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A consortium backed by activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP has offered roughly $9 billion to buy department store Kohl’s Corp. KSS, -2.60%, according to people familiar with the matter. A group led by Acacia Research Corp. ACTG, -0.69%, which Starboard controls, offered to buy the department-store chain for $64 a share in cash Friday, the people …
Billionaire hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman said the Federal Reserve needs to deliver old-fashioned “shock and awe” to financial markets by delivering a much larger onetime increase to benchmark interest rates to combat inflation. “The @federalreserve could work to restore its credibility with an initial 50 bps surprise move to shock and awe the market, which …
Investing is all about being in tune with the trends. Here’s one to be aware of for 2022: Value stocks will most likely beat their growth counterparts. The trend is already under way. Consider: * The Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index exchange traded fund VOOG is down 5.6% year to date, while the Vanguard S&P …
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An earlier version of this article misstated the number of shares and the total dollar amount invested in Concord Acquisition Corp., by Ark Investment Management’s ARK Fintech Innovation ETF. The error has been corrected. Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has purchased shares of the special-purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, that is merging with Circle, one of …
Cathie Wood’s ARK ETF buys into SPAC linked to stablecoin operator Circle Read More »
Don’t expect stock-market gains in 2022 if the Federal Reserve sticks to its guns on rate hikes and tightening overall financial conditions, says Kyle Bass, founder and chief investment officer of Hayman Capital Management. “With interest rates concurrently with quantitative tightening, there’s no way the stock market goes up this year, it probably goes down …
Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Stay in the know about the latest investing trends. Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS The good news hidden in the bond market’s 2021 losses Low correlations mean that bonds zig when stocks zag …
(Updated as of the market close on Dec. 31.) The performance of the stock market in 2021 was nothing short of remarkable, surprising many investors after the dramatic crash-and-recovery cycle of 2020. A continuing recovery for the world economy meant increased demand and shortages in various industries, including semiconductors and energy. Some of the best-performing …
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The present travails of ARK Invest founder Cathie Wood in the world of exchange-traded funds are no secret. The star investor’s flagship ARK Innovation ETF ARKK, -1.10% is down for the year and notably down 11% so far in December, even as the broader market has enjoyed new records for the S&P500 index. That is, …
