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Before Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger became known as iconic business partners, steering the Berkshire Hathaway empire, they were just two guys from Omaha, Nebraska, who, apparently, were a lot a like. They discovered that thanks to a well-known doctor in town, Dr. Edwin Davis, who told Buffett in a 1957 meeting he trusted him

Dixons Carphone has reinstated its dividend after posting a 34 per cent rise in annual profit, with the electronics retailer helped by a boom in online demand. For the year to May 1 Dixons reported an adjusted pre-tax profit of £156m on revenue of £10.3bn. Online sales more than doubled year on year to £4.7bn.

Copays and deductibles are features of health insurance plans. They involve payment on the part of the insured, but the amount and frequency differ. Key Takeaways Copays and deductibles are both features of most insurance plans. A deductible is an amount that must be paid for covered healthcare services before insurance begins paying. Copays are

In this article 9988-HK 9888-HK FISV Leon Cooperman on CNBC’s “Halftime Report.” Scott Mlyn | CNBC Billionaire investor Leon Cooperman said Tuesday that stock picking is key to superior returns going forward as the overall market has grown stagnant after a historic rebound from the pandemic hit. “In terms of my long-term outlook, to be honest

The UK will on Wednesday set out plans for a simpler, more “nimble” post-Brexit system of state subsidies which the government will use to turbo-charge or prop up selected industries.  The government said the new UK system would “start from the basis that subsidies are permitted if they follow UK-wide principles — delivering good value

New York City mayor Bill DeBlasio said officials were “ready” to take action if the Delta variant became a major concern in the metropolis, and that he saw no need to tighten restrictions “at the moment”. DeBlasio sought to downplay any immediate risks of a major outbreak in New York City of the Delta variant,

The United States Oil Fund (USO) is an exchanged-traded product (ETP) that seeks to provide investment results corresponding to the daily price movements of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light, sweet crude oil. The United States Oil Fund is designed for short-term investors who can continuously monitor their positions and who are bullish on short-term futures

Should central banks do something about inequality and, if so, what? This has become a hot topic, which has persuaded the Bank for International Settlements to focus on it in its latest annual report. Its conclusions are what one would expect: monetary policy is neither the main cause of inequality nor a cure for it.

Mary Erdoes Adam Galica | CNBC JPMorgan Chase wants to take the sustainable-investing trend to the next level. To do that, the biggest U.S. bank by assets has agreed to buy OpenInvest, a San Francisco-based start-up backed by Andreessen Horowitz and founded by former Bridgewater Associates employees, CNBC has learned exclusively. It’s the third acquisition

China’s ride-hailing app Didi will make its debut on the New York Stock Exchange after defeating Uber and becoming dominant on the streets of the country’s major cities, but with worries over growth and regulation on the horizon. Under the name of its holding company Xiaoju Kuaizhi, Didi aims to raise $3.9bn in one of

What is an annual portfolio rebalancing plan, and why do you need one? When you first construct a portfolio, the assets are balanced according to your investment objectives, risk tolerance, and time horizon. However, that balance, known as “weighting,” will likely change over time depending on how each segment performs. If one segment grows at a faster rate than

In 1964, US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart said he could not define pornography but that he knew it when he saw it. In 2021, narrower criteria determine what counts as a monopoly. A federal judge has dismissed lawsuits alleging that Facebook attained and abused monopoly power. The decisions show that competition law, which tends

UK-based buyout group Bridgepoint Advisers is preparing to list on the London Stock Exchange, in a move that could value the company at about £2bn and mark a rare recent entrance to public markets for a European private equity firm.  Bridgepoint, which was founded in 2000 after a management buyout from NatWest Equity Partners, is

There are so many different investment options today that it can be hard to know where to start. However, certain fund families consistently offer lower costs, greater variety, and more innovative choices. Although there are other excellent picks, these five leading fund families have what most people want. 1. Vanguard Vanguard takes top honors for

UK citizens arriving in Spain will have to present a negative Covid-19 test or proof of vaccination from Friday onwards, the Madrid government said. “British citizen[s] will require a certification of full vaccination or a negative PCR … [test] to enter Spain,” Arancha Gonzalez Laya, foreign minister, said on Twitter. Modelling indicated that Covid-19 vaccines

The biggest US banks on Monday announced plans to pay investors an extra $2bn of dividends next quarter after the Federal Reserve last week loosened restrictions on payouts to shareholders that were imposed during the Covid-19 pandemic. The move underscores the confidence of the large US lenders, which think they can return more capital to

What do you do with your money when you’re one of the world’s wealthiest individuals? Mexican entrepreneur Carlos Slim Helú is a self-made man, the son of Catholic Lebanese immigrants to Mexico. Today, he is the chair and CEO of telecom giants Telmex and América Móvil. He has amassed a net worth of just over $70.1 billion

The head of Germany’s central bank has called for the European Central Bank’s pandemic-related bond purchases to be “reduced step-by-step” and warned that inflationary pressures are mounting in the eurozone. Jens Weidmann said there were “upside risks” to the outlook for inflation and energy prices could be pushed higher than economists expect by governments’ policies

Long-term US government bonds rallied and Wall Street’s technology share index was on course for a record closing high on Monday as investors’ worries about the Federal Reserve tightening policy faded. The technology-focused Nasdaq Composite gained 0.7 per cent in early dealings. It was pulled higher by Apple and Facebook as concerns eased about a

What Part of a Company’s Float Can Be Shorted? The quick answer is that the amount of shares shorted can actually exceed 50% of the float in a company. The percentage of shares shorted compared to the float is referred to as the short interest. It is calculated by taking the total amount of shares

Deutsche Bank paid more than €10m to Europe’s largest wine exporter to settle a dispute over the alleged mis-selling of foreign exchange derivatives, as the lender nears the end of an internal probe that has already led to the departure of two senior executives. Late last year Deutsche sent a senior delegation to Madrid from

New health secretary Sajid Javid on Sunday said he wants England to return to normal life “as quickly as possible”, in a sign that he will become a powerful voice for ending all Covid-19 restrictions next month. While Javid’s predecessor Matt Hancock took a cautious approach to reopening the economy, Javid has long argued that

Unfortunately, small-cap stocks have a bad reputation. The media usually focuses on the negative side. They say that small cap investing is too risky. One frequently hears claims that fraud is rampant. They also say small caps lack the quality that investors should demand in a company. Indeed, these are all valid concerns for any

Six months after its chair Lai Xiaomin was found guilty of corruption and executed, the fate of Huarong Asset Management, China’s biggest bad debt manager, is no clearer and the stakes for Beijing are rising. One of four state-owned asset management companies established in 1999 to clean up the banking sector’s debts following the Asian

Millions of Sydney residents will be under movement control orders until at least July 9, as the New South Wales state government announced more Covid-19 cases on Sunday. An additional 30 cases were reported as authorities tightened curbs and warned of potentially longer or wider restrictions to come. NSW Health said there were now 79

Oregon-based Nike (NKE) is one of the most recognized brands across the globe. The company, founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports, is still going strong even today. Known for its iconic slogan—”Just Do It”—Nike is the largest supplier of athletic apparel and footwear. It also designs, manufactures, and markets its own line of sports

Zillow home page Source: Zillow Investors looking for stock ideas into the second half of 2021 may want consider some of these fresh ideas. These are stocks that Wall Street analysts believe are primed to surge over the long run and offer good value now. The names highlighted in this article not only fit the

A US start-up has successfully treated the first patients using a Crispr gene-editing therapy directed inside the body to an internal organ. The early trial data from Intellia Therapeutics, co-founded by Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna, marked a breakthrough for Crispr-based treatments, showing scientists had overcome challenges that had previously restricted the technology’s use to

Never again. That was the imperative that in July 1944 sent delegates from 44 nations to meet in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, to refashion the postwar international economic system. Because of the coronavirus crisis, we are again at a point when global leaders must ask what they can do to ensure that we will never

Biogen Inc. (BIIB) is at the forefront of one of the world’s most important and least understood sectors, the biotechnology industry. With a market cap above $52 billion as of June 2021, the company’s product line consists of a handful of highly effective and very expensive drugs used to treat serious diseases including multiple sclerosis (MS) and