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It’s a problem the UK has been facing since the height of the pandemic—a shortage in nurse. And with threats of a second virus wave either looming large, few see an answer. Read more here.
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The housing market is bouncing back fast. Read more here.
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Forget the hordes of stockmarket naysayers: There are reasons to get bullish on the market now. Read more here.
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Central bankers look set to go on a gold buying binge this year in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, new research shows.
And the leading reason for the likely desire to buy bars of bullion is fear of another financial crisis, according to a recent report from industry group World Gold Council. Read more here.
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The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis just published a paper suggesting the Federal Reserve should use negative interest rates to buoy the economy in the wake of the COVID-19 lockdowns. But negative interest rates have never worked before, and it's foolish to expect them to work now. Read more here.
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Small-capitalization “value” stocks have been among the market’s worst performers this year. But the sector might be well positioned to outperform the broad market when the economy begins to recover from Covid-19 lockdowns, some analysts say.
In the first quarter of this year, the Fama French U.S. Small Value Index, which tracks the small-cap value sector, recorded the worst quarterly performance in its 94-year history. It dropped 41.5% in the three months through March 31, compared with a 19.6% decline for the S&P 500 over the same period, according to data from asset-management firm Verdad Advisers in Boston. Like large-cap stocks, small-caps have regained ground in the weeks since then, but small-cap value stocks are still among the market’s biggest losers for the year to date. Read more here.
