by Michael Snyder This election did not go the way that most people were anticipating. For months, the mainstream media and many on the left insisted that the big national polls were right this time and that a Joe Biden landslide was coming. Obviously, that did not happen. On the other hand, many on the
Month: November 2020
President Donald J. Trump dances at the end of the rally just before he leaves. Ben Hasty | MediaNews Group | Getty Images SINGAPORE — Asia investors should focus on the strong data coming out of the region instead of the outcome of the U.S. election, said Aberdeen Standard Investments’ Head of Asian Sovereign Debt
Futures for big US technology stocks advanced in Asian trading on Thursday, as investors awaited results from some of the final battleground states that will decide the US election. Nasdaq 100 futures climbed 1.6 per cent while those for the S&P 500 rose 0.9 per cent, a day after US stocks posted their best ever
Millions of mail-in ballots and extraordinarily narrow margins in several battleground states mean the results of the 2020 presidential election remain in the balance. To further complicate the outcome, President Donald Trump’s legal team spent much of Wednesday peppering several states with lawsuits in an attempt to stop the counting of ballots where his lead
Unlike many airlines, cruise ships, movie theaters and other industries, fintech feels like it was created for this moment in history. After all, helping people access financial services whenever and wherever they want is a core principle of financial technology startups. It’s no wonder that as many industries have struggled to adapt to work-from-home orders,
The World Trade Organization and Trade Finance Global have published their latest taxonomy of blockchain projects in international trade, arranged into what they present as a “periodic table” for the industry. The original rendition of the periodic table was published in winter 2019. Since then, a lot has changed: despite the pandemic, several indicators used
Amit Haller is the Co-Founder & CEO of Reali, a high-tech, high-touch real estate company founded in 2016. Getty Anyone in the market to buy or sell a home knows the adage “location, location, location” determines value in a real estate sale. As with so much else in 2020, it’s clear this idea is being challenged.
The Bitcoin Cash blockchain is set to upgrade on Sunday, November 15 and it’s still expected that the network will bifurcate. So far, a number of crypto services have revealed contingency plans for the fork, and today’s data shows that 754 out of 1,000 bitcoin cash blocks were mined with the BCHN software. In 11
A woman walks past a pro Fair Tax yard sign near a polling place on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, … [+] 2020, in Chicago. Voters have rejected the Fair Tax proposal to abolish Illinois’ flat-rate income tax for one that would take a greater share from wealthier taxpayers. The outcome of Tuesday’s Nov. 3,
The Associated Press declared Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine the victor in her race to win a fifth Senate term.Bloomberg News Former Vice President Joe Biden came closer to winning the presidency Wednesday afternoon when he was declared the winner in Wisconsin with him leading in two of the five states that remain undecided.
Gold prices in India rose above Rs 51,000 per 10 grams on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) Thursday tracking positive momentum in the international spot prices amid developments over US elections. At 10:45 am, gold futures for December delivery rose 0.81 percent to Rs 51,234 per 10 grams as against the previous close of Rs
We are very close to the reversal of the short-term price correction in gold and silver, and both metals will… Craig Hemke interviewed by Patrick V. via SBTV We are joined on Metal Money by Craig Hemke, Editor of TFMetalsReport.com. Craig believes we are very close to the reversal of the short-term price correction in gold and silver
The final votes are being counted, and investors are on the edge of their seats, waiting to see who the next U.S. president will be. Despite the unclear outlook, stocks were up sharply on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq leading the way at 3.85%. Some view the race to the White House, regardless of the outcome,
Attendees walk by the Qualcomm booth during CES 2019 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 9, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Wednesday: Qualcomm — Qualcomm shares rallied more than 13% in after-hours trading on the back of better-than-expected
by Michael Snyder The big news networks seem to be pretending that they aren’t there, but the truth is that there are some very serious statistical “anomalies” that really need to be explained. The integrity of our elections is of the utmost importance, and over the last 24 hours I have seen some things that
Guggenheim Partner’s Scott Minerd told CNBC that Wednesday’s rally on Wall Street makes sense, despite the uncertain outcome in the presidential race between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden. “I was always of the opinion, regardless of the outcome, short of getting anarchy in the street, that this would be good for stocks,” the
Joe Biden won Wisconsin and Michigan in two critical victories that boosted his chances of winning the presidential election as the Trump campaign demanded a recount in one of the states and launched lawsuits designed to delay vote counts. After Wisconsin and Michigan were called for Mr Biden, he reached 264 electoral college votes —
Joe Biden’s victory in Michigan late on Wednesday put the former Democratic vice-president within six electoral college votes of hitting the crucial 270-vote threshold to win the White House. It significantly narrowed the path for Donald Trump to win re-election, with just four battleground states undeclared, and Mr Biden in striking distance of winning several
Large-cap funds with the biggest gains of the decade have racked up even bigger returns in a year marked by coronavirus-driven market volatility. One caveat for advisors and clients looking to ride the wave: Their outsized gains come with hefty price tags. The 20 large-cap mutual funds and ETFs with the best 10-year returns generated
The open interest on Bitcoin (BTC) options contracts has reached a new all-time high at $2.9 billion. Interestingly, this feat happened only five days after the October expiry, which liquidated $400 million worth of options. Bitcoin options total open interest. Source: Skew Over the past six months, the options market has grown three-fold, causing investors
getty New home building is riding a torrid—counter-pandemic, safe-haven-fueled—sales pace. This attests to the way many firms in this trillion-dollar sector have blasted into the millennium’s technological present, and they’d like to believe that present has nothing but running room ahead. Note, though, the millennium dawned two decades ago. Builders would mostly admit they’ve got
A bitcoin hodler has won a U.S. Senate seat. Cynthia Lummis is a bitcoin owner who bought her first bitcoin in 2013 because she believes in the economic power of scarcity and the potential for bitcoin to address some of the manipulations in the financial system. Bitcoiner Wins Senate Election Republican candidate Cynthia Lummis has
With the final result of the U.S. presidential election in doubt, municipal bonds traded significantly stronger on Wednesday following a U.S. Treasury rally of as much as 14 basis points. In secondary trading, yields on AAA munis dropped all across the curve, with some falling by as much as 10 basis points. While the White
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No matter what happens, Congress must certify and make a final determination as to who received the win. It is quite possible that… by Ryan McMaken of Mises Institute Election Day 2020 finally arrived, and it looks like it’s going to be a long process before the official winner is finally determined. There will be lawsuits over which
2020 has not been lacking drama. For an extra layer of spice, you can add the Nikola (NKLA) episode into the mix. Charging out of the gate after going public, the EV truck maker’s share price soared the during spring and early summer, feasting on investors’ appetite for growth stories and everything EV related. But
The lack of a blue wave makes higher taxes and more regulation less likely, and that’s enough to rally stocks for now. The election outcome is in no way clear as states continue to count ballots. There is no decision on the presidency, but traders are betting on a split Congress with a Republican Senate
by WSBConsensus Hearing from multiple sources at M&A bulge brackets and regional boutiques that they have never been this busy. This seems to be the case globally (US, Europe and Asia). Bankers are working on multiple deals and the calendar going into Christmas is super-busy. The overall theme of deal rationals seem to be “optimism” about
Eric Platt and Colby Smith in New York and Katie Martin in London Fading expectations of a decisive election win for Joe Biden have boosted bonds and lifted the dollar as a set of trades based on a “blue wave” Democratic sweep of the White House and Congress stumbled. Investors had ramped up bets in
Lloyds Banking Group has unveiled a second round of job cuts, taking the number of reductions it has made since the pandemic began to more than 1,900, in a sign of the pressure coronavirus is piling on retail lenders. The bank said on Wednesday that about 1,040 positions would be eliminated — primarily in back-office
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