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State Street loses Fearless Girl replica claim

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... Women's Day, State Street (US) installed the statue opposite the Charging Bull statue at Bowling Green Park on Wall Street in the Financial District of Manhattan, New York City (eventually moved to outside NYSE). It was a clever strategy and led ...

CPP Investments chief steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... shortly after he "decided to travel personally" to the United Arab Emirates to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The Wall Street Journal reported on February 25 that Machin travelled to the UAE for the jab; he resigned one day later following a discussion ...

Chief economist update: The cloud over the rainbow

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... preparing the markets in September of that year for a further three more quarter-point increases in 2019, the slide on Wall Street dictated policy and forced the Fed to pivot from aggressive policy tightening to easing - it lowered the fed funds rate ...

Chief economist update: Wall Street can't have its cake and eat it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2021
Wall Street wants to have its cake and eat it too. It wants both a return to pre-pandemic normal - with all the growth and activity and employment and profitability that came with it - while at the same time wishing, hopin' and prayin' for Biden's ...

Chief economist update: Amber alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... matches (well, nearly) the exponential rate of infection from the coronavirus, it's the vertigo-inducing rally on Wall Street. After dropping to three-year lows in March last year, US equities have rocketed higher and higher to new highs. The S&P ...

Chief economist update: Red metal turning red hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... lingering uncertainty provides fodder for a bearish narrative for the year 2021. Yet, equity markets are rallying. Wall Street continues to register fresh highs, pulling up 'the others' along with it, powered by fiscal and monetary policy largesse... ...

Chief economist update: Disappointing jobs results raise Biden's stimulus bid

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... supporting the economy, giving the economy the support it needs," he said. There will always be pockets of profit-taking on Wall Street but the road to the end of 2021 is looking up, paved by the imperatives of fiscal and monetary policies.

Bezos steps down at Amazon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... listening device. After completing his degree in electrical engineering and computer science, Bezos worked for several Wall Street companies. He left his job at global investment company D.E. Shaw to launch the online retail business. He turned the business ...

Chief economist update: Overvaluation tests FOMO and TINA trades

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... level relative to the current long-term trend level is 54%, a value never exceeded in the recent past since 2002." Wall Street could continue rising. As Capital Economics noted in its latest report: "Despite their rapid rise since the start of November ...

Morningstar introduces new platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JAN 2021
... commodities and fixed income. Users have access to news feeds from Dow Jones Newswires, including select content from The Wall Street Journal, Barron's and MarketWatch. Morningstar head of retail investing products and solutions Scott Burns said ...