November’s better-than-expected U.S. job gains brought a touch more anxiety to financial markets on Friday, as investors reacted to the possibility that interest rates may need to go up even more next year than previously thought. Traders boosted the likelihood that the fed-funds rate will get to 5% or higher by March to 43% at one ...

It’s jobs Friday again. Equity bulls will be hoping for a nonfarm payrolls report that is sufficiently cool that it allows for the narrative of a less aggressive Federal Reserve to be sustained. Underpinning the S&P 500’s 14% bounce from its mid-October trough are the recent retreats in bond yields and the dollar, moves that ...

Yep. Right on cue. As stocks, bonds and other investments have tanked, ordinary investors have flooded into higher-fee annuity products in the quest for investments with more “safety” or “protection.” One of the many reasons ordinary investors underperform the market over the long term is that so many tend to flee stocks after things have ...

After years of very low yields, credit markets are getting more attractive. The 10-year Treasury note now yields about 3.8%, up from 1.6% a year ago, leaving the S&P 500’s 1.6% dividend yield in the dust. Still, the environment for investors remains tricky. The Federal Reserve may be on track to slow the pace of ...

Champel Capital Ltd. said Wednesday it led a $5 million Series A round of venture capital for Israel-based Intelligent Traffic Control (ITC) as the firm continues deploying capital despite economic headwinds. Intelligent Traffic Control specializes in computer vision and machine learning algorithms that help predict traffic patterns and prevent traffic congestion, with Mobilitech Capital as ...

30 November 2022 S.S. Rana & Co. Advocates To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Legal Metrology Division of the Department of Consumer Affairs on October 13, 2022, has issued an order inviting public consultation for proposed amendments in the Legal Metrology ...

Transcript: Melissa Bender: Hello, and thank you for joining this Ropes & Gray crypto and blockchain podcast today. Drawing on the perspectives of over 1,400 attorneys from all areas of our practice, we provide insight into essential considerations associated with the crypto, blockchain and digital assets space. I’m Melissa Bender, a partner in our San ...

More than half of brokers provide clients with information about fees and the majority have established “widespread good practice” that facilitates a culture of compliance and ensure good customer outcomes, according to the Insurance Brokers Code Compliance Committee (IBCCC). About 76% have procedures to identify breaches or potential issues, 67% use checklists to ensure they ...

Vancouver, BC , Nov. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — RevoluGROUP Canada Inc. (TSX-V: REVO ), (Frankfurt: IJA2 ) (the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has signed a mutual Business Development agreement on November 25th, 2022, in which the potential Acquirers and the Company agree to a future joint strategy should the equity investment ...

Barry Eichengreen, professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, is a former senior policy adviser at the International Monetary Fund. He is the author of many books, including In Defense of Public Debt Central banks around the world continue to contemplate issuing their own digital currencies. Some have already taken steps in this ...