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Wishing You'd Bought Nvidia? Surprise! You May Already Own It!

The Motley Fool

If you've been hearing a lot about semiconductor company Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) in recent months and you're not sure why, check out its returns in recent years: Year Return 2023 239% 2022 (50%) 2021 125% 2020 122% 2019 76% 2018 (31%) 2017 81% 2016 224% Source: 1stock1.com.

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More Than Half of Mutual Funds Underperform the Market. Here's Why You Can Beat Them.

The Motley Fool

Actively managed mutual funds have generally underperformed broader market benchmarks. In 2022, exactly 50% of all domestic funds underperformed the S&P 500 index. But in 2021, when the index gained 29%, 80% of funds underperformed. So it's not as if mutual fund managers as a class are just poor stock pickers.

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Here's Why 1 Investment Bank Says Blackstone Just Hit a "Major Milestone"

The Motley Fool

Blackstone's unique investment business Blackstone manages investments for big money managers, including pension funds and institutional investors, and its $1 trillion in AUM makes it one of the largest asset managers in the world. Here's why this news is a big deal. What sets Blackstone apart from competitors is its investing style.

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CalSTRS Leads Big-Money Charge Back To Bonds

Pension Pulse

Denitsa Tsekova of Bloomberg reports a $300 billion pension fund leads big-money charge back to bonds: When Christopher Ailman became the chief investment officer of the California State Teachers’ Retirement System back in 2000, one of every four dollars it oversaw was invested in government, corporate and mortgage debt.

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BlackRock (BLK) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

iShares' fixed-income ETF assets now stand at over $1 trillion, nearly 40% higher than at year-end 2021. active fixed income mutual funds. A number of significant whole portfolio institutional mandates funded in the quarter, and we continue to be chosen for large global solutions. And Aladdin. Finally, fixed income.

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Top Fund's Activity in Q1 2024

Pension Pulse

But the SEC isn't really in the mood to do much because this week we saw another "meme stock mini mania" which prompted me to post this on LinkedIn earlier: The fact remains elite quant funds are busy pumping and dumping these meme stocks as hedge funds effectively cannibalize each other (some are shorting them, others are trying to squeeze them).

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Indexed Annuities: The New Retirement Pensions?

Tucker Advisors

Those of us who are older might remember them better as “pensions,” but in 2021 they seem about as common as a rotary phone. private-sector workers still have access to pension plans. The 401(k) plan does offer advantages over pensions for employees. By Sam Deleo Tucker Advisors Senior Content Specialist/Editor.