A customer walks towards the entrance of a CVS Health Corp. store in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Friday, Oct. 27, 2017. Christopher Lee | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. U.S. Steel — Bucking declines in the broader market, shares of U.S. Steel rose 5.8% in
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Sotheby’s, one of the world’s oldest and biggest auction houses, has announced that it will be accepting major cryptocurrencies as a new payment method at an upcoming auction. Sotheby’s CEO Charles Stewart said that the company will debut Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH) payments as part of its upcoming auction of Banksy’s “Love is in
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is reportedly the buyer of a $43 million mansion in Southampton, New York, closing on what appears to be his most expensive home through a private, off-market transaction. Such closely held deals, called pocket listings, have been on the rise of late, with use of the strategy often associated
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Tuesday he owns ether, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market value. “I’ve got a lot of ether,” Cramer said on “Squawk Box,” explaining he initially acquired it in order to bid on nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, being auctioned in March by Time magazine. “I didn’t get it, so I just kept
The popular meme-based crypto-asset dogecoin has seen incredible gains during the last 24 hours jumping over 40% since yesterday. After just recently capturing a $50 billion market valuation, Dogecoin’s market cap now exceeds $71 billion. Moreover, the meme-coin has been eating away at bitcoin’s market dominance, as dogecoin captures 3% of the entire crypto-economy at
Today’s column addresses questions about potential effects of retiring from work four years before filing for a retirement benefit, filing for retirement benefits before spousal benefits and transferring conserved benefits to a capable beneficiary. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc, which
In 2016, the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) was under a federal court order to fix its combined sewer system, which dumped raw sewage into the nearby Potomac River after heavy rains. The price tag was steep: nearly $1 billion for the planned installation of just one of three massive tunnels
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) – Silver has broken out of a strong resistance level at $26.71/oz during Monday’s session. The resistance was used at least
The use of gold and silver ETFs to short the monetary metals markets for price suppression at strategic moments long has been… by Dave Kranzler of Investment Research Dynamics Before the CFTC inevitably ignores the following inquiry from Chris Marcus et al, I would remind its Chairman and the CFTC attorneys that the CFTC and
What Is the Normal Distribution? The normal distribution formula is based on two simple parameters—mean and standard deviation—that quantify the characteristics of a given dataset. While the mean indicates the “central” or average value of the entire dataset, the standard deviation indicates the “spread” or variation of data points around that mean value. Key Takeaways
At least 20 people died and 70 were injured when an elevated section of the Mexico City metro collapsed on to a road below, leaving the train split in two and hanging precariously. The accident, which happened late on Monday, came after reports that a car had crashed into a pillar supporting the rail bridge.
Norway’s Telenor has written off its entire $782m investment in Myanmar, where it has struggled with internet shutdowns, pressure on staff and deteriorating operating conditions since the country’s February military coup. The telecoms group said on Tuesday it had fully impaired its Nkr6.5bn investment in the south-east Asian nation, where it was seen as a
One of the fastest-growing hybrid RIAs unveiled its third agreement to acquire a billion-dollar firm in the past five months. Private equity-backed Wealth Enhancement Group is acquiring Pillar Pacific Capital Management, an active asset and wealth manager that manages $1.6 billion on behalf of clients from five continents. Wealth Enhancement and the California-based seller announced
Dell (DELL) has reached an agreement to sell Boomi, its cloud-based integration platform as a service (iPaaS). Francisco Partners and TPG Capital have agreed to pay $4 billion in cash to acquire the unit, which has flourished since Dell acquired it in 2010. Dell is offloading Boomi, having grown it to a customer base of
The Wall Street Bull, located in the financial district of New York City. Mike Roy | MCT | Tribune News Service | Getty Images The “sell in May, and go away” strategy isn’t getting much love on Wall Street this year. Market pros acknowledge that history clearly shows the market’s strongest six-month period is November
by Michael Snyder Do any of you remember when you could buy an entire house for $35,000? There was a time in America when middle class Americans could buy a house and have it paid off in just a few years. But now existing home prices have soared into the stratosphere, and lumber prices are
S&P Dow Jones Indices, a major global resource for index-based data and research, has introduced its first cryptocurrency indices amid a renewed surge on crypto markets. The company announced Monday that it launched three crypto indices tied to the performance of the two largest cryptocurrencies: Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). The newly introduced indices include Bitcoin-based
In real estate, it’s always tempting to count your chickens before they hatch. When you’re halfway toward closing on a house, or even three quarters of the way there, you almost start thinking of the buying process as a done deal. Then complications may begin to arise, and they could even compound on one another
Cryptocurrency regulation is still an ongoing topic for the Spanish government and regulators, with some not too friendly measures against crypto ads or enhancing tax rules. However, adoption is on the rise in different industries, and the healthcare sector is joining the frenzy. Patients Could Pay With Digital Assets Starting June 1 According to Forbes
Early retirement is a very common goal, but how exactly do you define “early?” For most people, “early” means stopping work before the availability of benefits that are used by retirees like Social Security and Medicare. Uncertainty over whether retirement savings can last without these programs is often the reason people put off retirement. If
Fiscally solvent school districts Illinois increased in fiscal 2020 even as they navigated COVID-19’s impact on operations. Of the state’s 851 districts, 728 landed in the top category of financial recognition based on fiscal 2020 results, up from 706 for fiscal 2019 and 697 in 2019, according to the Illinois Board of Education’s 2021 fiscal
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) – Calibre Mining (TSX: CXB; OTCQX: CXBMF) announced today that the company produced 45,452 ounces of gold in Nicaragua in Q1
“This is also putting additional pressure on top of the…” David Morgan interviewed by Claudio Grass via Claudiograss.ch Interview with David Morgan: Part II of II (Click here for Part I) Claudio Grass (CG): During the first wave of lockdowns and travel bans we saw a lot of disruptions in the physical precious metal market. With
As American workers began to shoulder more of the responsibility for funding their retirement, retirement calculators proliferated across the Internet. A Google search for “online retirement calculator” garners tens of thousands of hits. People are anxious about their retirement readiness, concerned about whether they will have enough money to last through their lifetime. Key Takeaways
It is not a traditional boilermaker, but New Jersey is promising a free beer to those who go out and get a shot — of the vaccine kind. Governor Phil Murphy announced on Monday that residents over the legal drinking age of 21 who receive their first Covid-19 vaccine dose in the month of May
By Kate Youde A stroll around the five-acre grounds of the Reifer family’s holiday home takes you places: perhaps into a bamboo or Buddha garden, past a koi pond and pagoda, or through 500-year-old doors into a temple. Designed according to the ancient principles of feng shui, the Chinese garden is inspired by the Summer
As custodial consolidation brings advisor service models front and center, BNY Mellon Pershing is in early stages of what will be a multi-year restructuring of its business. The clearing firm said at the end of April that it would merge its bank and trust, broker-dealer and RIA custody units under one division, dubbed Wealth Solutions,
Maxar Technologies (MAXR) reported first-quarter revenue and EPS worse than what analysts expected. The provider of earth intelligence and space infrastructure solutions’ revenue came in at $392 million for the quarter ended March 31. This represents an increase of 2.9% in revenue from $381 million in the prior-year quarter, but it missed the consensus estimate
In this article MOS XPO FDS NA-CA Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Monday: Mosaic — Shares of the fertilizer maker dipped more than 3% in extended trading after the company’s first-quarter results were released. Mosaic earned 57 cents per share excluding items on $2.3 billion in revenue. Analysts surveyed by
It’s official, inflation is now deeply embedded in the financial system. You see, inflation arrives in stages. It’s not as though it appears overnight and suddenly the cost of everything rises. Instead, inflation slowly works its way into the financial system in phases. Phase 1: Raw materials Phase 2: Factory gate prices Phase 3: Retail prices The
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