March 14, 2026

Investments

Investments

5 Investments You Don’t Really Need

Key Takeaways The key ingredients for a portfolio would be some kind of equity exposure, some type of fixed-income exposure, and some basic cash investments. What we’ve seen from real estate equities is kind of a steady upward march in correlations with the broad US equity market over the past couple of decades, to the

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‘I’ve been managing my own finances. Now that I’m entering my 70s, should I simplify my investments?’

I’ve been self-managing my finances via a curated bundle of exchange-traded funds over the past two years and done quite well. But as my wife and I enter our 70s, I want to simplify everything in case something happens and I can no longer give our finances the attention they need. I want to move

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Investment Management Board approves plan to divest from Chinese investments | News, Sports, Jobs

CHARLESTON — Five months after agreeing to divest West Virginia’s public long-term investments from Chinese companies, the Investment Management Board approved a divestment plan Wednesday. During its regular quarterly meeting held Wednesday morning at the Kanawha County Public Library in downtown Charleston, the IMB approved a long-term plan to completely divest from Chinese-connected

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Why BHP, Nickel Industries, Premier Investments, and Woodside shares are rising today

Image source: Getty Images The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) is on course to record a small gain on Thursday. In afternoon trade, the benchmark index is up 0.25% to 8,787.7 points. Four ASX shares that are rising more than most today are listed below. Here’s why they are pushing higher: The BHP Group share price is

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Homeless report makes case that investments are working, but more are needed

London’s efforts and investments to address the city’s homelessness crisis are helping, but more cash from senior governments will be needed to support a homeless population that continues to grow.  That’s the essence of a report released Wednesday that evaluates the progress of London’s homeless response plan, called the Whole of Community System Response (WoCSR). The

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Semiconductor Investments: Where Does the Value Lie?

Semiconductor companies like Nvidia, Broadcom, and AMD have created significant wealth for investors over the last decade. An Indian company that entered the semiconductor space in April 2024, started at just Rs. 15 and is now priced at ₹6,131. At a 1285x price-to-equity (P/E) ratio, RRP Semiconductor sure attracts attention. To put this in perspective,

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We’re working with CBN to dollarise revenue from pension investments – PenCom after TUC meeting

The National Pension Commission, PenCom, said its visit on Wednesday, to the Trade Union Congress is to advance pension reforms and ensure compliance with the Contributory Pension Scheme. The Commission said it is working with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, and the Federal Ministry of Finance on mechanisms that will allow pension investments in

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Richland County investments still in good position amid Federal Reserve rate cuts

MANSFIELD — Richland County Treasurer Bart Hamilton said the county is in a “great position” for at least the next two to three years with its investments. When the Richland County Board of Commissioners approved a $46 million balanced budget for 2025 in December 2024, the three-member board budgeted around $3.8 million in total investments

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Business Finland: Foreign investments up, but more needed | Yle News

Foreign investments in Finland are far lower than in neighbouring Sweden. Open image viewer Image: Silja Viitala / Yle Foreign investments in Finland rose by 2.4 billion euros last year, according to Invest in Finland, a division of the state-owned Business Finland. Foreign direct investments (FDI) totalled 83.5 billion euros at the end of last

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EDB Report Shows 17% Slide in Eurasian IFI Investments, Points to Green Shift and Central Asia Boom

ASTANA – International financial institutions (IFIs) have reduced their real-term investments in Eurasia by 17% over the past 17 years, according to a new report from the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) on non-sovereign financing, released on Sept. 18.  Photo credit: Shutterstock The report draws on the EDB’s proprietary database of more than 2,000 approved projects

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