Daily Archives: May 7, 2019

‘Conservative and low-risk’ funds cloak large capital danger for many

A decade of ultra-low yields and financial gimmicks have turned a generation of savers unwittingly into gamblers and fueled a marketing bonanza of ‘high yield’ funds, products and strategies sold to gullible masses hoping for more than the safest assets … Continue reading

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Fed warns on the high-risk leverage that its policies have enabled

The Federal Reserve escalated its warnings about the perils of risky borrowing by businesses Monday, saying firms with the worst credit profiles are the ones taking on more and more debt. “The historically high level of business debt and the … Continue reading

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