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With the market turmoil raging on, the majority of Wall Street investors are now favoring dividend-paying stocks and value names into the end of the year, according to the new CNBC Delivering Alpha investor survey. About a third of the respondents said they are most likely to buy stocks paying high dividends now. Unlike growth stocks, dividend stocks typically don't offer dramatic price appreciation, but they do provide investors with a stable source of income during times of uncertainty. The three most popular dividend exchange-traded funds are the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF , the Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF and the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF . The survey also showed that investors' biggest concern right now is the Fed being too aggressive.

Trading information for KKR & Co is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., Aug. 23, 2018. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterCentral banks around the world meanwhile had jacked up interest rates - and borrowing costs - amid raging inflation. Then last month Ramsay said the KKR-led group had notified it that it would not improve on what Ramsay considered a "meaningfully inferior" offer, due to the target company's weak business performance. A spokesperson for the KKR-led consortium told Reuters in a statement: "Following recent engagement with the Ramsay Board, we have decided to mutually terminate discussions regarding a potential change of control transaction". The stock was last trading at A$57.64, one-third below the initial indicative buyout price which Ramsay's biggest shareholder had supported.

☆ The bond market is in the middle of its worst decline since 1949. It's set to unravel some very popular trades, BofA says.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

And below, I'm breaking down what Bank of America has to say about the worst bond market decline in over 70 years. The bond market is in the middle of a historic crash and it'll hammer stocks, according to a Friday note from Bank of America. As central banks around the world move to stem inflation, BofA analysts said bonds are experiencing their worst decline since 1949. What's your stock market outlook heading into year-end? As stocks sell off, Fundstrat's Tom Lee is sticking to his bullish year-end stock market forecast.

☆ Wharton professor Jeremy Siegel says the Fed's rate hike campaign is so extreme that recession risk is much higher than risk of the central bank 'waffling' on inflation
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Jennifer Sor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The Fed runs a higher risk of sparking a recession than falling behind on inflation, according to Jeremy Siegel. Markets are now expecting a fed-funds rate of 4.75% in May of next year. That could be overkill, as inflation will continue to fall, Siegel warned. "[It's] so extreme I think the risk of recession is so much higher than waffling on inflation." That's too high, Siegel believes, considering that inflation is already starting to cool.

☆ The chief investment strategist at a $42 billion firm shares 9 stocks that can weather a recession while boosting income
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

To build a steady flow of income, he's focusing on firms with high dividends and cash generation. McMahon shared 9 stocks that are both recession-resistant and can boost income streams. "It's going to be a tough, tough battle to get inflation down below 3%," said Brian McMahon, chief investment strategist at Thornburg Investment Management, which manages $42 billion in assets. Because this fund aims to deliver a consistent stream of income to its investors, McMahon particularly emphasizes investing in high-quality fixed income assets and dividend-paying equities. McMahon shared nine stocks for investors to consider that are both recession-resistant and can boost income streams.

☆ This market is not the dot-com crash or the financial crisis. Here's how to play it
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Jim Cramer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +21 min

The S & P 500 never really got out of control back then — and, relative to bonds, it didn't either. The Fed chairman, correctly, feared the economy was going to crash, and he would have been right. I think that's certainly how people act. I think that most participants have decided there's no hope and they are using an analogue that's 2000-2001 (dot-com bubble bursting) or even 2007 (before the financial crisis and the Great Recession). Autos have been hurt by supply chain but I think that's coming to an end.

☆ Crypto parties are still raging in the bear market. Here's what it's like at Mainnet, where tickets cost $2,100 and attendees network on yachts.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-24 | by ( Phil Rosen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Crypto enthusiasts, Web3 founders, and investors convened at Messari Mainnet in New York City this week. The tone was firmly upbeat, despite bitcoin, ether, and other digital assets struggling through a bear market. "The bear market just means more building"Nathani, like a dozen other attendees I spoke to this week, is shrugging off the crypto winter and is increasingly upbeat about what comes next. "The bear market just means more building," Brandon Rochon, lead data scientist at Covalent told Insider. Those who have been in the crypto space for long enough, he said, understand the next wave of crypto adoption is still coming, whether the economy is choppy or not.

☆ Biden seeks closer ties with Philippines after ‘rocky’ past
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Biden also noted that the Philippines was among U.S. allies to quickly condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The “One China” policy recognizes Beijing as the government of China but allows informal relations and defense ties with Taiwan. He has said he wants to pursue closer ties with China, which has also sought to court him. He sees a rising China as the most threatening economic and national security adversary to the United States. The elder Marcos placed the Philippines under martial law in 1972, a year before his term was to expire.

☆ In Ukraine-Russia war, Putin nuclear threat can't rattle Biden
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis | Daniel L. Davis Is A Senior Fellow For Defense Priorities | A Former Lieutenant Colonel In The Army Who Was Deployed Into Combat Zones Four Times. He Is The Author Of | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Events unfolding in the Russia-Ukraine war this week represent the most dramatic escalation since the initial invasion in February. But however much we may not like the war, at this point it represents no threat to American national security. If Putin feels too threatened, he could genuinely consider resorting to tactical nuclear weapons. That makes it all the more important for Biden to stay resolved to keep the U.S. footprint in the war small. American national security is not presently at risk from the war between Kyiv and Moscow, and Biden must keep it that way.

☆ Inflation is a global problem. Here's how central banks are addressing it
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | Cnn Business | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In Turkey and Argentina, annual inflation rates are forecast to clock in at a whopping 80%. At least 75 have lifted their benchmark interest rates in the past year, increasing the price of credit across the world. In July, it instituted its second consecutive 0.75 percentage point interest rate increase, taking its benchmark rate to a range of 2.25% to 2.5%. The country is struggling with rampant inflation rate that rose to a 20-year high of nearly 80% in August. The country's annual inflation rate slowed to 7% in August, below analyst forecasts of 7.3% and down from 7.6% in July.

☆ Inflation is a global problem. Here’s how central banks are addressing it
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

In Turkey and Argentina, annual inflation rates are forecast to clock in at a whopping 80%. At least 75 have lifted their benchmark interest rates in the past year, increasing the price of credit across the world. In July, it instituted its second consecutive 0.75 percentage point interest rate increase, taking its benchmark rate to a range of 2.25% to 2.5%. The country is struggling with rampant inflation rate that rose to a 20-year high of nearly 80% in August. The country’s annual inflation rate slowed to 7% in August, below analyst forecasts of 7.3% and down from 7.6% in July.

A debate is raging in European countries over whether oil companies making record profits because of the energy crisis should pay additional taxes to help consumers cope with soaring inflation. Patrick Pouyanne, being grilled by French lawmakers, said TotalEnergies was waiting to see how the EU debate evolved before deciding whether to lower prices further at French petrol stations next year. Environment media outlet Basta reported in July that the group had paid no taxes on profits for its French companies in 2019 and 2020, citing the group's own reports. Pouyanne told the hearing he expected TotalEnergies would pay taxes on profits earned in France this year. He also said it would pay about 8 billion euros in dividends in 2022, in line with last year.

An animal voyage is special because it requires us to make many journeys all at once. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat. “If the snow leopard should manifest itself, then I am ready to see the snow leopard,” Matthiessen writes. The best trips, like Peter Matthiessen’s search for the snow leopard, find a way to make themselves permanent. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat.

☆ Inside an Animal Sanctuary in Bolivia Where Tourists Can Help
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Photographs Yael Martínez | Yael Martínez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +22 min

An animal voyage is special because it requires us to make many journeys all at once. My favorite record of an animal voyage is a book that’s fluent in failure. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat. “If the snow leopard should manifest itself, then I am ready to see the snow leopard,” Matthiessen writes. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat.

☆ Lessons From a Lifetime of Animal Voyages
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Sam Anderson | Photographs Yael Martínez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +22 min

☆ Where the Wild Things Are
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( The New York Times Magazine | Photographs Yael Martínez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +22 min

To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat. “If the snow leopard should manifest itself, then I am ready to see the snow leopard,” Matthiessen writes. “We’ve seen so much, maybe it’s better if there are some things that we don’t see.”Today, nearly 50 years later, if you are so inclined, you can go see a snow leopard at the zoo. The best trips, like Peter Matthiessen’s search for the snow leopard, find a way to make themselves permanent. To return home from an animal voyage is to become, yourself, a new animal living in your old habitat.

☆ The head of investment strategy at BlackRock's $2.1 trillion iShares Americas unit says the Fed won't cut interest rates until at least 2024 — and reveals the stock market sectors best poised to retur
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

All eyes are on the Federal Reserve to see how high Jerome Powell raises interest rates. BlackRock's Gargi Chaudhuri expects a 75 basis-point hike, and thinks rates won't be cut until 2024. She says investors should buy high-quality stocks in defensive sectors, plus inflation-linked bonds. That's according to Gargi Chaudhuri, head of investment strategy at BlackRock's iShares Americas unit, which currently manages around $2.13 trillion in assets. Specifically, Chaudhuri recommended investors consider short-duration bonds like 1, 2, and 3-year US Treasuries, 1 through 5-year investment-grade corporate bonds, and front-end inflation-linked bonds.

☆ Higher rates are leaving investors around the world with nowhere to hide
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Michael Santoli | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

This is the daily notebook of Mike Santoli, CNBC's senior markets commentator, with ideas about trends, stocks and market statistics. Once again, nothing happening now is incompatible with this being a prolonged, messy bottoming effort longer term. Are equities still "too expensive" with bond yields here, the 10-year neat 3.5%? The S & P index, maybe, at 16.5x, with some cross-asset models saying it should be one or two multiple points cheaper. VIX getting puffed up 24 hours ahead of the Fed decision, near 27, mechanical stuff.

☆ Donald Trump is back at Mar-a-Lago and raging about FBI agents not taking off their shoes while searching his bedroom
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump said on Truth Social that he's finally had a look around Mar-a-Lago. He said FBI agents did not take off their shoes in his bedroom. "It was 'ransacked,' and in far different condition than the way I left it," Trump wrote on Truth Social. This is not the first time Trump has expressed anger at the FBI agents who searched through his personal items. Earlier this month, Trump claimed the FBI made him look sloppy by purposely scattering documents on the ground to photograph them during Mar-a-Lago raid.

☆ 'The best sweet spot': Buy these inflation-beating funds to protect your money, strategist says
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Weizhen Tan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

As inflation remains stubbornly high, and volatility in U.S. stocks and bonds persists, one strategist has shared his top ways for investors to protect their income. High inflation increases the chances of the U.S. Federal Reserve raising rates further, which tends to mean a stronger dollar. His picks include the iShares Euro Inflation Linked Government Bond UCITS ETF and the iShares TIPS Bond ETF . That's a bad combination for agricultural output, and high gas prices will contribute to higher fertilizer prices, he added. The 'best sweet spot' As U.S. investors scramble to navigate continued volatility, particularly in stocks, Jolley said the "brave" could consider stocks overseas.

☆ Lower US job gain in August could help the Fed's inflation fight
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-02 | by ( Christopher S. Rugaber | Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a healthy number of jobs last month, yet slowed their hiring enough to potentially help the Federal Reserve in its fight to reduce raging inflation. Inflation did fall to an 8.5% annual rate in July from 9.1% in June, mostly as gas prices steadily dropped. Wage growth weakened a bit last month, too, which could also serve the Fed’s inflation fight. Powell warned that the Fed’s inflation fight would likely cause pain for Americans in the form of a weaker economy and job losses. Friday’s jobs figures and a report earlier this week that showed the number of job openings rose in July suggest that the Fed’s rate hikes so far haven’t restored much balance.

☆ Here's how much money I made at every point in my career at Netflix, IBM, and Grubhub
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-01 | by ( Jenna Gyimesi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Frank Niu is a former software engineer who gives finance, investing, and career advice on TikTok and his podcast. This is his story as-told-to reporter Jenna GyimesiI spent around ten years working in the tech industry as a software engineer at companies like Netflix, Grubhub, and Credit Karma. How much money I made working in tech:IBM, Software Engineer, $74,000 salary, $5,000 signing bonus: I started my career at IBM in 2014, right out of University. Credit Karma, Senior Software Engineer, $138,000 salary, $100,000 stock package: I accepted a job at Credit Karma in 2016. You can get a tech job if you prepare and have the right skillset.

☆ Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting is here: What to expect from Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-29 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting in Los Angeles California. Here are some of the big topics shareholders will want to hear from Buffett: Market outlook: The stock market has suffered a correction on fears of inflation and rising rates. The stock market has suffered a correction on fears of inflation and rising rates. A slowdown in buybacks: With Berkshire shares significantly outperforming, will Buffett cease or slow down his aggressive buyback program? With Berkshire shares significantly outperforming, will Buffett cease or slow down his aggressive buyback program?

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