WSJ: Four Reasons Why Junk Bonds Might Be Worth Buying

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Some analysts are predicting positive returns for junk bonds this year after a dismal performance in 2022. Read more here.

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WSJ: Options Investors Face Challenges in a Volatile, but Flat, Stock Market

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

The past six months or so have been rough for buyers of stock options. While the market has been volatile, it made no sustained move up or down, which is an especially tricky scenario for novice options buyers. Read more here.

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#France: Atop the Arc de Triomphe: "it's no." Also: remembering Nigel Lawson (1932-2023) @BatchelorShow Forbes.

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Forbes: JPM’s Regulation Plea Means Heads The Bank Wins, Tails The Same

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Jamie Dimon, possibly the world’s most influential banker, has proposed that the banking system needs better regulations. Based on what he wrote in his annual letter to shareholders its likely he and his bank, JPMorgan Chase, cannot lose. Read more here.

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Forbes: What I Learned From Nigel Lawson, Britain’s Finest Finance Chief

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It’s with great sadness that I learned Tuesday morning that Nigel Lawson died Monday. He was the force of nature that helped unleash the country’s latent capitalist instincts during the 1980s after decades of a post-WWII flirtation with socialism. The latter was an economic disaster. Read more here. 

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#France: The anti-Macron demonstrations and the price of everything. @BatchelorShow Forbes

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Forbes: Investors Flee Gold ETFs Sending Price Down 5% In February.

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Gold prices took a tumble in February after investors pulled almost $2 billion from bullion-backed exchange-traded funds, new research shows.

Still, the recent tension in the banking system has helped steady the market for the yellow metal. Read more here.

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