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Finance

Halt and Catch Fire: IPO Market Accelerates After Sleepy Summer

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Investor appetite for StubHub and Klarna is especially compelling at a time when consumer sentiment starting to slump.

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Economics

Stalling Jobs Growth May Be Just What the Market Needs

The latest jobs report appeared to confirm that America’s labour market is slowing, which may clinch the rate cut markets are salivating over.

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Markets

Sovereign Debt Concerns Linger as Global Bond Rout Loses Steam

In the last decade, global government bonds with maturities over 10 years suffered a median loss of 2% in September, according Bloomberg.

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Blockchain

Winklevoss Twins Seek $2.2 Billion Valuation for Gemini IPO

The pair invested early in bitcoin, becoming some of the world’s first bitcoin billionaires and launching Gemini in 2014.

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Markets

Everyone’s Joining Big Tech’s Market Rally

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Through August, Wall Street began rotating into small cap companies and sectors outside the bounds of the AI trade.

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Artificial Intelligence

Tech Stocks Slide as AI Reality Lags Behind Hype

Part of the investor pullback comes after an MIT report that checked in on the billions that companies have spent on generative AI.

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Finance

Can the S&P 500 Sustain a #HotStockSummer?

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 closed down 0.3%, snapping a remarkable streak of six straight closing highs through Monday.

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Markets

Fine Print: ETFs Born in Banner Year May Lack Staying Power

Issuers are pumping out funds to meet investor demand, but there’s a growing risk that many of the new ETFs will have short shelf lives.

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Markets

Improving S&P 500 Outlook Signals Revival of TINA Trade

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The TINA trade has hit some snags in recent years, with bonds looking like a pretty swell alternative in an era of high interest rates.

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Markets

Where Are the Bond Vigilantes?

The US debt is about the same as its entire economic output and is projected to grow if Trump’s megabill passes.

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Markets

Berkshire Slips Amid Concern Retiring CEO May Take “Buffett Premium” With Him

The ‘Warren Buffett premium’ at Berkshire Hathaway is melting faster than a forgotten Dilly Bar in the wake of its CEO’s retirement plans.

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Markets

SPAC Comeback Draws Renewed Interest from Wall Street

According to SPACInsider data, there have been 58 SPAC offerings so far this year, one more than the total in all of 2024.

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Markets

Retail Investors Risk Ominous Opportunity Cost With Private Investments, Moody’s Warns

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The private sector took off after traditional banks pulled back from some risky lending following the 2008 financial crisis.

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