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3 Singapore Blue-Chip Stocks with Dividend Yields of 6% or Higher
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Maldives gets IMF debt warning as more Chinese loans loom
The International Monetary Fund warned the Maldives against looming "debt distress" Monday, as the small but strategically placed luxury tourist destination looks set to borrow more from main creditor China.The Maldives is a small nation of 1,192 tiny coral islets scattered 800 kilometres (500 miles) across the equator, but it strategically straddles key east-west international shipping routes.
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Wilmar International Limited (SGX:F34) stock most popular amongst private companies who own 42%, while public companies hold 22%
Key Insights The considerable ownership by private companies in Wilmar International indicates that they collectively...
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Why "Sell in May?" Instead, Buy These 5 Growth Stocks Now
As the stock market continues to scale upward, it's prudent to invest in growth stocks such as Agnico Eagle Mines (AEM), Abercrombie & Fitch (ANF), Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOGL) and Hess (HES).
Reuters
China's ICBC to kick off TLAC bond sales with issuance of $4.15 billion
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China said it would issue 30 billion yuan ($4.15 billion) worth of total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) bonds on May 15, marking the first issuance of such bonds by a Chinese bank. China's major state-owned lenders face growing pressure to raise capital, especially as demands mount to support the economy, property developers and local government financing vehicles. The world's largest bank by assets said it would issue 20 billion yuan in a tranche of four-year bonds it can redeem at the end of three years, and 10 billion yuan in six-year bonds with conditional redemption at the end of five years.
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The Rockefellers Are Still One of the Richest Families of All Time — 5 Ways They Created Generational Wealth
Only 10% of family wealth makes it to the third generation, according to a landmark Williams Group wealth consultancy study reported by Reuters in 2015. But a handful of families throughout history...
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How rich homebuyers are avoiding high mortgage rates
Homebuyers with means are turning to an old strategy to get around a new crop of high mortgage rates: all-cash deals.
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Genting Singapore shares higher following 1QFY2024 earnings that nearly doubled
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The Fed’s 2% inflation target is a ‘pipe dream’ and stocks are set to drop 10%, Stifel’s Barry Bannister warns
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Nvidia Stock Slips. It Has ‘Control Over the Entire Ecosystem’ of Artificial Intelligence.
Nvidia stock is still tops for aJefferies analyst with a little more than a week to go before the chip titan reports earnings. “We believe it’s too early to sift out winners and losers in the AI basket yet, but Nvidia is our favorite,” wrote Jefferies analyst Blayne Curtis in a Sunday research note. “Nvidia maintains control over the entire ecosystem and is taking more pieces of the pie,” he said.
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Boustead Singapore Limited (SGX:F9D) insiders seem bullish, own 46% and have been buying more recently
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Sensus Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRTS) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript
Sensus Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRTS) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript May 11, 2024 Sensus Healthcare, Inc. isn’t one of the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds at the end of the third quarter (see the details here). Operator: Good day, and welcome to the Sensus Healthcare First Quarter 2024 Financial results Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] […]
The Telegraph
Pension crisis looms for Britain’s over-leveraged home buyers
Homeowners taking out “ultra-long” mortgages to get on the property ladder face falling victim to a looming pensions crisis, experts have warned.
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Is It Worth Considering LHT Holdings Limited (SGX:BEI) For Its Upcoming Dividend?
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‘Help! I’m an unemployed, indebted new father with just £1,000 in savings’
Jordan Chapman is moving into a new phase of his life. A few weeks ago, he was working as a forest school leader, where he was tasked with running programmes for children at a luxury camping resort.
Reuters
HEDGE FLOW-Hedge funds sell stocks at the fastest pace in five months, says Goldman
Hedge funds sold single stocks at the fastest pace in five months in the week to May 10, Goldman Sachs said in a client letter, ahead of U.S. inflation figures that could determine global central banks' next moves. Sellers also outweighed buyers of global equities for the first time in four weeks, the Goldman Sachs prime brokerage note which tracks hedge fund activity showed. A reading of U.S. inflation this week could be the deciding factor for near-term market direction.
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Monopoly Definition and 12 Near Monopoly Stocks in the US
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Reuters
Dollar drifts as traders eye US inflation data; frail yen in focus
The dollar was steady on Tuesday as investors awaited an inflation report this week that will likely shape the U.S. rates outlook, while the yen was hovering near a two-week low, stoking intervention worries. The currency market has been sedate this week, with investors seeking to gauge what the path the Federal Reserve will take this year in the wake of recent softer-than-expected U.S. labour market data and comments from central bankers. All eyes this week will be on the consumer price index on Wednesday which is expected to show core CPI rose 0.3% month-on-month in April, less than 0.4% growth the prior month, according to a Reuters poll.
Yahoo Finance
Fed’s Jefferson calls for holding rates steady until inflation cools further
Federal Reserve vice chair Philip Jefferson on Monday became the latest central bank official to call for holding interest rates at current levels until inflation shows more signs of cooling.
Reuters
The case for forever high interest rates
If financial markets are right, interest rates won't just stay high this year, but possibly forever. Yet making the right call on where rates settle is a huge challenge for policymakers and investors -- many economists reckon R-star is lower than before the great financial crisis, but disagree on how to calculate it, its current level and whether it is rising. BNY Mellon Investment Management's chief economist, Shamik Dhar, who reckons R-star has risen is "nervous that hasn't been fully priced into equity and property markets."

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Homebuyers 'can't catch a break' in this market: Redfin CEO

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3 Singapore Blue-Chip Stocks with Dividend Yields of 6% or Higher

Maldives gets IMF debt warning as more Chinese loans loom

Wilmar International Limited (SGX:F34) stock most popular amongst private companies who own 42%, while public companies hold 22%

Why "Sell in May?" Instead, Buy These 5 Growth Stocks Now

China's ICBC to kick off TLAC bond sales with issuance of $4.15 billion

The Rockefellers Are Still One of the Richest Families of All Time — 5 Ways They Created Generational Wealth

How rich homebuyers are avoiding high mortgage rates

Genting Singapore shares higher following 1QFY2024 earnings that nearly doubled

The Fed’s 2% inflation target is a ‘pipe dream’ and stocks are set to drop 10%, Stifel’s Barry Bannister warns

Nvidia Stock Slips. It Has ‘Control Over the Entire Ecosystem’ of Artificial Intelligence.

Boustead Singapore Limited (SGX:F9D) insiders seem bullish, own 46% and have been buying more recently

Sensus Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRTS) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

Pension crisis looms for Britain’s over-leveraged home buyers

Is It Worth Considering LHT Holdings Limited (SGX:BEI) For Its Upcoming Dividend?

‘Help! I’m an unemployed, indebted new father with just £1,000 in savings’

HEDGE FLOW-Hedge funds sell stocks at the fastest pace in five months, says Goldman

Monopoly Definition and 12 Near Monopoly Stocks in the US

Dollar drifts as traders eye US inflation data; frail yen in focus

Fed’s Jefferson calls for holding rates steady until inflation cools further

The case for forever high interest rates