Month: December 2020

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell Wednesday: Pfizer (PFE), BioNTech (BNTX) — Shares of Pfizer and BioNTech rose 3.4% and 5.8%, respectively, in the premarket after the U.K. approved the Covid-19 vaccine designed by the two companies. The rollout is expected to begin next week, with elderly people and medical workers first
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With home ownership seemingly out of reach for many young people today, parents may wonder whether they should just give their house to their children at some point? It might be a consideration, for example, if the parents plan to downsize to a new condo or make a former vacation home their full-time residence. However,
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SoftBank has decided to unwind its large US equity options trades, pulling back from a controversial strategy that has cost the group $2.7bn in derivatives losses and earned it the nickname “Nasdaq whale”.  The move comes after both investors and employees raised questions about the governance of the unit, which allows Masayoshi Son, SoftBank’s founder,
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“This is Aran, but it’s not your bog-standard Aran,” says Tarlach de Blácam, co-founder of the Irish knitwear label Inis Meáin. He is referring to a sumptuously soft, shawl-collar cashmere and merino sweater with diamond and ropey patterns snaking through it. “It’s not the type of Aran that’s stereotyped, copied and reproduced all over the world.
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Sarah Godlewski, Wisconsin State Treasurer Courtesy: Sarah Godlewski Covid-19’s impacts are being felt in every community. While federal programs have been created to support businesses and their employees, most notably the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the majority of the management is being handled at the state level. Wisconsin has experienced more than 400,000 Covid-19 cases
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Maine’s healthy reserves, achieved through proactive budget management, have positioned the Northern New England state to withstand revenue uncertainties stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to analysts. Moody’s Investors Service analyst Pisei Chea said Maine’s strong reserve levels would enable it to weather any potential pitfalls that may arise this winter from revenue drops if
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Fidelity and TD Ameritrade are among our top-ranking brokers for 2020. Both have websites packed with helpful features, news feeds, research, and educational tools. The two brokers also offer intuitive web-based, mobile, and desktop platforms to address the needs of both casual investors and frequent traders. Account Minimum: $0 Fees: $0 for stock/ETF trades, $0
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Salesforce on Tuesday capped cloud computing’s 2020 work-from-home boom with an announcement that it would pay $27.7bn for workplace chat app Slack, setting up a battle with Microsoft for pole position in one of the hottest corners of the tech market. The cash and stock deal is the largest in the soaring cloud software industry,
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Peter Wells The US on Tuesday had its biggest one-day jump in coronavirus deaths in nearly seven months, while hospitalisations reached a record of more than 98,000. States attributed a further 2,473 deaths to coronavirus, more than double Monday’s increase of 1,136, according to Covid Tracking Project data.  It was the biggest one-day jump in fatalities
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Canadian businessman Kevin O’Leary, who appears on the reality TV show Shark Tank, has seemingly softened his stance on Bitcoin after speaking with Anthony ‘Pomp’ Pompliano.  In an episode of the Pomp Podcast released today, Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary appeared to be moving past his statements last year when he declared that Bitcoin (BTC) was
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Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about applying for spousal benefits only while delaying retirement benefits, when someone can become eligible for retirement benefits and how filing for widow’s benefits at 60 affects the amount of the benefit. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president
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Municipals outperformed Treasuries as yields rose 10 basis points on the UST 10- and 30-year on talk of a potential stimulus deal and equities hit all-time highs. Secondary trading held municipal yields steady while Illinois’ highway deal priced and re-priced five to nine basis points lower and New York City Municipal Water Authority offered bonds
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Silver, XAG/USD, Australian GDP – Talking Points Silver prices soared today as stimulus hopes reemerged in the U.S. US Dollar breaches fresh multi-year lows as sentiment improves Australian GDP is in focus for the Asia-Pacific trading session Advertisement Stimulus hopes are once again driving market sentiment. December is kicking off with a risk-on tilt. On
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One shouldn’t expect this counter-trend rally to last long. Gold is likely to fall perhaps much more dramatically than in the past several days… by Przemyslaw Radomski via Sunshine Profits This surely isn’t one of William Shakespeare’s plays, but excitement over occasional corrections as if they herald something much bigger has elements of comedy. Let’s
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