Californians voted overwhelmingly against Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, but they might be surprised to learn they owned as much as one-third of the parent company of the National Enquirer, which helped Trump's campaign by supressing potentially damaging news stories, the Los Angeles Times reported Thursday. CalPERS, California's public pension fund, which is funded by taxpayers and state employees, was one of the largest investors in American Media Inc. as if 2016, the Times reported. It is unclear if it still holds that stake. Through public filings, the Times found CalPERS's stake came from an investment managed by a New Jersey hedge fund. The tabloid was most recently accused of trying to blackmail Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos with salacious photos. A CalPERS spokeswoman told the Times "CalPERS does not align itself with American Media's business actions," or endorse it. A Stanford economics professor told the Times that many Californians would be unhappy to learn they may have helped fund pro-Trump efforts: "That's going to make them feel real good about their pension fund managers!" he said sarcastically.
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30 yr fixed Jumbo | 4.37% |
30 yr fixed | 4.35% |
15 yr fixed | 3.66% |
10 yr fixed | 3.63% |
30 yr fixed refi | 4.34% |
15 yr fixed refi | 3.65% |
5/1 ARM | 4.04% |
5/1 ARM refi | 4.08% |
$30K HELOC | 2.20% |
$50K HELOC | 3.05% |
$75K HELOC | 1.99% |
$100K HELOC | 3.05% |
$30K Home Equity Loan | 5.24% |
$50K Home Equity Loan | 3.74% |
$75K Home Equity Loan | 3.74% |
$100K Home Equity Loan | 3.87% |
5 yr CD | 2.04% |
2 yr CD | 1.57% |
1 yr CD | 1.40% |
MMA $10K+ | 0.40% |
MMA $50K+ | 0.75% |
MMA Savings | 0.63% |
MMA Savings Jumbo | 0.71% |
60 Mo Used Car | 4.91% |
48 Mo Used Car | 5.09% |
36 Mo Used Car | 5.04% |
72 Mo New Car | 4.70% |
60 Mo New Car | 4.80% |
48 Mo New Car | 4.67% |
60 Mo Auto Refi | 4.50% |
36 Mo Auto Refi | 4.25% |
Avg APR | Last Wk | 6 Mnths | |
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Low Interest | 14.61% | 14.57% | 13.90% |
Business | 15.24% | 15.09% | 14.59% |
Balance Transfer | 16.77% | 16.72% | 16.23% |
Airline | 17.37% | 17.39% | 16.93% |
Reward | 17.46% | 17.52% | 17.11% |
Cash Back | 17.55% | 17.66% | 17.33% |
Student | 17.79% | 17.79% | 16.48% |
Instant Approval | 20.06% | 20.06% | 19.45% |
Bad Credit | 24.99% | 24.99% | 24.18% |
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