Top related persons:
Top related locs:
Top related orgs:

Search resuls for: "Laith Khalaf"


6 mentions found


So, what are the best investment strategies if you are looking to retire in around five years' time? This calls for a much higher exposure to riskier assets like stocks, says Stevenson. Stock/bond/cash split When deciding how to plan assets across stocks, bonds and cash, the pros say an appropriate balance between short-term stability and long-term growth potential is key. For someone in their 50s looking to retire soon, Ward suggests allocating 65%-85% of their assets to stocks and the remaining 15%-35% in bonds. Bullish on Japan, tech plays Within each asset allocation, the importance of diversification should not be overlooked, according to the pros.
Persons: Tom Stevenson, Stevenson, Thomas Poullaouec, Rowe Price, Laith Khalaf, AJ Bell, Fidelity's Stevenson, Fidelity's Stevenson reckons, Judith Ward, Ward, Poullaouec Organizations: Fidelity International Locations: Bullish, Japan, China, Europe
Stocks have racked up easy gains over the past few months thanks to AI and cooling inflation. But investors are suddenly worried about debt again after Fitch slashed its credit rating for the US. The last time this happened was 2011 – and the S&P 500 took six months to recover its losses. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. In response, the S&P 500 dropped 6.5% and took a further six months to recover its losses.
Persons: Fitch, , It's, Stocks, AJ Bell's, Laith Khalaf, Fitch's, Ray Dalio Organizations: Service, Poor's, House Locations: Wall, Silicon, , Washington –, Canada
The downgrade comes two months after Joe Biden and House Republicans reached an 11th-hour deal to stop a catastrophic default. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. Here's everything you need to know about the ratings agency's shock move. Fitch said the last-minute debt-ceiling deal after months of shutdown had failed to convince it that Congress will be able to avert future calamities. As debt-ceiling negotiations dragged on earlier this year, the White House warned stocks could crash 45% if the government ever failed to repay its debts – so even a downgrade is bad news for the market.
Persons: Fitch, Joe Biden, Stocks, Joe Biden's, Biden, it's, AJ Bell's, Laith Khalaf, Fitch's, Janet Yellen, Larry Summers Organizations: House Republicans, Service, AAA, Social Security, House, Nasdaq, CME Group, Dow Jones, P Global, Biden Locations: Wall, Silicon, Europe, Asia
Billions of dollars were lost when the exchange FTX collapsed, raising questions about whether movements in the crypto sphere could ricochet through to other financial systems. There are "no signs of spillover" from cryptocurrency into more traditional assets, according to an investment analyst from AJ Bell. A 'highly volatile' assetKhalaf was reluctant to make predictions as to where cryptocurrency will go next because it's so changeable as an asset. And while there are questions as to the long-term adoption of cryptocurrency, Khalaf made one point with a lot of certainty. "For the foreseeable, [cryptocurrency] remains highly volatile and speculative asset," he said.
Shares of Meta Platforms (META.O) fell 3.9% and Pinterest (PINS.N) 4.1% as they rely on ad revenue. U.S.-listed shares of Spotify Technology dropped 5.7%, as margins came under pressure from a slowdown in ad growth. ET, Dow e-minis were down 37 points, or 0.12%, S&P 500 e-minis were down 27 points, or 0.7%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 186 points, or 1.59%. A bright spot was Visa Inc (V.N), whose shares rose 1.3% after the payments processor topped quarterly profit estimates on strong travel demand. Reporting by Amruta Khandekar and Shreyashi Sanyal in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty and Arun KoyyurOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Big Tech tumbles as results sound alarm bells
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
Meta Platforms Inc (META.O), which is scheduled to report after markets close on Wednesday, was trading 4% lower. Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and Apple Inc (AAPL.O), both due to report on Thursday, were down about 4% and 1%, respectively. While most Big Tech stocks have edged higher in the past few weeks, overall it has been a bleak year for the sector. Netflix, Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Apple have already lost a combined $2.5 trillion in market value so far this year. read moreReporting by Yuvraj Malik and Akash Sriram in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb ChakrabartyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Total: 6