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Coronavirus stimulus checks: do you have to pay back at tax time?

At a time when most Americans are waiting for another round of coronavirus stimulus checks, there are a few misconceptions surrounding the first round. One of the most common misconceptions is that many believe they will have pay back the coronavirus stimulus checks to the government sometime later. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and […]
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Read MoreStone Ridge mutual ILS funds shrink 18% to $4.1bn on redemptions
Stone Ridge Asset Management’s mutual insurance-linked securities (ILS) fund assets shrank by a further 18% in the last quarter of record, as high levels of redemptions continued and over a billion dollars exited its interval ILS fund strategy. Again, it is the higher-risk, less liquid interval style mutual ILS fund that saw the biggest outflows,…
Read MoreTop 10 countries with the biggest forex reserves in the world

These are the top 10 countries with the biggest forex reserves. The US doesn’t feature in the top 10 because it has only $132.23B in reserves.
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Read MoreHow to make it easier to manage your small business finances

One of the biggest worries and challenges facing small business owners is money management. It is something that has taken on even greater significance in recent times too. The restrictions to combat coronavirus shuttered firms and slowed earnings – in the worst cases – to zero. Even in normal times, though, it is essential to […]
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Read MoreSecond round of coronavirus stimulus checks: where we stand

Most Americans are wondering if there will be a second round of coronavirus stimulus checks. For now, the date to watch is July 20 because that’s the earliest negotiations on the phase four stimulus package could begin. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The Senate is on recess this week and next week, […]
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Read MoreDivesting Fossil Fuel Stocks: Yes or No?

A trend popular at many American universities has been to divest their holding of the stock of companies in businesses related to fossil fuel production. More recently, even the church has become involved. In reaction to the papal environmental encyclical “Laudato Si,” Catholic Institutions worldwide are considering divesting fossil fuel holdings. Despite its popularity, there […]
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Read MoreThe Bearish Combination of Soaring Silver and Lagging Miners

Silver is moving up quite shortly today, which sounds bullish, until one realizes that silver tends to be particularly strong right before the precious metals market tops. And you know what’s the other thing that quite often happens at the tops, in addition to silver’s temporary strength? Miners tend to underperform. What did gold miners […]
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Read MoreTigerRisk hires reinsurance broker Joe Jackson from Aon
TigerRisk Partners LLC, the global risk, capital and reinsurance brokerage and advisory, has added another senior reinsurance broking hire from rival Aon, with Joe Jackson joining the firm in its New York office. TigerRisk and some of the other either smaller global brokers, or independently owned brokers, have been steadily adding reinsurance and retrocession hires…
Read MoreExpect coronavirus stimulus 2 checks soon: GOP now showing urgency

We are already a week into July, but there is still no official word on the coronavirus stimulus checks or other aid 2. Now, however, we see some urgency in the tone of the GOP to come up with a stimulus package. This comes as good news for many Americans as previously the GOP had […]
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