If you are looking for a new job or want to try out a new position within your current industry, you will need to present yourself to potential employers. If you have been out of work for several years or haven’t updated your resume in a decade, learning the updated rules of resume writing and
Month: January 2021
Johnson & Johnson products on a shelf in a store in New York. Lucas Jackson | Reuters It was a busy week for Wall Street. Heavyweights like Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, Boeing and Tesla, among others, stepped up to report their earnings for the most recent quarter. However, some analysts and strategists were more focused on
Tens of thousands of people in dozens of cities across Russia defied a heavy police presence to protest on Sunday in support of jailed opposition activist Alexei Navalny for the second straight week. The Kremlin made unprecedented efforts to stop the protesters repeating their triumph of last Saturday — the biggest rallies against President Vladimir
Brussels has attempted to quell the backlash against its rushed moves to curb vaccine exports, after drawing international criticism and causing uproar for threatening the Irish border arrangements between the UK and the EU. Canada and Japan both raised concerns over new EU export rules, introduced on Friday, requiring manufacturers to obtain permission before shipping
I have a favorite saying that bears repeating: “Investing is like a stool with three legs: Market Risk, Liquidity, and Taxes.” Each one of these factors could either wreak havoc or greatly enhance your overall financial plan at a given point in time. In the unforgiving world of finance, not knowing is not an excuse.
It’s now virtually unarguable that decentralized finance is blockchain’s “killer use case.” Total value locked in DeFi grew by over 3,000% over the year leading up to January 2021. On the DApp Radar rankings, eight of the top 10 DApps on Ethereum are DeFi. Uniswap sees more users than any other application and is set
Outdoor kitchens, enhanced seating and fire features are all on trend for 2021. SCG CERAMICS PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED / GEOLUXE® // WELLNESS BY DESIGN (TILLER PRESS, SEPTEMBER 2020) (C) J. GOLD Outdoor living has been a growing home improvement category for years, but the Covid-19 pandemic has really elevated the importance of having private space
Home ownership has long been considered a staple of the American dream. During the pandemic, it has also become a dividing line between the haves and have-nots. As the coronavirus outbreak and rise of remote work pushed Americans to move from the city to the suburbs, those who could afford a single-family home have been
Ripple Labs has officially responded to the complaint by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Besides explaining that the XRP cryptocurrency is not a security, Ripple accuses the securities regulator of being out of step, picking winners and losers, as well as distorting facts regarding the cryptocurrency. In the court document filed on Jan.
Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about whether spousal benefits are automatic or not, the possibility of receiving spousal benefits after taking retirement benefits at 62 and an unexplained delay in Social Security processing an application. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic
Project finance and public finance attorneys Adam Gordon and Jade Turner-Bond were elected to Nixon Peabody LLP’s global partnership, effective Feb. 1. Gordon, based in New York, concentrates on infrastructure, economic development and project finance. He routinely is bond counsel, disclosure counsel, underwriters’ counsel and bank counsel on tax-exempt and taxable bond issuances. He has
Editor’s Note: With so much market volatility, stay on top of daily news! Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today’s must-read news and expert opinions. Sign up here! (Kitco News) - Unprecedented investor interest in silver has continued through the weekend, spilling into the physical market with many bullion dealers unable to
The major gold miners’ upcoming earnings season should prove amazing. They enjoyed some of the highest prevailing gold prices ever witnessed last… by Adam Hamilton of Zeal LLC The major gold miners’ upcoming earnings season should prove amazing. They enjoyed some of the highest prevailing gold prices ever witnessed last quarter, which sure ought to
AMC Entertainment, the largest movie theatre chain in the world, has capped off the first month of the new year with a staggering 525% gain in its share price. Founded in 1920 by the Dubinsky brothers, AMC Entertainment (AMC) now operates approximately 1,000 theatres and 11,000 screens across 15 countries. The emergence of the coronavirus
If you have a traditional 401(k), you will have to pay taxes when you take a 401(k) distribution. That 401(k) money is subject to ordinary income tax. The amount you pay is based on your tax bracket, and if you’re younger than 59½, add a 10% early withdrawal penalty in most cases. That could put your tax
A man walks past an AMC theatre amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., January 27, 2021. Carlo Allegri | Reuters Stocks on Robinhood’s restricted trading list jumped during premarket trading on Friday, after the online brokerage said Thursday evening that it would resume limited
After months of Republican concern that Joe Biden would be soft on Beijing, the new US president received unexpected praise from a leading China hawk after less than two weeks in the White House. “President Biden [and his team] are off to a great start on China,” Robert O’Brien, the final national security adviser to
Last week’s stock market turmoil sparked a probe by US financial regulators into whether market manipulation was involved, but lawyers doubt it will lead to prosecutions. The Securities and Exchange Commission announced on Friday it was looking into what happened when users of Reddit chat rooms drove shares in a handful of companies — including
New York markets had just fired up, and the investing world was tuning in for Thursday’s episode of the continuing drama: Legions of Robinhood Markets investors versus hedge-fund Goliaths. But within minutes, a shock wave invisible to the outside world rattled the mechanics of Wall Street — sending Robinhood rushing for more than $1 billion
Blockchain technologies and their associated market gained tremendous momentum this past year. The colossal developments and the aggressive funding of ideas across this nascent industry have sparked some serious debate as to the veritable value of blockchain. Before implementing blockchain technology, managers, builders and developers need to ask themselves one question: “why blockchain?” What necessitates
Guy Gal, Side co-founder and CEO Side Covid-19 has dealt a punishing if not lethal blow to many industries and small companies over the past 11 months. Among them have been a number of tech startups. A noteworthy exception to that trend has been the success of tech and online real estate brokerages. Perhaps it’s
Just recently, the Bitcoin Cash community has been discussing the large number of transactions the network has been seeing on a daily basis during the last month. Statistics show that bitcoin cash daily transactions have been increasing every day since the last week of 2020. Bitcoin Cash miners have processed upwards of 300,000+ daily transactions
With all the drama of the year-end relief bill, many missed the fact that it is part of a large budget law containing a number of tax changes. The Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020 (TCDTRA) is a component of the consolidated appropriations law, and it includes some long-awaited modifications and clarifications.
After reporting a surplus of $3.3 million at the end of fiscal year 2020, the Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has temporarily reduced certain market-based fees by 40% for a year and a half. The MSRB announced that decision Jan. 29 after its quarterly board meeting earlier in the week. The move will cost the MSRB
Yesterday New Century (ASX:NCZ) touted a 70% increase in quarterly adjusted EBITDA to A$22.4 million from A$13.2 million September quarter. The operating cash margin from receipted sales was A$12.7m for the quarter and an average realised quarterly zinc price of US$1.19/lb, up 12%. Weather played havoc on mining operations dropping production 4% quarter-on-quarter. “Zinc metal
The “seen” effects will be all the jobs Biden creates via subsidy and hiring them to work for the government, as well as the products these workers make. The “unseen” effects… by Asim Hussain via Mises Biden’s Government Jobs Are the “Seen” the Lost Market Jobs Are the “Unseen” In the near future, anyone reading up
Wells Fargo’s CEO, Charles Scharf, saw a decline in his annual pay in 2020. According to a company filing dated Jan. 26, the Board of Directors approved an annual salary of $20.3 million for 2020, compared to a salary of $23 million in 2019. This reflects a decline of around 12% year-on-year. The company filing
As of early 2021, the Health Insurance Marketplace may still be your best bet to get adequate health insurance if you’re not covered by an employer, a spouse’s or parent’s plan, or some other source. And if you’re getting by on a low income, browsing the Marketplace for a plan is a must. You may be
People walk past a GameStop store in Midtown Manhattan on January 27, 2021 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images The astronomical rally in GameStop has imposed huge losses of nearly $20 billion for short sellers this month, but they are not budging. Short-selling hedge funds have suffered a mark-to-market loss of
Boris Johnson is to mark the first anniversary of Britain leaving the EU — the world’s largest trading bloc — by formally applying to join a trade group in the Pacific. Mr Johnson hopes Joe Biden, US president, will join the group too, opening a backdoor to closer UK/US trade ties as hopes of an
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