John Wasik: Ways to hedge your bets in the bond market smackdown

According John Wasik, the past week has been an abject lesson for investors who piled into bond funds this year.


New Century REIT Gets $87 Million From Trimmed IPO

New Century Real Estate Investment Trust raises $87 million from their trimmed IPO New Century Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) announced that they were able to raise HK$676 million or an estimated US$87.

British-Swiss Tax Shortfall Leave Banks Out of Pocket

The Swiss Bankers Association (SBA) said last Friday that most of their UK resident clients would rather come clean and pay their taxes instead of paying one-off punitive tax payment.

PIMCO Total Return Fund Falls in June

According to a data shown by fund research firm Morningstar, PIMCO Total Return Fund marked its weakest monthly performance last June.


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