Month: December 2023

Yuichiro Chino | Moment | Getty Images Like it or not, generative artificial intelligence has arrived on Wall Street — and experts expect it to transform the way firms do business. To be clear, artificial intelligence, like natural language processing and machine learning, has been used by wealth management and asset management firms for years.
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In this article SIAL-SG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Modern aircraft, comfortable seats and unflappably pleasant flight attendants. These are factors many rankings consider in determining the world’s best airlines. But they overlook a crucial element, according to the passenger rights company AirHelp — how airlines treat customers when problems occur. “We believe that
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Market optimism over the potential for interest rate cuts next year is dangerously overdone, according to former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair. Bair, who ran the FDIC during the 2008 financial crisis, suggested Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was irresponsibly dovish at last week’s policy meeting by creating “irrational exuberance” among investors. “The focus still needs
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Luis Alvarez | Digitalvision | Getty Images While some recent reports have painted Generation Z as taking a relaxed “soft saving” approach to retirement, new research finds this generation is the most confident they’ll be able to retire. Gen Z women are especially optimistic.  Almost two-thirds, 65%, of Gen Z respondents are confident they’ll be
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The Spanish town of Marbella, on the country’s south coast, is popular among overseas buyers. Artur Debat | Moment | Getty Images There are three European countries that are “perennial favorites” for people to buy a vacation home, according to Kate Everett-Allen, a partner at real estate firm Knight Frank. France, Italy and Spain all
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In this article TRMB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Visoot Uthairam | Moment | Getty Images Company: Trimble (TRMB) Trimble is a provider of technology solutions that enables professionals and field mobile workers to improve or transform their work processes. It operates through four segments: Buildings and Infrastructure, Geospatial, Resources and Utilities, and Transportation.
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BNY Mellon’s global head of ETFs suggested exchange-traded funds using options overlays could become next year’s hot product. “We are absolutely going to see more of these options-based products come to market,” Ben Slavin told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” on Monday. “We see it in our own book.” Options overlays are a way for investors to
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The Hamburg flag flies in front of Hapag-Lloyd containers on the Hapag-Lloyd containership “Berlin Express” at Burchardkai in the Port of Hamburg. Marcus Brandt | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Two shipping giants, Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk, are pausing their travel through the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait in the Middle East following a
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The Powerball jackpot hit $1.2 billion on Oct. 3, 2023, the third-biggest prize in the game’s history. Scott Olson | Getty The Powerball jackpot has grown to an estimated $535 million — and with the year-end approaching, the winner may wonder whether it’s better to claim the prize in 2023 or 2024. There have already
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In this article GM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sydney Boyo DETROIT — General Motors‘ plans to diversify its business through trendy industries such as ridesharing and other “mobility” ventures or startups have largely fallen flat since the automaker started investing in such growth areas in 2016. Cruise, its majority-owned autonomous vehicle subsidiary, is
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FG Trade A growing number of mutual funds are converting to exchange-traded funds, which is a positive trend for investors, experts say. Since early 2021, there have been more than 70 mutual fund to ETF conversions, including nearly three dozen in 2023, according to Morningstar Direct, and experts say more conversions are coming. “It’s steadily
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In this article DRI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An Olive Garden restaurant in Fremont, California, US, on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023. Darden Restaurants Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on September 21. Bloomberg | Getty Images Darden Restaurants on Friday reported quarterly earnings that beat expectations and raised its annual guidance, helped
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Rows of twinkling lights and the sweet aroma of mulled wine — ’tis the season that Christmas markets come alive. But if visiting one Christmas market isn’t enough, a new cruise explores 20 markets in a single trip. Luxury river cruising company European Waterways‘ new “Christmas Markets Cruise” departs from Strasbourg, France and sails through
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Valentinrussanov | E+ | Getty Images Retirement balances for midcareer workers declined between 2019 and 2022, despite gains on financial assets like stocks over that period, according to new research. However, the loss isn’t necessarily as bad as it may initially seem, financial experts said. Median combined 401(k) plans and individual retirement account balances for
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