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By THIS IS MONEY Updated: 15:17, 4 March 2025 Would you invest in credit for an 11 per cent annual return?That sounds like a risky proposition but Pieter Staelens, portfolio manager of CVC Income and Growth, argues that his investment trust can be a defensive option that spreads risk.In fact, he says that despite investors anchoring on the rollercoaster ride of the credit crunch and financial crisis, done right investing in credit can be dull and predictable.And the fund manager adds that ‘when it comes to investing in credit, boring is good’.On this episode of the Investing Show, Pieter joins…
Israel has lashed out at the ‘very low’ number of arrests made in the wake of the attack on Maccab Tel Aviv fans in Amsterdam. Newly appointed Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar told reporters in Jerusalem on Monday that Israel deemed the number of arrests over clashes in Amsterdam last week ‘very low’.’I was informed by the mayor of Amsterdam that they formed a special inquiry team, but I can tell that until now, the number of arrests is very low,’ Saar said.Israel had offered to help investigate the violence that broke out in Amsterdam on Thursday following a football match…
The first person to use the Sarco suicide pod in a Swiss woodland was allegedly found inside with strangulation marks on her neck. The 64-year-old American woman died inside the capsule set up near a cabin in Merishausen, Switzerland, on September 23 after pushing a button that injects nitrogen gas into the sealed chamber, causing fatal hypoxia.Dr Florian Willet, the president of Swiss Sarco operator The Last Resort, was among several people arrested at the scene. He still today remains in custody – nearly five weeks after the US woman’s death. Willet was the only person present when the mother-of-two died. Investigators are now probing the…
By Germania Rodriguez Poleo, Chief U.S. Reporter and Stephen M. Lepore For Dailymail.Com and Joe Hutchison For Dailymail.Com Published: 09:25 EDT, 10 October 2024 | Updated: 07:17 EDT, 11 October 2024 Advertisement The death toll in Florida has hit 16 after Hurricane Milton battered The Sunshine State, ripping communities to pieces, just two weeks after the misery wrought by Hurricane Helene.Rescue crews have been left clearing downed trees and powerlines, as well as mopping up flooded neighborhoods after the storm made landfall as a Category 3 Hurricane.Milton was downgraded to a Category 3 storm before it hit Siesta Key, a…
Nearly two-dozen of the most common pesticides used in America are linked to prostate cancer, a study warns.Stanford University researchers looked at exposure to 295 different kinds of the chemicals across the whole country between 1997 and 2006.Since cancer takes time to develop, the team then looked at cancer rates from 2011-2020 to see if the areas with high pesticide use also had high rates of the cancer.They found men exposed to 22 different pesticides were more likely to be diagnosed with the disease than those less exposed to the chemicals, including 19 that had never been linked to cancer before.Four…
The Trump Administration may soon do away with a major scientific finding that has been the basis for hundreds of billions in government spending on climate change.Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin is reportedly lobbying for the White House to strike down the ‘endangerment finding,’ a 2009 scientific conclusion which found that gases leading to global warming pose a threat to public health and welfare.The finding has served as the justification for government regulations limiting the emission of greenhouse gases since the Obama presidency.According to three anonymous sources who spoke with the Washington Post, Zeldin has recommended that President…
More than seven million Americans have some type of dementia and an estimated 12 million will have it by 2040.As the Baby Boomer generation continues to age there will be a significant rise in the number of people who are elderly, particularly those over 85 years old and at increased risk of developing dementia. But there is a glimmer of hope.While the overall number of people living with dementia is expected to increase due to the aging population, the rate at which new cases of dementia are being diagnosed has been declining.Researchers are now beginning to understand what kinds of medical advances, shifts…
The ongoing drama between ‘First Take’ host Stephen A. Smith and Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has led to the ESPN pundit losing contact with some NBA players.Smith and James are at a crossroads over the sports television personality’s comments about LeBron’s son, Bronny James, who has been struggling with limited action and poor performances in his first NBA season.Stephen A. previously claimed that LeBron’s camp contacted him over his criticism of Bronny. But the 57-year-old Smith called James’ sensitivity ‘beyond the pale.’ Earlier in the week, the two met courtside before a game between the Lakers and the…
By Brittany Chain For Dailymail.Com Published: 15:19 EDT, 28 October 2024 | Updated: 15:19 EDT, 28 October 2024 A criminal trial to determine the fate of a Marine veteran who killed a homeless black man by placing him in a chokehold on a train is being held up by a nightmarish jury selection process.Daniel Penny, 26, will face a jury of his peers in a mammoth trial expected to take six weeks, to determine whether he is guilty of negligent homicide and manslaughter.He placed Jordan Neely, 30, in a chokehold on a New York City subway in May 2023 in…
Lauren Boebert was the latest in a long line of Republican’s loyal to Donald Trump who showed up at his ongoing criminal trial in Manhattan on Thursday.Boebert appeared alongside Florida Republicans Anna Paulina Luna, Michael Waltz and Matt Gaetz, Andy Ogles from Tennessee and Arizona Republican Andy Biggs.’President Trump is not going anywhere,’ said Boebert as hecklers interrupted her. ‘And we are not going anywhere either. We are here to stand with him.’But her presence was roundly mocked after it was noted how the Republican firebrand Rep. failed to show up at her own teenage son Tyler’s criminal trial. Tyler Boebert, 18, was arrested in late…