Homebuyers increasingly worried about how natural disasters could affect their properties and budgets will soon get a new tool to help gauge the risk. Home search site Zillow announced last week that it will soon include data on potential climate risks in every one of its for-sale listings in the U.S. Prospective buyers will be … Read more
America is just over seven weeks away from Election Day, and investors are beginning to get as jittery as both parties’ supporters. According to a recent survey conducted by global asset management group Janus Henderson, 6 in 10 investors say they plan to reduce portfolio risk until the election is decided. But is that a … Read more
Home Executive Interviews Brazil Central Bank President Campos Neto Sees Trade Friction As Big Risk To Global Economy Global Finance magazine interviewed Brazil Central Bank President Roberto Campos Neto, who has been at the helm since February 2019. In recognition of his leadership in managing Brazil’s monetary policy, Campos Neto earned an “A” grade in … Read more
Exchange-traded funds have exploded in popularity since 2000, growing from 66 at the turn of the century to 3,108 in 2023, according to the Investment Company Institute. They are now the most recommended investment by financial planners. Today, ETFs come in all shapes and sizes. Thematic ETFs focus on specific industries like electric vehicles, AI … Read more
JHAPA, NEPAL — Ganesh Kumar Jogi, from Bhadrapur, a municipality in Jhapa district, has been walking from house to house with his father since he was 11 years old, chanting mantras and blowing a pheri, a blackbuck antelope horn, to protect people from evil spirits, ghosts and bad luck. Walking around in the middle of … Read more
Greenland has melted before, and as the climate warms, it will melt again — this time leading to what scientists warn could be 20 to 25 feet of sea-level rise. During one of the warm periods within the last 1.1 million years, the center, not just the edges, of Greenland’s massive ice sheet melted away, … Read more