Thursday, 11 May 2017

Reuters Money: May 11, 2017

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Thursday, May 11, 2017
Column: U.S. states want to give a gentle push on retirement saving
CHICAGO (Reuters) - How to get people to save for retirement? There are two schools of thought: cajole and educate, or give people a little push in the right direction.
Ackman has a winner that is up 30 percent but will not name names
BOSTON (Reuters) - Billionaire investor William Ackman is making money on one of his new investment ideas, but he declined on Wednesday to identify the portfolio company, which has gained 30 percent since he first bought it.
DoubleLine's Gundlach: European, EM equities more attractive than U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - European and emerging markets equities are more attractive than U.S. equities, and volatility in stock markets is "insanely low," influential investor and head of DoubleLine Capital Jeffrey Gundlach told Reuters on Wednesday.
If Trump erodes democracy, stocks will suffer: James Saft
(Reuters) - Donald Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey caused barely a ripple on the glassy surface of equity markets, but more than 100 years of market and social data show that might be a mistake.
Aetna fully exits Obamacare exchanges with pull-out in two states
(Reuters) - Health insurer Aetna Inc said on Wednesday it will exit the 2018 Obamacare individual insurance market in Delaware and Nebraska - the two remaining states where it offered the plans.
Your Money: Leveraging your home for a European vacation
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Spending half the year in the French countryside seems like a luxurious goal, but Deborah Jacobs, author of "Four Seasons in a Day," figured out a way to make it happen.
Buffett's fledgling biBERK pursues online insurance 'experiment'
OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) - It has been decades since anyone thought of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc , or even its insurance operations, as "very, very small."
Property, merger bets dominate picks at Sohn conference
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shares in a real estate developer, a cable company and the Canadian creator of the Teletubbies show all rose on Monday after being promoted at an event in New York where hedge fund managers present a diverse range of investment ideas.
Q&A: Mother-daughter charity team has that Pittsburgh Steelers spirit
NEW YORK(Reuters) - As part-owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cindy Citrone had the connections to get help when she wanted to raise awareness for organ donation. She got the National Football League team to sign on to a fundraising campaign, and got the city's pro baseball and hockey teams, the Pirates and Penguins, on board as well for an upcoming all-Pittsburgh effort to get more people screened as potential organ donors.
Nasdaq short interest up 0.5 percent in late April
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Short interest on the Nasdaq rose 0.5 percent in the second half of April, the exchange said on Tuesday.
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