The Struggle to Find Stability
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U.S. insurers’ sales of variable annuities jumped 24 percent in the first quarter, led by policies that promise lifetime income and protect against market declines, at a time when investors are still wary of stocks.
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The creators of the SPDR Gold Trust aren't modest about what that fund has done to the investment landscape. Before the World Gold Council started its exchange-traded fund, gold was viewed much like diamonds, paintings, or other collectibles, says Jason Toussaint, managing director at the council.
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Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Asset Management’s emerging markets group, said another financial crisis is inevitable because the causes of the previous one haven’t been resolved.
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Investors are closing bearish bets on the dollar by the most since December, helping to lift the U.S. currency to an eight-week high, on speculation the global economic recovery is losing momentum.
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Citigroup Inc. (C) Chairman Richard Parsons said more financial crises will probably occur, regardless of regulatory efforts, because people tend to underestimate risk when pursuing profits.
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Europe’s financial problems aren’t confined to Greece and a reorganization of the continent’s banking system is necessary, Laurence D. Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc. (BLK), said in a Bloomberg television interview today.
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Paul Tudor Jones and Louis Moore Bacon, in a trade used by several hedge-fund managers in the first quarter, loaded up on options that pay off big if Chinese stocks rebound.
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