Monthly Archives: September 2020

Apple CEO Tim Cook receives first major stock grant since 2011, could earn more than 1 million shares by 2025

(CNBC) Apple CEO Tim Cook received his largest stock grant since 2011, which will compensate him with large slugs of stock through 2025, according to an SEC filing on Tuesday.  Cook will get 333,987 units of restricted stock that will […]

Dow futures fall 100 points after U.S. presidential debate

(CNBC) U.S. stock futures declined on Tuesday night as traders digested the first U.S. presidential debate.  Positive data regarding a potential coronavirus treatment from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals kept the losses in check.  Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down 101 points, or […]

JPMorgan predicts a 10% rally for the S&P 500 and names the U.S. sectors to watch

(CNBC) Industrial and construction material stocks will be among the sectors that will benefit as U.S. markets hit fresh highs over the next year, JPMorgan Private Bank’s Grace Peters told CNBC on Tuesday. To read this article:

Stocks will return to record highs regardless of election outcome, $300M money manager predicts

(CNBC) Money manager Loreen Gilbert is optimistic the market will return to all-time highs this year, and it has nothing to do with who wins the presidential election. She’s building her case on a strong — albeit uneven — economic […]

Amazon Finance Manager and Family Allegedly made $1.4 Million With Insider Trading

(HedgeCo.Net) The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a former finance manager at Amazon.com Inc. and two family members with insider trading in advance of Amazon earnings announcements between January 2016 and July 2018. According to the SEC’s complaint, Laksha Bohra […]

U.S. pension funds sue Allianz after $4 billion in coronavirus losses

(Reuters) Pension funds for truckers, teachers and subway workers have lodged lawsuits in the United States against Germany’s Allianz, one of the world’s top asset managers, for failing to safeguard their investments during the coronavirus market meltdown. To read this […]

Hedge funds in long haul to tackle lack of Black money managers

(Reuters) – When the death of George Floyd forced companies to reflect on why there were so few Black people in their senior ranks, top banks and private equity firms pledged to do better. To read this article:

Asset managers should focus on regulatory governance issues, says INDOS Financial

(Hedgeweek) Asset managers should focus on addressing regulatory and governance issue or risk missing out on mandates, according to Bill Prew of INDOS Financial. To read this article:

Net assets of worldwide investment funds increased by 9.8% in Q2 2020

(Opalesque) Worldwide regulated open-ended fund assets increased by 9.8 percent to EUR 51.7 trillion in the second quarter of 2020, said a report by European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA). The largest markets, the United States and Europe, registered […]

Elon Musk: Tesla may be overvalued today, but I think it’ll be worth more in 5 years

(CNBC) Tesla’s stock has already risen more than 400% this year, but CEO Elon Musk said he thinks the company “will be worth more in five years” in an interview with Kara Swisher for a New York Times podcast. “Some critical […]

Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel: Wall Street could boom in 2021 ‘no matter who is president’

(CNBC) Wharton School professor Jeremy Siegel told CNBC on Monday the stock market is likely primed for strong gains next year, regardless of whether President Donald Trump or Joe Biden occupy the White House.  Siegel, who has been mostly bullish […]

Trump paid little to no federal income taxes over several years as he piled up losses and debt, NYT reports

(CNBC) President Donald Trump’s businesses have hemorrhaged hundreds of millions of dollars over the last two decades, allowing him to minimize his federal income tax bill to $0 or nearly $0 for many of the years in that period, according […]