and have more autonomy over how to invest those funds from COLLEEN LONG and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press December 6, 2023, 5:05 am ET • 4 minutes of …
About the author: James Maloney is a founding partner of Tiger Hill Partners, a regulatory and community firm. Washington’s footprints are on a host of changes shaping the investment landscape. This comes in part from expanded regulatory action, but also from the industry’s requirement for investors to account for issues ranging from international relations to …
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