Month: May 2020

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Salesforce.com — The enterprise software provider’s stock dropped 3% in extended trading after the company provided its first-quarter financial results. Salesforce.com said it had earnings of 70 cents per share excluding some items on revenue of $4.87 billion, while analysts
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By Alex Kimani It’s more than a month since the oil markets sunk to a nadir in the mother-of-all market routs. Since then, oil prices have staged an impressive recovery, especially from WTI’s negative trade zone visited on April 20. There’s real optimism in the air with the formidable headwinds of a massive supply glut
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JPMorgan Chase has reportedly agreed to pay $2.5 million to settle a crypto class-action lawsuit. Originally filed in 2018, the suit alleges that the bank overcharged customers for buying cryptocurrencies using Chase credit cards, classifying the purchases as cash advances. JPMorgan Settles a Crypto Class Action Lawsuit JPMorgan Chase allegedly overcharged its customers who bought
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Photographer Frank Gallagher Courtesy of Frank Gallagher Why are so many Americans over 65 self-employed? If you’re thinking the answer lies in Nelly’s lyrics, “Hey, must be the money!” you are mistaken. At least that’s what three researchers found in their recent research looking at self-employment and contract work by age. “In some cases, financial
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Copycat investing, as the name implies, refers to the strategy of replicating the investment ideas of famous investors or investment managers. The strategy is also known as coattail investing since the investor rides on the coattails of those who presumably have much more investment prowess. But is copycat investing a viable investment strategy? While the
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Mohamed El-Erian told CNBC on Tuesday that there was “good news across the board” on the coronavirus battle as U.S. stock surged. Appearing on “Squawk Box,” the chief economic advisor at Allianz said he is encouraged by developments on a potential Covid-19 vaccine and the lack of a dramatic spike in new cases as states moved to reopen
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Following ‘historic call volumes’ during the coronavirus pandemic, Fidelity Institutional has brought in tens of thousands of new client accounts to its custody. Fidelity Institutional, which offers custody for both broker-dealers and RIAs, opened more than 100,000 new accounts in the first three months of 2020 — a 25% increase over the year-ago period, according
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Editor’s Note: Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today’s must-read news stories and expert opinions that moved the precious metals and financial markets. Sign up here! (Kitco News) A deliberate mining blast reportedly destroyed one of the oldest known Aboriginal heritage sites in Western Australia. Rio Tinto, Anglo-Australian mining giant, was
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Floating Point Group, or FPG, a startup delivering institutional crypto traders automation technologies, garnered $2 million of capital from several entities. “It’s becoming clear that sophisticated quantitative traders and platform developers are viewing the cryptocurrency markets as an exciting new opportunity,” FPG CEO John Peurifoy explained in a May 28 statement.  The funding goes toward expansion 
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by: Franz Walker (Natural News) As states across the U.S. ramp up their reopenings, some are coming under fire for publishing misleading statistics or concealing information related to the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Government officials in a number of states are now facing questions about how open and honest they’ve been on how the virus is impacting
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Many homeowners want to refinance existing mortgages to take advantage of record-low interest rates. Getty Mortgage rates have been hitting record lows during the economic downturn and could fall even further. Lenders have responded to the increased economic uncertainty by raising minimum credit scores, requiring higher down payments, checking and rechecking employment status and eliminating
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Trading Nation: Homebuilders surge 44% this quarter, here’s where it could be headed Jobless claims indicate Covid-19’s worst economic damage may be over—Four experts on what’s next Market is recovering faster than most investors think, Oppenheimer’s John Stoltzfus suggests Market is showing resiliency despite coronavirus risks, Oppenheimer’s John Stoltzfus says Disney moves to reopen Orlando.
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During the last year, news.Bitcoin.com created a series that shows the many facts that point to certain individuals who might just be Satoshi Nakamoto and it’s been a popular run so far. Our series has covered nearly everyone, but there are still a few individuals that haven’t been covered. On May 11, 2020, the popular
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We looked at longevity insurance as it applies to a sixty-five-year-old female purchasing a deferred income annuity with income starting at eighty-five. We may also consider the alternative of just waiting until age eighty-five and then buying an immediate annuity. During those twenty years, interest rates and mortality tables can change in unexpected ways, which
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Boris Johnson on Thursday confirmed plans for a phased reopening of the retail industry and schools as government scientists warned of the need to keep coronavirus under control while lockdown restrictions are eased. The prime minister also announced that from Monday groups of up to six people can meet outdoors in England, including in private
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