Oaktree co-founder Howard Marks says investors should start taking some “chips off the table,” after a strong run for markets.

Chubb (CB) was the least shorted S&P 500 (SP500) stock as a percentage of float at the end of September, followed by Mastercard (MA) and Alphabet (GOOG).

After months of steadily climbing higher, stocks are bouncing around as investors process renewed US-China trade tensions.

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Stocks ended mostly lower Tuesday as the resumption of U.S. trade tensions with China outweighed strong third-quarter results from several big banks.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Asian stocks tumbled on Tuesday, dogged by growing doubts over whether China and the U.S. could strike a tariff deal when the world's two largest economies meet later this month amid revived tensions over trade.

The bank said it will make direct equity and venture investments of up to $10 billion in select companies in the new initiative.

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Our newest vehicle is one year old, and we will eventually downsize to a single car.” (Photo subjects are models.) - /iStockphoto ‘Expensive, but not nutty.’ Howard Marks on U.S. stocks and the one thing investors should be doing right now.