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2 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks With at Least 10% Dividend Yield

The markets have kicked off September with a reprise of the swoon we saw in early August, making it clear that investors are not quite as sanguine as the politicians would like in this election year. Bad news from the jobs reports is fueling fears that a recession could be on the way; the July numbers included a downward revision of more than 800,000 for the past year, and the August numbers missed expectations, coming in barely at maintenance level. The commodity markets are also down in recent

Chinese stock exchanges add Alibaba into Stock Connect Scheme

China's Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges will include Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group and some other companies into its Stock Connect cross-border investment scheme from Tuesday, separate filings showed on Monday. This move will integrate Alibaba into a program linking the Shenzhen and Shanghai stock exchanges with the Hong Kong stock exchange. Alibaba's shareholders had previously approved the upgrade of its Hong Kong listing to primary status, effective Aug. 28, a move that is expected to attract huge investments from mainland China.