Recent headlines were saturated with the alarming uptick of new coronavirus cases in several states. Accordingly, the stock market experienced a sell off. Yet, stocks of companies engaged in the search for a COVID-19 vaccine or treatment took the news as a bullish signal. Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO) skyrocketed over 100% this week, after the coronavirus
Month: June 2020
People are walking by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) building during Covid-19 pandemic in New York on May 26, 2020. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The second half of 2020 is nearly here, and now it’s up to the economy to prove that the stock market was right about a sharp
via rushlimbaugh: RUSH: Looky here, folks, a story from JusttheNews.com. “Most voters say Biden used vice presidency to financially benefit his family and friends,” according to a poll. What is the poll? Just the News daily poll. I guess Just the News has their own poll. And right behind it, the story on the Biden cancer
Earlier this week PlusToken, one of the largest scams in the cryptocurrency world, tried to move 789,500 Ether (ETH), but the movement of these stolen funds were temporarily held up by congestion issues within the Ethereum network. The $186 million transfer came from a known Ethereum address and was later split into 50 different transactions,
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – DECEMBER 03: Actors Ashton Kutcher (L) and Mila Kunis attend the 2018 … [+] Breakthrough Prize at NASA Ames Research Center on December 3, 2017 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by C Flanigan/FilmMagic) FilmMagic The first home Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis bought together is now for sale asking $13.99 million
Wilshire Phoenix Files Publicly-Traded Bitcoin Trust to Challenge Grayscale’s $3.4 Billion Dominance Wilshire Phoenix has filed to launch a publicly-traded trust called Bitcoin Commodity Trust (BCT) – putting the firm in direct competition with Grayscale Investments’ $3.4 billion bitcoin trust (GBTC). According to the June 12 filing with the U.S. Securities and … read more.
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board approved a fiscal plan expected to increase property tax revenues to the island’s municipal governments by 26%. The governments have been struggling financially. The move Friday afternoon is an attempt by the board to free localities from depending on central government subsidies. Puerto Rico Executive Director Natalie Jaresko said improving
Investors face substantial risks with all leveraged investment vehicles. However, 3x exchange traded funds (ETFs) are especially risky because they utilize more leverage in an attempt to achieve higher returns. Leveraged ETFs may be useful for short-term trading purposes, but they have significant risks in the long run. Key Takeaways Triple-leveraged (3x) exchange traded funds
Paramedics wait to bring a patient into the emergency room at Regional Medical Center on May 21, 2020 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images With an acceleration of coronavirus headlines starting to weigh on the U.S. stock market, strategists say they are now paying attention to a more refined set of disease
Unilever says it will pull digital advertising spending from Facebook and Twitter in the US until at least the end of this year, citing concerns about the proliferation of divisive content and hate speech on the platforms in the lead up to the presidential election. The decision marks the latest blow to Facebook from a
It seems strange to think that the social media, as Jemima Kelly explains, can be ‘nuanced’ (FT Weekend Opinion, June 13). From my (aged) perspective the relationship between the two concepts is akin to that between fish and bicycles. Why does she feel the need to read it in the first place, and that she ‘must’ then
Like many things during the pandemic, continuing education credits have gone virtual. Advisors looking to maintain their CIMA, CFA or CPA certification will find an increasing number of online options as certifying organizations move in-person events into the digital domain. One organization has taken a Netflix-like approach to continuing education. Another is leaning into webinars.
By Sherri Snelling, Next Avenue Contributor Getty When Harvard Business School published its 2019 Caring Companies report, finding that 3 out of 4 employees are also caregivers, the researchers couldn’t have predicted that the workplace caregiving crisis was about to collide with the coronavirus crisis. Nor that the combination would accelerate a sea change in
The Holdings Calculator permits you to calculate the current value of your gold and silver. Enter a number Amount in the left text field. Select Ounce, Gram or Kilogram for the weight. Select a Currency. NOTE: You must select a currency for gold first, even if you don’t enter a value for gold holdings. If
Gold has always had a special place for investors. It’s one of the world’s oldest forms of money, and while most currencies today no longer circulate precious metals, gold is still used as both a reliable store of value and a ‘safe haven’ investment. And in recent months, with economies reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Nike (NKE) – Nike lost 51 cents per share for its latest quarter, well off the consensus forecast for a 7 cents per share profit. The athletic footwear and apparel maker’s revenue also came in far below expectations, hurt by lockdown-related store closures.
by Patrick Watson The US economy entered recession at the end of February, according to the economists who officially define such things. But will it get even worse? In some ways, this is already beyond the 1930s Great Depression. Mass unemployment happened much faster this time and it looks like millions will be jobless for
Bitcoin (BTC) skeptics such as Peter Schiff and Mark Cuban will all buy “huge” amounts of the cryptocurrency, Max Keiser promises. In a tweet on June 26, the famously outspoken RT host said that he “100% guarantees” that some of Bitcoin’s biggest naysayers will ultimately flip bullish. “They’ll go all-in with huge buys” Gold bug
Might the flexibility and adaptability of brand new office buildings, such as Zero Irving in New … [+] York City, help make them safer environments for employees returning from COVID-19 lockdowns? Davis Brody Bond Lockdowns are ending and Americans are slowly returning to their old workday haunts, aka their offices. It’d be great if they
A woman walks past the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, June 25, 2020. Al Drego | Reuters After declining for three weeks, the number of borrowers delaying their monthly mortgage payments due to the coronavirus rose sharply once again. The number of active forbearance plans rose by 79,000 in the past week, erasing roughly half
US lawmakers have introduced the Lawful Access to Encrypted Data Act to ensure law enforcement can access encrypted information. This bill is “a full-frontal nuclear assault on encryption in the United States,” one expert says. It requires manufacturers of encrypted devices and operating systems to have the ability to decrypt data upon request, creating a
The volatility caused by the coronavirus pandemic makes predicting the economy, and hence setting policy, tougher than normal, according to Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George. “Determining the correct path for policy is likely to be even more difficult than usual given what I expect to be the continued volatility of the
While there are financial benefits to investing in rental property, there are risks—tenants who don’t pay their rent and the headache of being a landlord—as well. You’ll need to weigh taxes, real estate appreciation, mortgage, and maintenance costs, and your desire to be a landlord when deciding if owning a rental is a wise financial move. Key Takeaways There
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Thursday that he’s grown worried about the stock market’s ability to continue its robust rally from the coronavirus-driven bottom. “I’m feeling uncertain here after a very big run, fourth-quarter 1999-like,” Cramer said on “Squawk Box,” a reference to the run-up in equity prices that preceded the 2000 dot-com bubble bust. Cramer’s comments came after
EY failed for more than three years to request crucial account information from a Singapore bank where Wirecard claimed it had up to €1bn in cash — a routine audit procedure that could have uncovered the vast fraud at the German payments group. The accountancy firm, which audited Wirecard for a decade, has come under
Global shares rose as indications that the Covid-19 crisis is easing in Europe offset concerns over fresh outbreaks in the US. Wall Street remained under pressure as the S&P 500 wiped out its gains from the previous day to open 0.5 per cent per cent lower. The Stoxx Europe 600 index climbed 0.8 per cent
A man in a surgical mask walks by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after more cases of coronavirus were confirmed in New York City, New York, U.S., March 10, 2020. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Next week brings an end, mercifully, to the first half of 2020. That’s the good news. The bad news: Wall
A book idea can come from anywhere. For financial wellness specialist Eugenie George, reading tables of contents in the personal finance section of a Barnes & Noble store provided inspiration. “I kept saying, ‘Well, what’s missing from this?’” George says. “There was no discussion about race or class. And then the folks that did write
TOPLINE The market opened lower on Friday, with stocks taking a hit from the Federal Reserve’s latest bank stress test results and a new record number of daily coronavirus cases in the United States. Wall Street remains worried about a spike in new cases across the country. Spencer Platt/Getty Images KEY FACTS The Dow Jones
A worker uses tongs to handle a freshly cast silver bullion bar at the Valcambi precious metal refinery in Balerna, Switzerland. Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg Industrial metals have seen an impressive recovery in recent weeks. Silver has nearly erased its loss for the year, and copper is looking to recoup the bulk of the declines it suffered
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