AAPL Jun 2024 175.000 call
- Financial Times
The Fed and the market are both right
Money is pouring into money market funds as investors seek safety: $286bn in March, the FT reports. While that is not a massive shift relative to the size of the US banking system (it is less than 2 per cent of the $17.5tn of bank deposits) it shows that nerves remain on edge. The two-year yield is the bond market’s most sensitive barometer of Federal Reserve rate policy, and since last Wednesday — the day of the Fed’s press conference — it has fallen by almost half a percentage point, to 3.77 per cent. That’s a lot, and it’s especially a lot given that what the Fed announced on Wednesday was a 25 basis point rate increase, and that the Open Market Committee’s “dot plot,” showing each member’s future policy expectations, shows there is at least one more hike to come this year.
- Motley Fool
Better Buy: Alibaba vs. Shopify
Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) and Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) are two very different e-commerce companies. Alibaba owns Taobao and Tmall, the two largest consumer-to-consumer and business-to-consumer marketplaces, respectively, in China. Shopify doesn't operate any online marketplaces, unlike Alibaba.
- Motley Fool
3 No-Brainer Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy Right Now
When it comes to investing, there are few names as synonymous with success as Warren Buffett. Since taking the reins at Berkshire Hathaway in 1965, Buffett has delivered mind-blowing returns. In fact, a $100 investment in Berkshire Hathaway when he took over would have turned into $2.4 million today.
