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☆ With Big Tech’s runaway 2024, it just might be time to part with a few winners. Here's why
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Those highly appreciated positions can change the risk profile of your portfolio, particularly if it's been a long time since you last rebalanced. Managing the tax hit Trimming heavily appreciated positions in a portfolio that's held in a taxable account may come with a capital gains hit. One potential way to mitigate the tax is to use realized losses to offset those capital gains. In a year when losses exceed capital gains, investors can apply up to $3,000 of those losses to offset ordinary income and then carry over the remainder. Normally, these holdings would be the ones subject to the heftiest capital gains taxes if they were sold.

Persons: Blair duQuesnay, it's, Morningstar, Amy Arnott, Arnott, Roger Aliaga, Diaz, We've, Aliaga, Russell Organizations: Nvidia, Ritholtz Wealth Management, CNBC's, Vanguard, Investors, Federal Reserve, Bond Market, SEC, Aggregate Bond, U.S, Taxpayers Locations: New Orleans

☆ Active bond funds outperformed their passive peers in 2023, Morningstar says. These are top performers
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-20 | by ( Michelle Fox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Overall, actively managed mutual funds and exchange-traded funds fell short of passive funds, with 47% of active strategies surviving and beating their index-following peers, according to Morningstar. However, actively managed funds outperformed in the bond category. About 53% of active bond managers survived and beat the passive average in 2023, up from 30% in 2022, the research firm said in a recent report . Intermediate core bond funds largely invest in investment-grade debt, spanning from government issues to corporates. Core bond funds have also held up in recessions, thanks to their diversification across fixed income and duration.

Persons: Morningstar, Paul Olmsted, Olmsted, Olmstead, It's Organizations: Morningstar, Vanguard, Bond Market, Aggregate Bond, Intermediate Bond Fund

☆ A couple in their 30s who hit a net worth of over $1 million and retired early explains how they invest their money — and why they didn't max out their retirement accounts
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Kathleen Elkins | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

About six months later, after doing their own research, they discovered low-cost index fund investing , a relatively low-risk and hands-off strategy that aims to match the returns of a specific market index. Putting their money to work in stock market index funds helped them reach their current net worth of just above $1 million — but it’s not their only investment. BI verified their net worth by looking at investment account screenshots and property appraisal documents. Bond market index funds“While stocks and rental real estate can generate high returns, they’re also volatile,” they write. “To smooth out the ride, we hold bonds.”Specifically, they hold the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ( BND ).

Persons: Lauren, Steven Keys, “, ” Steven, Steven, we've, it’s, ”, they’re, Keys, “ It's, Roth IRAs, Roth Organizations: Business, Vanguard, Market Index, Index, ” Employees, HSAs Locations: Gainesville , Florida, We're

☆ Investors poured cash into these fixed income ETFs in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-09 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The Federal Reserve's monetary policy set the tone for the fixed income world in 2023 – right down to which exchange traded funds investors picked to take advantage of higher interest rates. Bond yields have an inverse relationship to their prices, so that when prices decline, yields rise and vice versa. The Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF (VGLT) was another favorite of investors, with about $7.3 billion in net flows in 2023. Indeed, those strategies proved popular with investors in 2023, as the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) and iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) were ETFs with the second and third highest net flows, per Morningstar.

Persons: It's, Paul Olmsted, Matthew Bartolini, Olmsted, Morningstar, –, it's, BND, AGG Organizations: Investors, Bloomberg Finance, State Street Global Advisors, Morningstar, SPDR, SPDR Americas Research, Street Global Advisors, State, Treasury Bond ETF, Bloomberg, SGOV, SEC, Treasury, Fed, Vanguard, Bond Market, Core, Aggregate Bond Locations: SPDR Americas, Central

But the three men topping Israel's hit-list remain at large: Deif, the head of Hamas' military wing, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades; his second in command, Marwan Issa; and Hamas' leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar. The three leaders are directing Hamas' military operations and led negotiations for a prisoner-hostage swaps, possibly from bunkers beneath Gaza, three Hamas sources say. The objective of the war remains to dismantle Hamas' military and government capabilities, Michael said, which could involve a turbulent period in Gaza after the war. An Israeli military officer, who spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity, said the IDF viewed the elimination of such combat-level commanders as essential to dismantling Hamas' military capabilities. Israel has killed Hamas' leaders in the past, including the group's founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and its former leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantisi, assassinated in a 2004 air strike.

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☆ Potential end of biggest bond bear market ever has some investors considering fixed income for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Bonds are starting to make a lot of sense for investors, Forrest said. Even after pulling back somewhat from those levels, the benchmark yield remains within striking distance of the key 5% threshold. The potential unwinding of what BofA recently called the "greatest bond bear market in history" has more investors trying to lock in higher yields ahead of potential rate cuts next year from the Federal Reserve. 'A lot for us to love bonds' Other investors are building out their bond exposure. The Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) is off by more than 2% in 2023, but greater than 1% on the week.

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☆ Here's how BlackRock's Rick Rieder is navigating the bond market sell-off in his outperforming ETF
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

BlackRock global fixed income CIO Rick Rieder said Friday that this year's bond market volatility has created opportunities to buy high quality yields on the cheap. The result is his new fund outperforming some of the biggest bond ETFs during the most recent sell-off. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) and 2.2% for the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) , the two biggest bond ETFs. BINC 1M mountain BlackRock's BINC has held up better than major bond ETFs over the past month. "I think what people underestimate is the long end of the bond market, the 30-year Treasury, is about the same volatility as the stock market," he said.

Persons: Rick Rieder, Rieder, We've Organizations: BlackRock, Rieder, Aggregate Bond, Vanguard, Bond Market, CNBC, Treasury, Corporate Bond Fund, Fed, AAA, Mortgage, SEC Locations: BlackRock, Mexico, Brazil, Japan, iShares, United States, U.S

☆ Rising interest rates are hurting very broad swaths of the stock and bond markets
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Dozens of stocks and ETFs are hitting 52-week lows on the relentless rise in interest rates. Treasury bond ETFs: New lows iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF (SHY) iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLH) iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) It's not just Treasury bonds. Broad bond ETFs: New lows Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) iShares Core US Aggregate Bond Fund (AGG) Higher rates are affecting other areas of the U.S. economy: look at clean energy and biotech It's simple. Clean energy ETFs: New lows iShares Global Clean Energy (ICLN) VanEck Low Carbon Energy ETF (SMOG) Invesco WilderHill Clean Energy ETF (PBW) Invesco Solar ETF (TAN) It's the same story with biotech. The SPDR S & P Biotech ETF (XBI) , which tracks an equal-weighted index of US biotechnology stocks, is at a 52-week low.

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☆ Investors are betting on stocks to keep rising in the second half with these ETFs
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Many investors appear comfortable betting on stocks to continue rising after a surprising strong first half, according to fund flow data. Investors even plowed $1.9 billion into the Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (QQQ) , which is up almost 40% so far this year. The flows are notable because investors have been somewhat reluctant to put more money in stocks this year despite the rally. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) and the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) also saw inflows this week, so some investors are still hedging their bets on stocks. With investors starting to chase the recent rally, all major regions except Europe saw inflows.

Persons: Magesh Kumar Chandrasekaran, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Trust, Aggregate Bond, Vanguard, Bond Market, Barclays Locations: Europe

☆ Prospective international spies are demanding to work from home and bring their cell phones to the office, spy chief says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"We cannot offer certain things that are taken for granted today," Kahl said. "Remote work is barely possible here as we need to guarantee security. Not being able to take cell phones into the workplace is also not something you can expect from young people today," he added. According to the CIA's Ask Molly feature, "the CIA's public voice since 2002," prospective US agents will also be disappointed to hear that the service rarely allows for remote work. The website says that staff "primarily work in a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) to protect our information, sources, and methods from prying eyes or those who may want to harm," meaning opportunities for remote work are scarce.

☆ Failures in Ukraine haven't left 'cracks' in Putin's hold on power, German spy chief says, warning Russia has what it needs to wage a long war
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-23 | by ( John Haltiwanger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Germany's spy chief, Bruno Kahl, said there are no "cracks" in Putin's system despite Russia's failures in Ukraine. The Kremlin has gone to extraordinary lengths to stifle opposition to the war in Ukraine. Kahl warned that "Russia is still capable of waging a long-range war" in Ukraine. In this kind of environment, it's difficult to get an accurate read on public sentiment toward the war in Russia. Russia was expected to easily defeat Ukraine, and its failures in the war have raised questions as to whether Putin's firm grip on power in Russia might slip.

☆ Wanted spies: No remote work and must leave cell phone at home
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

BERLIN, May 22 (Reuters) - Calling wannabe James Bonds. Intelligence services are finding it harder to recruit staff since the pandemic as prospects want to work from home and would rather not part with their personal cell phones, the head of Germany's foreign intelligence service BND said on Monday. "Remote work is barely possible at the BND for security reasons, and not being able to take your cell phone to work is asking much from young people looking for a job," he added. Some 6,500 people work for the BND, according to its homepage. Reporting by Sabine Siebold; Editing by Lisa ShumakerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ 4 of the world's elite investors agree on the biggest risks that will cause the next recession. Here's how they're each protecting clients with over half a trillion in combined assets.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( William Edwards | Akin Oyedele | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Below, we've their quotes on the subjects, along with how they said they're protecting their clients' money. I think it is a good chance, more than a little bit, that there will be a conflict, an invasion of Taiwan. Where to invest now: Roeper said he's bullish on aerospace companies because they're having a "pretty solid recovery" right now. The Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF (BND) offers exposure to different areas of the bond market. Where to invest now: Blake said he likes hybrid bonds, investment-grade bonds over a six-12 month duration, and private credit.

☆ These bond ETFs are having their best day in 2023 as investors seek safety
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Darla Mercado | Cfp | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A pair of exchange-traded bond funds popped Wednesday as investors flee stocks in search of safety. The Vanguard Total Bond ETF (BND) and the iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) each leapt by as much as 1.4% Wednesday morning. Investors sought safety in Treasurys , with yields dropping as traders bought up the issues. Corporate issues in BND include Amazon , AbbVie and Alphabet , while AGG holds bonds from Morgan Stanley , Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase .

☆ Second Suspect in Germany Intelligence Breach Was Questioned in U.S.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Bojan Pancevski | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The headquarters of the BND, Germany’s foreign intelligence agency. U.S. and British officials fear the leak could be the worst to affect the BND in decades. A man suspected of helping leak Western intelligence on the war in Ukraine to Russian agents was detained by U.S. authorities and questioned there before being flown to Germany where he was arrested last month, according to German and U.S. officials. Named only as Arthur E., the 31-year-old suspect is currently in detention pending an investigation into possible spying and treason, according to German prosecutors.

On energy, the ministry has “completely overhauled the previous government’s Russia-friendly policy” to reduce Germany’s dependence on Russian natural gas, it said. “That tells you something.”Germany consistently underestimated the Russian threat and gave counterintelligence work a low priority, but that is changing now in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, experts and Western officials said. Last April, Berlin expelled 40 Russian Embassy employees for allegedly working for Russian intelligence services. Germany’s intelligence services failed to anticipate that Russia would invade Ukraine, a failure that has yet to be the subject of any publicly released “lessons learned” review. Such a review would show Germany is serious about altering its approach, the Western official said.

☆ Germany arrests 2nd suspect in Russia spying case
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: 1 min

German authorities said Thursday that they have arrested a second person in connection with a high-profile espionage case that embarrassed Germany’s foreign intelligence agency. Prosecutors said the suspect, a German citizen, is accused of treason for passing secrets obtained by Carsten L., an acquaintance working at Germany’s BND spy agency, to Russian intelligence. Arthur E. was not an employee of the BND, prosecutors said. German authorities received support in their investigation from the FBI, they said. German authorities have warned of likely heightened Russian spying given the Kremlin’s stand-off with the West over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

☆ German arrested for allegedly passing on intelligence to Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

BERLIN, Jan 26 (Reuters) - A German citizen was arrested at the Munich airport on suspicion of treason for allegedly colluding with an intelligence service employee to pass on intelligence to Russia, the prosecutor general's office said on Thursday. The man, identified as Arthur E., was arrested on Sunday upon arriving in Germany from the United States, the prosecutor said in a statement. He is said to be an associate of Carsten L., an employee of the German foreign intelligence service (BND) who was arrested in December on suspicion of spying for Russia. Arthur E., who is not a German intelligence employee, is believed to have passed on to the Russian intelligence service information he had obtained from Carten L., according to the prosecutor's statement. German authorities have warned of likely heightened Russian spying given the Kremlin's stand-off with the West over the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

☆ Berlin Detains German Intelligence Official Suspected of Spying for Russia
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Bertrand Benoit | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The suspected spy for Russia worked at the BND foreign intelligence agency and was remanded in custody pending the investigation. BERLIN—German authorities said on Thursday they had detained an employee of Germany’s foreign intelligence agency on suspicion of spying for Russia. The man, identified as Carsten L, was an employee of the BND foreign intelligence agency and was detained on Wednesday, the country’s general prosecutor said. A federal judge ordered on Thursday the suspect be remanded in custody pending the completion of the investigation, the prosecutor added.

Police arrested the suspect, a German citizen identified as Carsten L., on Wednesday in Berlin, the federal prosecutors office said. "The accused is suspected of state treason," federal prosecutors said in a statement. "In 2022, he shared information that he came by in the course of his work with a Russian intelligence agency. As such, the BND would not be giving out any further details on the case until federal prosecutors had concluded their investigation, Kahl added. The last time a German intelligence employee was arrested for treason was in 2014 - although then it was for betraying secrets to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

☆ German spy chief: 'Russia is the storm, China is climate change'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Sarah Marsh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

German and Chinese national flags fly in Tiananmen Square ahead of the visit of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Beijing, China, May 23, 2018. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterChina has urged Germany not to politicize the countries' economic relations or engage in protectionism "in the name of national security". "In the case of a political disagreement between China and Germany, these instruments will be used," he said. The head of Germany's domestic intelligence service, Thomas Haldenwang, said stakes in critical infrastructure could also open the door to sabotage and influence on public opinion. "When I speak with foreign partners about China, they always say: Russia is the storm, China is climate change," he said.

☆ Dow plunges and is back in a bear market
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Paul R. La Monica | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The Dow is now back in bear market territory, more than 20% below the all-time high it set in January. The tech-laden Nasdaq Composite sank 3.4% Thursday and has plummeted even more than the Dow and S&P in 2022. The stock market had a promising start to the quarter, soaring in July. But fears about inflation, rate hikes, rising bond yields and recession returned with a vengeance in August and September. But two popular, widely held bond funds, the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund ETF (BND) and iShares Core U.S.

☆ What traders are thinking about before the big Fed decision Wednesday afternoon
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The S & P 500 is about 70 points below where it was at the close of the last Federal Reserve meeting on July 27. The last several Fed meetings have seen the S & P close up on the announcement day, but there's no pattern after that. After the May 4 meeting, the S & P dropped three days in a row, and after the March 16 meeting, a rally continued for several days. Corporate bond funds are also at new lows, including the Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCSH) and the iShares Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (LQD) . Remarkably, there have not been outflows from these funds, likely because they have strong institutional support and broad bond funds like these tend to be "sticky."

☆ Алексей Навальный задержан в Москве
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-17 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +2 min

Алексей Навальный вернулся в Россию из Германии, по прилету его задержали в аэропорту, сообщила ФСИН. "В аэропорту "Шереметьево" сотрудниками отдела розыска оперативного управления УФСИН России по Москве был задержан осужденный к условному наказанию Алексей Навальный, который с 29 декабря 2020 года находился в розыске за многократные нарушения испытательного срока", — добавили в ведомстве. Дальнейшую меру пресечения Навального определит суд, до этого он будет находиться под стражей, уточнила ФСИН. После того, как Навальный заявил о своем намерении вернуться в Россию, ФСИН сообщила, что планирует задержать его, поскольку суд должен рассмотреть вопрос о замене условного срока на реальный из-за "злостных нарушений" режима условного заключения. По данным ведомства, из 588 миллионов рублей, собранных в виде пожертвования на свои проекты, Навальный потратил более 356 миллионов на личные цели.

Persons: Алексей Навальный, Навальный, Кировлес, Ив Роше, Алексей НавальногоНавальному Organizations: ФСИН, РИА Новости, Шереметьево, УФСИН, СК, ОЗХО, МИД Locations: Россия, Германия, Шереметьево, Москва, Томск, Омск, ФРГ, Кремль, Берлин

☆ Глава МИД России: Отношения с Германией нуждаются в перезагрузке
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-08 | by ( Mld Media Srl | ) noi.md time to read: +3 min

Ранее Лавров заявлял, что Германия усилила курс на сдерживание России, а обвинения, ультиматумы и угрозы, по его мнению, стали для Берлина обыденностью. Министр также называл неприемлемым и не соответствующим международным обязательствам поведение ФРГ в ситуации с Алексеем Навальным. Инцидент с Навальным и антироссийские санкцииУтром 20 августа самолет, на котором Навальный летел из Томска в Москву, экстренно приземлился в Омске. О том, что состояние Навального улучшилось, стало известно в начале сентября: его вывели из комы и отключили от аппарата ИВЛ. Двадцать второго числа основателя ФБК выписали из стационара, сейчас он проходит реабилитацию и остается в Германии.

Persons: Сергей Лавров, Лавров, Алексей Навальный, Навальный, Новичок Organizations: Альтернатива для, ФБК, Организация по запрещению химоружия, ОЗХО Locations: Москва, Берлин, Германия, Россия, ФРГ, Томск, Омск, Швеция, Франция, Великобритания, США, Чехия, Евросоюз

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