Trusts and fund management
The AMC Empire 25 theater reopens after COVID-19 closures, Friday, March 5, 2021, in New York. Movie theater chain AMC is selling 8.5 million shares to investment firm Mudrick Capital Management, raising $230.5 million and cashing in on the meme stock frenzy that has helped boost its stock price in recent months. AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. said Tuesday, June 1 that it will use most of the proceeds for acquisitions of additional theater leases and to invest in its existing theaters to make them more attractive to moviegoers. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
With AMC shares up 1,100% in 2021, company sells shares

By Michelle Chapman Jun. 01, 2021 08:45 AM EDT

FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard participates in an open meeting in Washington. The Federal Reserve on Thursday, May 6, 2021, is warning that the U.S. financial system remains vulnerable to threats stemming from the global pandemic. Fed board member Brainard, who chairs the central bank's financial stability committee, said in a statement that the failure of Archegos “highlights the potential for nonbank financial institutions such as hedge funds and other leveraged investors to generate large losses in the financial system.” (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)
Fed warns high asset prices could make investors vulnerable

By Martin Crutsinger May. 06, 2021 04:37 PM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Monday Feb. 15, 2021, a Deliveroo food delivery worker pushes his bike in front of restaurant in Paris. Shares in the app-based meal delivery service Deliveroo tumbled by as much as a third in their U.K. stock market debut on Wednesday March 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, FILE)
Deliveroo shares slump in UK IPO as investors lose appetite

By Kelvin Chan Mar. 31, 2021 07:09 AM EDT

FILE - In this May 7, 2020 file photo, a GameStop store is seen in St. Louis. Two hedge funds are bowing out of their short positions on the money-losing video game retailer. Citron Research’s Andrew Left said in a video posted on YouTube that his company is going to become more judicious in shorting stocks. Melvin Capital is also exiting GameStop, with manager Gabe Plotkin telling CNBC that the hedge fund was taking a significant loss. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Fight The Man: What GameStop's surge says about online mobs

By Barbara Ortutay And Matt O'brien Jan. 31, 2021 10:10 AM EST

A vehicle passes in front of a GameStop store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. The online trading platform Robinhood is moving to restrict trading in GameStop and other stocks that have soared recently due to rabid buying by smaller investors. GameStop stock has rocketed from below $20 earlier this month to close around $350 Wednesday as a volunteer army of investors on social media challenged big institutions who had placed market bets that the stock would fall. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
For GameStop day traders, the moment they've dreamed about

By Paul Wiseman And Joseph Pisani Jan. 30, 2021 10:42 AM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 24, 2020 file photo, Milwaukee Bucks senior vice president Alex Lasry, left, and then-Bucks guard George Hill walk through a Milwaukee neighborhood during a voter canvassing effort. Lasry received the COVID-19 vaccine this week at a senior living center in Milwaukee. Alex Lasry told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in a story published Friday, Jan. 29, 2021, that he "just got lucky" and didn't receive any favoritism. (AP Photo/Steve Megargee File)
33-year-old Bucks exec Alex Lasry gets COVID vaccine early

By Todd Richmond Jan. 29, 2021 12:43 PM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 15, 2020 file photo, a woman wears a face mask as she walks past a GameStop store in Des Plaines, Ill. Two hedge funds are bowing out of their short positions on the money-losing video game retailer. Citron Research’s Andrew Left said in a video posted on YouTube that his company is going to become more judicious in shorting stocks. Melvin Capital is also exiting GameStop, with manager Gabe Plotkin telling CNBC that the hedge fund was taking a significant loss. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
In duel with small investors over GameStop, big funds blink

By Michelle Chapman And Stan Choe Jan. 27, 2021 03:54 PM EST

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2009 file photo, billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen attends a benefit in New York. Major League Baseball owners voted Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, to approve the sale of the New York Mets to Cohen. The sale from the Wilpon and Katz families values the franchise at between $2.4 billion and $2.45 billion, a record for a baseball team. The sale is likely to close within 10 days. (AP Photo/File)
Sale of Mets to Steve Cohen approved; Wilpon era nears end

By Ronald Blum Oct. 30, 2020 05:58 PM EDT

A pedestrian walks past an empty business available for lease, Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in downtown Surfside, Fla. The pandemic and recession are squeezing big apartment building owners, with a surge in vacancies leading to a decline in rent growth for the first time in years. The U.S. vacancy rate for apartments rose to 5% in the third quarter, the highest level in eight years, according to Moody’s Analytics REIS. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
Rising vacancies, declining rents squeezing apartment REITs

By Alex Veiga Oct. 22, 2020 11:00 AM EDT

FILE - This undated file photo provided by NerdWallet shows Liz Weston, a columnist for personal finance website NerdWallet.com. (NerdWallet via AP, File)
Liz Weston: Playing the market is a bad idea, especially now

By Liz Weston Of Nerdwallet Oct. 19, 2020 05:33 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 8, 2009 file photo, cranes off load containers at the Jebel Ali Port, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. International port operator DP World reached a deal Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, with one of Canada's biggest pension-fund managers to pour an additional $4.5 billion into their joint venture of ports and terminals. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
DP World, Canada fund to invest $4.5 billion in global ports

By Isabel Debre Sep. 03, 2020 10:11 AM EDT

Betting on European stocks as the global economy reopens

By Alex Veiga Aug. 27, 2020 05:15 PM EDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Much of Europe remains off limits to American tourists because of the pandemic, but the region is looking like an attractive destination for...

FILE - In this March 29, 2020, file photo, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont addresses the media at medical equipment manufacturer Bio-Med Devices in Guilford, Conn. On Thursday, July 2, 2020, Lamont announced a change to the required 14-day quarantine for visitors from states with high COVID-19 infection rates. He believes the quarantine announced the week before by Connecticut, New Jersey and New York has limited the number of Connecticut's out-of-state visitors. (Brian A. Pounds/Hearst Connecticut Media via AP, File)
Help wanted: Lamont turns to outside experts to fight virus

By Susan Haigh Jul. 05, 2020 12:19 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 22, 2014 file photo, a small boat navigates on the Solimoes River near Manaus, Brazil. In the remote Amazon community of Betania, indigenous Tikuna tribe members suspect the new coronavirus arrived in May of 2020 after some returned from a two-hour boat trip down the Solimoes River to pick up their government benefit payments. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
Investors warn Brazil ambassadors about Amazon deforestation

By David Biller Jun. 23, 2020 01:06 AM EDT