Many of our parents signed their estate plans decades ago. The documents may still be valid but if they are stale or outdated, you may spend significant money trying to use them down the road. Even worse, the documents may not properly put your parents’ wishes into action. Having an attorney review and update the
Month: May 2021
Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Officer James Gorman said he expects the U.S. Federal Reserve to begin tapering its bond buying toward the end of this year and start raising interest rates in early 2022, faster than the Wall Street bank’s own economists forecast. “My personal view is rates are likely to rise in the early
(Bloomberg) — Gold rose to the highest in more than four months after Federal Reserve officials reassured investors on the outlook for monetary policy and a gauge of U.S. new-home sale fell more than expected. Central bank officials reiterated that they expect transitory rather than lasting price pressures from the U.S. economic rebound, damping speculation
Will anything be done about this extraordinary corruption of the American public health system? by Paul Craig Roberts via PaulCraigRoberts.org A sure sign of a country’s collapse is the open corruption of its public and private institutions. When corruption no longer has to be hidden but can be openly flouted, the values and standards that comprised
As the price of Bitcoin (BTC) is attempting to establish support at $37,000 on Tuesday, the recent $30,000 lows may have been the bottom, suggests one derivatives market indicator that has a history of accurately predicting BTC/USD cyclical lows following its bear cycles. The last time it predicted a bottom was on Nov. 1, following
Blockchain infrastructure company Bison Trails has partnered with Volt Capital to allow users of the Celo Network to stake their tokens securely through their mobile devices. The collaboration sees Bison Trails running a Celo validator node for Volt Capital, thereby allowing Volt Capital’s community to stake the CELO cryptocurrency, earn rewards and help grow the
South Africa is the latest country to begin exploring the possibility of creating its own sovereign digital currency. According to a release issued on Tuesday, the South African Reserve Bank has begun preliminary feasibility studies about the “desirability and appropriateness” of a retail central bank digital currency. As part of its announcement, the SARB defined
Custody services aren’t the most compelling corner of the crypto ecosystem, but 21st-century solutions for storing and safekeeping digital assets are critical if cryptocurrencies are to achieve widespread adoption. For that reason, Cowen Inc.’s recent announcement that the 103-year old United States investment bank wants to hold crypto on behalf of asset managers and hedge
Bitcoin (BTC) prices pulled back on May 25, wiping a small portion of the gains it had made during the previous session amid another day of volatile trading. The BTC/USD exchange rate fell up to 6.11% after opening the Asia-Pacific session at $38,856. The pair met a strong resistance force near its 200-day simple moving
Airtm, a Mexico City-based digital wallet and exchange operator, has received $15 million in funding from the Stellar Development Foundation, or SDF, as it seeks to expand financial services and cryptocurrency adoption in Latin America. The investment, which is the largest SDF has ever made as part of its Enterprise Fund, will enable Airtm to
Elon Musk captured the world’s attention when he declared that Tesla would no longer accept Bitcoin as a payment method, citing the blockchain’s environmental impact. Although this thrust the debate about cryptocurrencies and the climate into the spotlight, this has been an issue that has been rumbling on for many years. Bitcoin’s proof-of-work consensus mechanism
It seems like everything’s a NFT these days, and your DNA could be next. In a press release today, AkoinNFT — the nonfungible token platform from musician and budding blockchain entrepreneur Akon — announced the planned auction of a NFT that will contain a “high-res artistic representation” of the genetic data of Professor George Church,
Powers On… is a monthly opinion column from Marc Powers, who spent much of his 40-year legal career working with complex securities-related cases in the United States after a stint with the SEC. He is now an adjunct professor at Florida International University College of Law, where he teaches a course on “Blockchain, Crypto and
What makes up a low-stress job? It depends on an individual’s conception of “stressful” and, of course, some workers cannot alter their work or quit their job. However, if you are thinking about finding a new low-stress job with a decent salary and job security, there are opportunities in many fields. Key Takeaways Everyone has
An artist’s rendering of a Momentus Vigoride transfer vehicle deploying a satellite in orbit. Momentus Shares of Stable Road Acquisition Corp. fell in trading on Monday after the firm disclosed in a securities filing that its merger target, in-space transportation company Momentus, no longer plans to conduct any missions for customers this year. “Momentus informed
More than 40 American companies that stopped making political contributions after the riot at the US Capitol are sitting on $28m in unspent cash, giving them an unusually large amount of dry powder to deploy ahead of next year’s midterm congressional elections. The political action committees of companies including 3M, American Airlines, Chevron, Citigroup, Facebook,
The UK’s largest sandwich maker Greencore sank to a loss in the six months to March and issued a cautious outlook for the full year as Covid-19 restrictions continued to eat into sales of sandwiches, salads and sushi. Greencore said revenues fell 19 per cent to £577m for the six months, resulting in a loss
Reg BI is getting real. When regulators began conducting examinations to see how firms were implementing the SEC’s Regulation Best Interest and the customer relationship summary rule, they were mainly looking for a good-faith effort. That was phase one. Going forward, firms can expect much closer scrutiny, according to Pete Driscoll, head of the SEC’s
Beam Global (BEEM) reported a smaller-than-expected loss in the first quarter. However, sales missed analysts’ expectations of $1.84 million. Beam Global provides sustainable technology for electric vehicle (EV) charging, outdoor media and energy security. Shares of the company fell almost 2.3% on May 24 to close at $24.89. The company incurred a loss of $0.14
by Michael Snyder Signs of impending economic doom continue to grow all around us. For years, highly respected experts have been warning about the steady destruction of our standard of living and the death of the U.S. dollar. Perhaps you didn’t listen to those voices at first, and that is understandable. Most Americans have their
Retired basketball star and television personality Dwyane Wade and his wife, actress Gabrielle Union-Wade, have sold their home in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles for $5.5 million. While it may pale in comparison to the mega-closings of Beverly Hills and Malibu, the transaction ranks as the second-highest sale recorded this year in the
South Korea’s monetary policy regulator is taking steps to create its own digital coin. Bank of Korea is now looking for a technology provider to develop a test environment for the project. The news comes after major commercial banks expressed skepticism over their cooperation with domestic cryptocurrency exchanges. Central Bank of Korea to Launch Pilot
This year and perhaps next could turn out to be the best time to convert a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. Income tax rates are likely to increase in the coming years. This year’s tax rates could be the lowest for the rest of our lifetimes. Lifetime income taxes could be substantially lower if
The tide has turned for some Illinois public universities’ already bruised ratings as COVID-19 pressures on their balance sheet and state funding levels ease. S&P Global Ratings on Friday upgraded the University of Illinois, the state’s flagship, by two notches noting its resilient balance sheet independent of state help and analysts revised the outlook on
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The conclusion that the Basel 3 rules will smash the “paper” gold system is drawn not just by advocates of liberating the gold market from price suppression but also by… by Chris Powell of the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: Much hope has been engendered in the monetary metals
What Is Algorithmic High-Frequency Trading? Algorithmic trading (or “algo” trading) refers to the use of computer algorithms (basically a set of rules or instructions to make a computer perform a given task) for trading large blocks of stocks or other financial assets while minimizing the market impact of such trades. Algorithmic trading involves placing trades
A trader works the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York. Yana Paskova | Bloomberg | Getty Images Payments company Square rose more than 5% in afternoon trading Monday after Bloomberg News reported the payments company could offer savings and checking accounts in the near future. The report said a code
Brussels agreed to ramp up sanctions against Belarus and ban its state airline from EU airports after the Minsk regime triggered global uproar by intercepting a Ryanair flight carrying an opposition activist. European leaders agreed to “targeted” economic measures that are expected to be aimed at companies and oligarchs accused of financing president Alexander Lukashenko’s
The number of visits to the UK by overseas residents fell dramatically last year, as coronavirus-induced restrictions dented the ability to travel. Data published on Monday by the Office for National Statistics showed that the number of visits to the UK declined by 73 per cent to 11.1m last year. The US aviation regulator said
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