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Yields on these income-producing assets can top 6%. Here are UBS' top picks in preferred securities

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More In Income Investing This Morningstar ‘outstanding’ portfolio manager nominee once served in Iraq. Here’s his winning investment strategy Michelle Fox Now is the time to nab solid yields in these tax-free bonds.

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Default risk for certain corporates is creeping up. Here’s what it means for fixed income investors

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"Jay Powell and the Fed are going slower and keeping yields higher longer – that's a good thing for bond investors," said Mary Ellen Stanek, president of Baird Funds and a portfolio manager on Baird's Core Plus Bond Fund (BCOIX). "But we also acknowledge to investors that spreads are relatively tight.

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People Moves Monday: JP Morgan, Susquehanna, Canaccord Genuity, and more… 

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Susquehanna   Former Morgan Stanley market maker, Sandro Oswald, has joined Susquehanna in a position covering quantitative trading – central risk book.  London-based Oswald brings extensive industry experience covering centralised risk book to his new role.

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Investor Dan Niles' favorite picks for the rest of earnings season

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Gabelli Funds highlights the AI stocks to buy as craze continues

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The portfolio manager of the Gabelli Growth Fund has significant exposure to the "Magnificent Seven" companies, with Microsoft, Nvidia and Amazon being its top three holdings. " "The largest investors in AI infrastructure are generating the most attractive returns today," he said.

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Starboard takes a stake in Tripadvisor. How the activist may bolster value

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Since its spinoff from Expedia in 2011 and up until just a few months ago, Tripadvisor had poor governance: a controlled ownership by Liberty Media Corp, a dual class share structure and weak shareholder protections such as a plurality voting standard. Tripadvisor is owned in the fund.

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Elliott has built a stake in Global Payments. How the activist can help the company lift its share price

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Ken Squire is the founder and president of 13D Monitor, an institutional research service on shareholder activism, and the founder and portfolio manager of the 13D Activist Fund, a mutual fund that invests in a portfolio of activist 13D investments.