If there’s an upside to a downturn it’s that short sellers get to make a buck. By borrowing shares, investors can sell what they don’t own. If the price falls, they buy the stock back at a cheaper level and return it to the lender (with interest), pocketing the difference. Assuming the shares fall enough and borrowing costs aren’t too ...

If Sen. Ben Sasse is right — he has not recently been wrong about anything important — the nation’s most-discussed political problem is entangled with the least-understood public health problem. The political problem is furious partisanship. The public health problem is loneliness. Sasse’s new book argues that Americans are richer, more informed and ‘connected’ than ever — and unhappier, more ...

Bloomberg US stocks fell along with the dollar as political tensions added to a growing list of investor concerns. Gold rose and Treasuries edged higher. The S&P 500 Index deepened its decline following its biggest weekly retreat since March as President Donald Trump threatened to impose another round of tariffs on China. European and Asian shares dropped after a weekend ...

Bloomberg European equities reversed an early retreat and turned flat as US stock index futures pared losses ahead of the stock market open in New York. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index briefly turned positive on the day after losing as much as 0.7% in the morning. Telecoms outperformed, with Deutsche Telekom AG up 2.3 percent and BT Group Plc up ...

Bloomberg Look to bond yields and not asset purchases for the first sign that the Bank of Japan is finally ready to start exiting its years-long monetary stimulus, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda said in an interview. Kuroda’s statement offered the clearest glimpse yet of what an exit will look like one day, though he stressed that policy settings will remain at ...

Bloomberg The revival of a long-established relationship between unemployment and inflation is proceeding — ever so slowly, according to European Cent-ral Bank Governing Council member Olli Rehn. “We see some signs that the Phillips curve is waking from its coma,” said Rehn, referring to the theory first described by William Phillips in the 1950s. “It’s maybe alive but not kicking ...

Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. hasn’t yet fixed all of its problems, but at least it stopped its revenue slump. The bank posted a surprise increase in revenue, with the figure rising to $21.9 billion in the third quarter, after analysts expected a slight decline. The bank benefited from rising interest rates and saw growth in consumer-lending originations in areas ...

Bloomberg The Bank of England’s next 50-pound note will be made out of plastic as the UK extends the production of polymer cash to its highest-denomination bill. The new note, worth about $66 at current exchange rates, will be Britain’s last denomination to make the shift from paper to plastic, with five- and 10-pound bills already made of the more ...

Bloomberg The world is still full of risks for the banking industry, despite reforms put in place since the financial crisis 10 years ago. That was the main subject of discussions this weekend in Bali, where bankers gathered for the annual meeting of the Institute of International Finance. From market turmoil and trade tensions to rising leverage and the implications ...

Bloomberg Sears Holdings Corp, the 125-year-old retailer that became an icon for generations of American shoppers, filed for bankruptcy, saddled with billions of dollars of debt racked up as it struggled to adjust to the rapid shift towards online consumption. The company filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors with the US Bankruptcy Court in White Plains, New York, early ...