Month: January 2021

Developed market countries from around the world have been gaining overall with improving economic conditions. Japanese stock indexes have outperformed domestic benchmarks during certain years, and owning the Nikkei can be attractive for investors looking to diversify geographically. Improving corporate governance and increasing dividend rates from mature companies are two things helping equity investment momentum
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The feasibility of combinations in options trading allows profitable opportunities in varying scenarios. Be it the underlying stock prices going up, going down, or remaining stable, suitably selected option combinations offer apt profit potential.  This article goes over “strip options”, one of the market neutral trading strategies with profit potential on either side of the
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The UK financial regulator has pursued only a handful of investigations under its flagship scheme for holding executives to account and is leaving City companies to make potentially unfair calls on employee misconduct, lawyers have warned. Figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request show that the Financial Conduct Authority has opened only 37 investigations
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A South African High Court recently granted a provisional liquidation order against Mirror Trading International (MTI) following an application for relief by two investors who failed to withdraw their bitcoin. According to a statement released by lawyers of one of the aggrieved investors, this provisional order paves the way for the appointment of a liquidator
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Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about whether continuing to work ensures increased benefits, filing for reduced spousal benefits before a spouse passes away and the differences between restricted applications and filing for and suspending a retirement benefit. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president
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Municipals finished out an abbreviated trading session little changed as market players eye the first week of 2021’s new-issue slate, which checks in at over $2 billion. Yields on top-rated munis were flat across AAA scales. Traders again saw an abbreviated trading session ahead of the long New Year’s holiday weekend. The books have been
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You’re sure to love this live exposition of the highlights… Dave Collum interviewed by Chris Martenson of Peak Prosperity You’re sure to love this live exposition of the highlights of David Collum’s encyclopedic Year In Review — a particularly impressive tour de force this year given the craziness of 2020. Chris sits down here with
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Arcturus Therapeutics (ARCT) investors felt the impact of a thunderous thud on Tuesday, following the share price’s collapse. The stock shed over 50% of its value after the company released disappointing data from an early-stage clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate ARCT-021. While following the administration of one dose, the vaccine produced neutralizing antibodies,
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Authored by Doug Casey via InternationalMan.com, International Man: Markets have extreme emotions. They can go from irrational exuberance—where it seems everyone is swinging from the chandeliers—to a bottom-of-the-barrel bear market where people don’t even want to look at the business section. Why is assessing the psychology of the market so important? Doug Casey: The market,
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