Steven Cohen, founder of Point72 and majority owner of the New York Mets, attends a news conference at Citi Field, the home stadium of MLB's New York Mets, in Queens, New York, on Feb. 10, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Billionaire investor Steve Cohen is retiring from the trading...
This is the ‘billion-dollar blind spot’ of 401(k)-to-IRA rollovers, Vanguard finds
Many investors unknowingly make a costly mistake when rolling their money from a 401(k) plan to an individual retirement account: leaving their money in cash. Rollovers from a workplace retirement plan to an IRA are common after reaching certain milestones like changing jobs or retiring. About 5.7 million people rolled...
China’s local government debt problems are a hidden drag on economic growth
BEIJING — China's persistent consumption slowdown traces back to the country's real estate slump, and its deep ties to local government finances — and debt. The bulk of Chinese household wealth went into real estate in the last two decades, before Beijing began cracking down on developers' high reliance on...
China’s retail sales and industrial data miss expectations in August
BEIJING — China's retail sales, industrial production and urban investment in August all grew slower than expected, according to National Bureau of Statistics data released Saturday. Retail sales rose by 2.1% in August from a year ago, missing expectations of 2.5% growth among economists polled by Reuters. That was also slower than the...