Top mutual fund manager Vanguard Group on Thursday said it would roughly triple to 10 million the number of investors eligible to direct proxy votes in their funds, continuing an effort that would reduce the firm’s direct impact on shareholder…

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island -Trillions of dollars in market prices alternately have been wiped off and added back to portfolios, leading to high anxiety among investors and a move by some to dial down risky positions as they wait to see…

NEW YORK/HONG KONG -Global equities long/short hedge funds missed out on most of Wednesday’s massive rally in U.S. stocks, triggered by President Donald Trump’s pause on some tariffs for 90 days, but managed to limit their losses during Thursday’s sell-off….

NEW YORK -Janus Henderson, which manages $379 billion in assets, is advising investors to cut stock holdings and buy more investment-grade sovereign bonds as tariffs threaten to slow global growth, its global head of its multi-asset strategy said. Janus Henderson…

SINGAPORE/LONDON – The pain, said Shuntaro Takeuchi, was 10 out of 10. Not in the portfolio of Japanese stocks he runs out of San Francisco, California, but in his appendix. It would have to come out, just as his colleagues…

Wall Street’s main indexes fell hard again on Thursday on concerns over the impact of high tariffs on the global economy, marking a U-turn from the previous session’s historic share gains when U.S. President Donald Trump moved to temporarily lower…

NEW YORK – Wall Street surged after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause in tariffs unveiled last week that roiled markets and erased trillions of dollars from global stock markets. The policy changes also include a lowered overall…

Individual investors have been working the phones for advice in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcements which have sparked fears of a recession. Among the most nervous are those approaching retirement, as the market slide wreaks…

NEW YORK – A violent U.S. Treasury selloff, evoking the COVID-era “dash for cash,” has reignited fears of fragility in the world’s biggest bond market. The $29-trillion Treasury market had surged in recent weeks as investors dumped stocks for the…

LONDON – Investors are dumping U.S. assets they usually favour in times of turmoil as fear over the economic impact of U.S. President Donald Trump’s reciprocal tariffs shakes confidence in traditional safe-havens. The dollar and U.S. Treasuries have taken a…

Wall Street’s main indexes flitted between red and green on Tuesday afternoon after rallying sharply in the morning as investors’ hopes ebbed for U.S. delays or concessions on tariffs ahead of a midnight deadline. After stocks tumbled at their fastest…

HONG KONG -Hedge funds tracked by Morgan Stanley globally posted growing losses as markets tumbled last week after U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of sweeping tariffs, turning year-to-date performance to a 3% decline and driving down their net leverage. Trump…

SYDNEY -Asian markets faced more turmoil on Monday as fears of a global trade war saw Wall Street futures plunge, while investors wagered the mounting risk of recession could see U.S. rates cut as early as May. S&P 500 futures…

U.S. stock futures opened sharply lower late on Sunday, suggesting a continuation of the two-day selloff that wiped trillions from equity values after the Trump administration’s tariffs announcement last week. COMMENTS: ROBERT PAVLIK, SENIOR PORTFOLIO MANAGER, DAKOTA WEALTH, FAIRFIELD, CONNECTICUT:…

Investors were nervously awaiting the open of U.S. trading after Wall Street’s selloff last week following the Trump administration’s tariffs announcement, anticipating another week of turbulence as other nations react. In the two days following Trump’s Wednesday tariff announcement, the…

J.P.Morgan ratcheted up its odds for a U.S. and global recession to 60%, as brokerages scrambled to revise their forecast models with tariff distress threatening to sap business confidence and slow down global growth. The Trump administration imposed tariffs on…

WASHINGTON -President Donald Trump’s new tariffs are “larger than expected,” and the economic fallout including higher inflation and slower growth likely will be as well, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Friday, while cautioning it was still too soon…

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index confirmed on Friday that it is in a bear market, as it has fallen 22.7% from its Dec. 16 record close, as investors fled riskier assets on fears that tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump…

NEW YORK -Hedge fund Anson Funds blamed Match Group’s board for the online dating company’s underperformance and named publicly for the first time its three director candidates who all have expertise in the technology sector and have sat on public…

LONDON -In times of market panic investors tend to rush to the safety of the dollar, but when stocks swooned in response to U.S. tariffs this week, they ran away from it. Investors say it’s a sign that the greenback’s…

U.S. equity funds saw outflows in the week ending April 2 as investors shed risky assets on growing concerns that President Donald Trump’s sweeping trade tariffs could drive up costs, pressure corporate profits and heighten recession risks. U.S. investors divested…

Global money market funds saw massive inflows in the week ending April 2 as investors grew cautious over U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive trade policies, which are heightening fears of a global slowdown and prompting some economists to revise their…

NEW YORK -Hedge funds across the world on Thursday sold global equities on a net basis at largest 1-day amount since 2010 amid a market meltdown, Goldman Sachs said in a note to clients on Friday. The bank said portfolio…

The U.S. dollar rose against major currencies such as the euro and yen on Friday after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell acknowledged the repercussions of larger-than-expected U.S. tariffs and signaled a cautious tone on future easing. Powell said tariffs increased…

The euro and the Japanese yen soared against the dollar on Thursday, as investors grappled with how U.S. President Donald Trump’s far-reaching tariffs will impact global trade and economic growth. Investors continue to flock to safe-haven units such as the…

NEW YORK – Making sense of the forces driving global markets Today’s Key Market Moves * The S&P 500 ends up 0.55% at 5,611.51 * The 10-year U.S. Treasury note yield falls 3.3 basispoints to 4.222% * The euro falls…

BERLIN – A German government spokesperson said on Friday that “nothing is off the table” with regards to punitive measures in response to the threat of U.S. tariffs. Asked whether countermeasures could target U.S. tech companies, the spokesperson said “at…

The coming week will be dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans for reciprocal tariffs, while the latest U.S. jobs data, an Australian central bank meeting and a key euro zone inflation report means there’s plenty for markets to consider….

LONDON – Most investors knew things could turn turbulent this year given U.S. President Donald Trump’s return to power in the world’s biggest economy and financial market, but few predicted the kind of a rodeo ride it has been so…