Month: January 2021

The Reddit forum WallStreetBets on a smartphone arranged in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images What’s next for the Reddit crowd? Wall Street seems unsure.  The “blow-out-the-short-sellers game” is showing signs of exhaustion, but the ramifications are only just being felt. What traders can’t agree on is what
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Members of the Ohio Retired Teachers Association are hoping a forensic investigation of the State … [+] Teachers Retirement System by an independent expert will provide assurance that the pension system is being managed properly and that the investments are being reported accurately. getty After a 3-month campaign of collecting donations from retired and active
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Bloomberg Reddit Crew May Find Commodities Harder After Roiling Silver (Bloomberg) — Signs that the silver market was about to get hit by a GameStop-style short squeeze emerged Wednesday.That’s when comments began appearing on the Reddit forum r/wallstreetbets — the investor board now famous for tripling the video game company’s shares this week. People started
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Blinded by greed, many so-called gold & silver “advocates” think they can end the manipulation by feeding the Beast. It doesn’t work that way… (by Half Dollar) I think the Cartel is about to take silver behind the woodshed, and, by extension, take some otherwise smart people to the cleaners. That is to say, otherwise
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Interactive Brokers chairman Thomas Peterffy said the broker’s move to curb trading in speculative names was to safeguard the market and the clearing firms that settle the trades. “We are worried about the integrity of the marketplace and the clearing system,” Peterffy said on CNBC’s “Closing Bell” on Thursday. On Thursday, Interactive Brokers put option
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Boohoo said it had entered exclusive talks with Arcadia’s administrators over the acquisition of Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Wallis, a deal that would threaten thousands of jobs and could mark the final stage in the break-up of Philip Green’s once-mighty fashion empire. In a brief statement just days after Boohoo confirmed the acquisition of the
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Masayoshi Son, chairman and CEO of SoftBank Group, pictured this month. (Photo by Alessandro Di Ciommo/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images If all else fails, there is always a SPAC. WeWork, the coworking business that attempted—and failed—to go public in 2019, could soon reach that milestone via a special purpose acquisition company, according
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In collaboration with Bulgarian authorities, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) disrupted a well-known ransomware gang’s infrastructure. Law enforcement seized their servers and traced the illicit funds with the help of blockchain forensic analytics via Chainalysis. US Authorities Seized Over $454,000 Worth of Cryptocurrencies Per the U.S. Department of Justice’s announcement, the coordinated action took
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Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about spousal benefit rates after taking early retirement benefits, when the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) reductions are applied and potential filing options after a divorce. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc, which markets
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Juniper Networks, a leader in secure, artificial intelligence-driven networks, reported better-than-expected preliminary results for the fourth quarter. However, shares dipped 1.6% in Thursday’s extended trading. Juniper’s (JNPR) revenues of $1.22 billion increased 1.2% and beat analysts’ expectations of $1.19 billion. The company’s CEO, Rami Rahim said, “We experienced better than expected Q4 demand and ended
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Now it’s getting interesting. House of Congress calls Justice Department for Action against @RobinhoodApp #melvincapital and #citadel regarding #wallstreetbets and #GameStop, #RobinHood pic.twitter.com/xo6lysq9aU — Boppiboy (@boppiboy) January 29, 2021 As I mention in the thread, I’ve spoken to several people hit by these force-sells, and only about half of those people are trading on margin.
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Editor’s note: Below you’ll find the week 6 release of the City Economic Recovery Tracker (CERT), originally published Jan. 22, 2021. Visit the CERT homepage for the latest data. The five cities in The Investopedia City Economic Recovery Tracker (CERT) all faltered in their economic recoveries during the week ending Jan. 9, signaling that the U.S. economic
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