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Why the yield curve’s steepening may not actually be a good sign

The frightful bond-market phenomenon that saw the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury fall below that on the 2-year rate, triggering recession fears on Wall Street and Main Street, has reversed itself. But you may want to hold off on the Dom Perignon and party hats. A sudden steepening of …

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Jim Cramer’s ‘Mad Money’ recap & stock picks Oct. 18, 2019

CNBC’s Jim Cramer takes a look at the week ahead for earnings, which includes a deluge of reports on Tuesday and Wednesday. The “Mad Money” host says it’s time to revamp the FAANG group and swap one company for another tech giant. Later in the show, Cramer makes recommendations for …

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Fisher Investments losses hit $1.3 billion in pension assets

Kenneth Fisher, chief executive officer of Fisher Investments, speaks at the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Gillianne Tedder | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Iowa Public Employees Retirement System is terminating its relationship with Fisher Investments, pulling $386 million from the asset manager. …

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Amazon, Boeing, Chipotle and more earnings reports

CNBC’s Jim Cramer has a jam-packed week full of earnings reports circled on his calendar for the trading week starting Monday. Questions abound whether economic weakness and trade worries will continue to spook investors, although consumer-based companies are given a pass, the “Mad Money” host said Friday. “Next week is …

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Two Poets With Alert and Nimble Eyes on American Life

His third collection, “Felon,” is out now. It pushes Betts’s story forward, in verse that is nimble in its diction, tone and focus. The poems are about returning to everyday American life, but in an estranged and often painful way, as if blood were rushing into a long-pinned limb. ImageCreditSonny …

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Which pension plans have left, which have stayed

Kenneth Fisher, chief executive officer of Fisher Investments, speaks at the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Gillianne Tedder | Bloomberg | Getty Images It remains to be seen how long other clients will stick with billionaire money manager Ken Fisher in the wake …

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Samuel Hynes, Professor Whose Books Taught Lessons of War, Dies at 94

“Criticism is, as we have seen, not a way of reading and explaining literature, but a way of rewriting it,” he observed in “Flights of Passage.” “This confuses writers, who tend to think that critics are people competent to give credible and sensible interpretations of the content and intention of …

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Five states just hit all-time low unemployment rates

Five states hit new lows in unemployment during September, including a couple that could be pivotal in the 2020 presidential election. As the national jobless level fell to 3.5%, a 50-year low, Alabama (3%), California (4%), Illinois (3.9%), New Jersey (3.1%) and South Carolina (2.9%) set all-time bottoms in data …

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Here’s why other pension plans may not rush to drop Fisher Investments

Kenneth Fisher, chief executive officer of Fisher Investments, speaks at the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010. Gillianne Tedder | Bloomberg | Getty Images It remains to be seen how long other clients will stick with billionaire money manager Ken Fisher in the wake …

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Fate of Japan’s imperial dynasty rests on shoulders of 13-year-old

TOKYO (Reuters) – When Japan’s youngest prince, Hisahito, visited Bhutan in August on his first overseas trip just months after his uncle Naruhito became emperor, his trip was regarded as the debut of a future monarch on the world stage. FILE PHOTO: Prince Hisahito, accompanied by his parents Prince Akishino …

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