
Simon Constable
Barron's
- New York, New York, United States
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- The Wall Street Journal8 articles
- Barron's8 articles
- Forbes4 articles
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- Forbes1 article
- morningstar.com1 article
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- Which Companies Spend the Most on Lobbyists?7 Nov 2017—usnews.comBoeing is one of the world's largest aerospace and defense companies, providing commercial and military aircraft, technology and services. Boeing SEO Dennis Muilenburg recently said that defense contracts and international defense markets would continue to be a growth area for Boeing. Earlier this year the company complained that its potential competitor, Canada's Bombardier, was receiving unfair government subsidies for a new aircraft. The result was that 300 percent tariffs were slapped on...
- How The Government Is Making The Silicon Valley Bank Crisis Worse23 Apr 2023—ForbesThe recent bank run and then failure of Silicon Valley Bank kicked off a mini crisis that’s already being made worse by the government.And it could even morph into a far worse downward spiral if Federal regulators don’t back off, according to a recent report. “More penetrating government control of the banking industry will not change human nature,” states the research note from financial analytics company HCWE & Co. “What it will do is to degrade the economy by increasing the cost of...
- These Robots Want to Make Sure You Don’t Do Anything Stupid With Your Money6 Apr 2020—The Wall Street JournalOne of the most persistent problems for individual investors is that they do things to mess up their finances even when they should know better. But don’t worry. Robots are coming to the rescue. Some financial firms are using behavioral prompts—automated in some cases and fueled by analysis performed by artificial intelligence—to help nudge...
- Gold Funds Fell 21.4% in the Quarter, Despite the Coronavirus Panic6 Apr 2020—Why did gold prices fail to rally on news that the coronavirus had morphed into a pandemic? It’s the opposite of what many would have expected. Gold-oriented mutual funds and exchange-traded funds posted average total returns of minus 21.4% in the first quarter, according to Lipper data—in line with or worse than many fund categories. The average U.S.-stock fund, by comparison, fell nearly 24.6%. One...
- What Is ‘Buy the Panic’?6 Apr 2020—The Wall Street JournalWhat does it mean when investment professionals say, “Buy the panic”? It’s a phrase that investors might hear frequently given the recent widespread selling in the stock market. Despite snapback rallies on several days, the S&P 500 is down 23% for the year so far. This particular phrase is a quip that urges investors to buy when others...
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