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☆ Some offshore creditors of Country Garden consider forming group for debt revamp talks
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Xie Yu | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The company logo of Chinese developer Country Garden is pictured at the Shanghai Country Garden Center in Shanghai, China August 9, 2023. Kobre hosted a call with some of Country Garden's offshore creditors on Tuesday night, during which the law firm laid out Country Garden's primary business units, core assets which include its onshore and offshore property projects. A spokesperson for Country Garden on Wednesday declined to comment when asked by Reuters about the possibility of some offshore bondholders forming a group for debt restructuring talks. Country Garden has been talking with its onshore creditors to extend a 3.9 billion yuan private bond due Saturday. Country Garden's shares fell another 3.3% on Wednesday, taking its losses in the last month alone to more than 40%.

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☆ Watch CNBC’s full interview with Trivariate's Adam Parker and John Hancock's Emily Roland
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC’s full interview with Trivariate's Adam Parker and John Hancock's Emily RolandTrivariate's Adam Parker and John Hancock's Emily Roland, join 'Closing Bell' to discuss the market vulnerability as stocks for banks slide and China concerns continue to loom.

Persons: Trivariate's Adam Parker, John Hancock's Emily Roland Trivariate's Adam Parker, John Hancock's Emily Roland Locations: China

☆ Analysis: Rising bond yields emerge as pressure point for US stock rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Lewis Krauskopf | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

This year, it’s largely been a different story, with bond yields rising on better-than-expected economic data. The S&P 500 (.SPX) has rallied over 16% from its March lows, despite a roughly 50 basis point increase in the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note over that time. That dynamic has changed in recent days, however, as Treasury yields have approached last year’s high while the S&P 500 has fallen 2% from its July peak. The bank’s analysts called rising yields "an underpriced risk" for the equity market. The S&P 500 fell 2.3% last week, its biggest weekly drop since March.

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☆ Rising bond yields emerge as pressure point for US stock rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Lewis Krauskopf | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

☆ Watch CNBC's full interview with the 'Closing Bell' panel
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with the 'Closing Bell' panelMeera Pandit, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Alicia Levine, BNY Mellon, and Emily Roland, John Hancock Investment Management, join 'Closing Bell' to discuss Levine's thoughts on the current market footing, Rowland's thoughts on inflation and more.

Persons: Meera Pandit, J.P, Alicia Levine, BNY Mellon, Emily Roland, John Organizations: Morgan Asset Management, John Hancock Investment Management

☆ You may be overlooking an important point about target date funds
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Greg Iacurci | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Meanwhile, the John Hancock Preservation Blend and American Funds Target Date Retirement 2055 funds had lower average allocations — 80% and 84%, respectively, Morningstar said. The idea that everyone in a five-year age cohort should have the same asset allocation, it's just not correct. David Blanchett managing director and head of retirement research at PGIMOf course, TDFs can vary in many ways aside from asset allocation. For example, some are known as "through" funds, which continue to get more conservative throughout retirement; others are "to" funds, whose stock-bond proportions stay steady in retirement. Why asset allocation is more important for retireesPaying attention to asset allocation is particularly important for investors in or near retirement, Pacholok said.

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☆ Inflation will keep moderating so Fed won't raise rates after today, says Moody's Mark Zandi
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailInflation will keep moderating so Fed won't raise rates after today, says Moody's Mark ZandiEmily Roland, John Hancock Investment Management co-chief investment strategist, Subadra Rajappa, Societe Generale head of U.S. rates strategy, and Mark Zandi, Moody’s Analytics chief economist, join 'The Exchange' to discuss the upcoming decision from the Federal Reserve.

Persons: Mark Zandi Emily Roland, John, Subadra, Mark Zandi Organizations: John Hancock Investment Management, Societe Generale, Federal Reserve

☆ We're seeing the broadening that we've been looking for, says John Hancock’s Emily Roland
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe're seeing the broadening that we've been looking for, says John Hancock’s Emily RolandEmily Roland, John Hancock Investment Management co-chief investment strategist, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest market trends, rest of the year outlook, and more.

Persons: John Hancock’s Emily Roland Emily Roland, John Organizations: John Hancock Investment Management

In 2013, he listed some famous figures who were surprisingly young when the American Revolution began. For example, Alexander Hamilton was only 21 years old and James Monroe was just 18. Others were surprisingly young — even teenagers. James Monroe, for example, was 18 and Alexander Hamilton was 21. In 2013, Todd Andrlik, an authority on 18th-century newspapers, compiled a list of the ages of famous people at the start of the American Revolution for the Journal of the American Revolution.

Persons: Todd Andrlik, Alexander Hamilton, James Monroe, —, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin Organizations: American Revolution, Service, American Revolutionaries, American Locations: American, Britain, Independence

☆ Retail crime has hit a bustling Kansas metropolis
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Republican Kris Kobach, Kansas’ attorney general, said retail crime is a “spiraling problem” in his state, adding that Kansas and Missouri are among the top 10 states in the nation for volume of retail crime. “There is a link between drug trafficking and organized retail crime,” Kobach told lawmakers in June. “Organized retail crime is a problem that is getting worse, not better. Organized retail crime offers criminals a business model of pure profit, “with no overhead, rent, product cost. In early June, Kobach testified before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on “Organized Retail Crime and the Threat to Public Safety.”“When one thinks about the explosion of organized retail crime in the United States, the State of Kansas may not intuitively jump to mind,” he told lawmakers.

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☆ Pokemon Go maker Niantic is laying off 230 employees
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Catherine Thorbecke | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Niantic, the creator of hit mobile game Pokemon Go, announced it is laying off 230 employees and reorganizing its business as it grapples with new macroeconomic uncertainty. In a letter to staff announcing the job cuts, Niantic CEO John Hanke said the company is taking other significant actions as well: shuttering its Los Angeles studio, sunsetting its NBA All-World game and halting production on Marvel: World of Heroes. The privately held company’s breakout hit, Pokemon Go, was among the first mobile games to embrace augmented reality when it launched in 2016. “In the wake of the revenue surge we saw during Covid, we grew our headcount and related expenses in order to pursue growth more aggressively, expanding existing game teams, our AR platform work, new game projects and roles that support our products and our employees,” Hanke wrote. Eventually, however, “our revenue returned to pre-Covid levels and new projects in games and platform have not delivered revenues commensurate with those investments,” he added.

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☆ Pokemon Go maker Niantic lays off 230 employees, cancels games
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Kif Leswing | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Pokemon Go players are seen in search of Pokemon and other in-game items in the Pasadena Playhouse District. Niantic, a mobile games developer based in San Francisco, announced Thursday that it would lay off 230 employees as part of a reorganization. It will also shutter a Los Angeles-based studio, where most of the affected employees are based. The move highlights how the mobile games industry has shifted in the years since Niantic landed its first major hit, Pokemon Go, in 2016. Overall, App Store spending on games declined 5% in 2020 to $110 billion, according to an estimate from Data.ai, a research firm.

Persons: John Hanke, Niantic, Hanke, Pokémon Organizations: Pasadena Playhouse, Marvel, Apple, Google, Meta, Quest Locations: Pasadena, San Francisco, Angeles, Silicon

The 15% year-to-date rally in the S&P 500 (.SPX) is pulling once doubtful investors back into the market. Meanwhile, options investors are buying calls - bets on upside in stocks - at levels not seen in years. A record 1.8 million S&P 500 calls traded on Thursday, helping lift the one-month moving average of calls-to-puts to the highest in at least four years, Trade Alert data showed. The S&P 500 has posted a median gain of 18% in the 12 months after clearing the 20% threshold, LPL Financial data showed. One encouraging signal is that a greater number of S&P 500 stocks are heading higher, in addition to the handful of megacap growth names such as Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Nvidia (NVDA.O) that led gains this year.

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☆ Investors want to be 'drafting' right now by limiting risk and trailing, says John Hancock's Rowland
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailInvestors want to be 'drafting' right now by limiting risk and trailing, says John Hancock's RowlandEmily Roland, co-chief investment strategist at John Hancock Investment Management, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss how the market's rally has made the strategist feel, how investors can 'draft' the market, and more.

Persons: John Hancock's Rowland Emily Roland Organizations: Investors, John Hancock Investment Management

☆ JetBlue is painting its planes blue. Is that a good idea?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Dennis Green | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

JetBlue announced on Wednesday it's going to paint its planes blue. JetBlue's current white livery, for comparison's sake with the new blue one. JetBlue will be prominent on a plane's underside in the new livery. "The refreshed livery design was extensively reviewed and researched across the organization to ensure we will maintain our standard of great service. Southwest Airlines' paint scheme is the most similar to JetBlue's new one, with a blue fuselage and the airline's name in a large white typeface.

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☆ Technology stocks are the poster child for quality, says John Hancock Investment's Emily Roland
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTechnology stocks are the poster child for quality, says John Hancock Investment's Emily RolandEmily Roland, John Hancock Investment Management co-chief investment strategist, and Joe Terranova, Virtus Investment Partners chief market strategist, join 'Closing Bell' to discuss market anticipation for a Fed pivot, the ongoing tech rally, and the bullish read of market technicals.

Persons: John Hancock, Emily Roland Emily Roland, John, Joe Terranova Organizations: Technology, John Hancock Investment Management, Virtus Investment Partners

☆ Wall St Week Ahead Debt ceiling deal may shift investor focus to further Fed action
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( David Randall | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Megacap technology and growth stocks, which benefit from lower interest rates, have led the market's advance. A Congressional package raising the debt ceiling, meanwhile, is expected to cap spending on government programs. The debt ceiling impasse had weighed on stocks in recent days, but for the most part investors had been expecting Washington to reach a deal. At the same time, the equity market has only just begun to start pricing in more Fed hikes, she added. "The ongoing effects of monetary policy now are setting us up for this wall of debt that people aren't talking about with enough vigor," he said.

☆ John Hancock’s Emily Roland says, embrace bonds and fixed income
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailJohn Hancock’s Emily Roland says, embrace bonds and fixed incomeiCapital’s Anastasia Amoroso and John Hancock’s Emily Roland, join 'Closing Bell' to discuss the looming debt ceiling and the impact on stocks.

☆ Watch CNBC’s full interview with iCapital’s Anastasia Amoroso and John Hancock’s Emily Roland
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC’s full interview with iCapital’s Anastasia Amoroso and John Hancock’s Emily RolandiCapital’s Anastasia Amoroso and John Hancock’s Emily Roland, join 'Closing Bell' to discuss the looming debt ceiling and the impact on stocks.

☆ ‘Ask Me What I’m Painting’: The Changing Role of the Artist in Residence
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( John Hanc | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article is part of our Museums special section about how art institutions are reaching out to new artists and attracting new audiences. At the Queens Museum, they’re getting ready for a show. A gaggle of curatorial staffers gathers around an iPad on a worktable. “I’m so excited.”Although Ms. Nisenbaum is an accomplished artist — her works have been exhibited in the Tate Liverpool, and the Minneapolis Institute of Art, among others — this is a show that, at other institutions, might never have happened. Ms. Nisenbaum, a native of Mexico who now lives in New York, is an artist in residence at the Queens Museum.

☆ Op-ed: After the Silicon Valley Bank collapse, don't try to time the market
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Robin John | Ceo Of Eventide Asset Management | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Following recent bank failures and ongoing market volatility, it may be tempting to try to time the market. Because time in the market has shown to be more important than timing the market. But despite the fund's impressive performance, the typical shareholder lost 2.86% a year over that period, Morningstar found. In my view, it has to do with when investors buy and sell. When investors buy after a strong run of performance, they are investing when a fund is relatively expensive.

☆ The 2-year Treasury yield is 'acting like a meme stock' and swinging wildly as investors see the Fed making a mistake by not cutting interest rates, says John Hancock strategist
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Carla Mozée | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The 2-year Treasury yield has been swinging sharply and "acting like a meme stock," a top strategist at John Hancock said on Tuesday. The inverted yield curve is telling the Fed it's making a mistake by not cutting interest rates, said strategist Emily Roland. "When the two-year Treasury yield is acting like a meme stock there's a lot of uncertainty here around Fed policy," she added. But the 2-year yield — moving around 4% on Tuesday — has been on a roller coaster since early March. The 2-year yield at 4% was higher than the 10-year yield at 3.43% on Tuesday, creating an inverted yield curve widely seen as signaling an oncoming recession.

☆ The equity market is defying gravity right now, says John Hancock's Emily Roland
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailThe equity market is defying gravity right now, says John Hancock's Emily RolandEmily Roland, Co-Chief Investment Strategist at John Hancock Investment Management, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss how the market is bracing for key inflation and corporate results this week.

☆ NewEdge's Cameron Dawson and John Hancock's Emily Roland break down Monday's market action
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNewEdge's Cameron Dawson and John Hancock's Emily Roland break down Monday's market actionCameron Dawson, NewEdge Wealth chief investment officer, and Emily Roland of John Hancock Investment Management, join 'Closing Bell' to discuss the outlook ahead for the second quarter of 2023.

☆ Better balance sheet companies, earnings stability and high ROE are pockets of opportunity: John Hancock strategist
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBetter balance sheet companies, earnings stability and high ROE are pockets of opportunity: John Hancock strategistMatthew Miskin, co-chief investment strategist at John Hancock Investment Management, joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss where investors could find opportunities in the market and why he thinks growing estimates for financials, industrials and consumer discretionary are too high for 2023.

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