The United States is currently experiencing its sharpest growth ever in older adults. Those over 65 now number approximately 57 million. Medicare statistics show that by 2050, that number will grow to over 80 million and a very large percentage of those will be in the 85+ category. That is the category that requires the most long-term care
Month: July 2021
A panel of former top global economic policy makers on Wednesday warned that major trading disruptions in U.S. Treasuries are likely to increase unless reforms are made, adding to pressure on American regulators to fix structural issues that contributed to last year’s market meltdown. “Confidence in the U.S. Treasury market, and its ability to function
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) - Rio Tinto shares trade marginally higher this morning following a record-breaking half-year performance report. Iron ore was Rio’s main driver of profits,
A moment will come when the overstretched fraud of the derivative markets will snap. When this happens… by Craig Hemke via Sprott Money News Some of you will question why it’s valuable to document the obvious price-rigging by The Banks. The answer? Because remarkably there are still “analysts”, many of whom the precious metals community
International payment giant Mastercard continues focusing on the digital asset industry by welcoming a batch of major cryptocurrency startups in its fintech accelerator. The company announced Tuesday a new startup engagement program as part of Mastercard Start Path, an accelerator program for fintech startups, aiming to support companies working with digital assets, cryptocurrency and blockchain.
Key Takeaways Pfizer earnings and revenue growth both outpaced analyst predictions. The company has delivered over 1 billion doses of its COVID-19 vaccine developed with BioNTech. Pfizer’s business excluding the COVID-19 vaccine has achieved 10% year-over-year operational revenue growth, indicating strength outside of that key area as well. Pfizer Earnings Results Metric Beat/Miss/Match Reported Value
(Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) For more than a decade, the stock market has been shrinking, thanks to share buybacks, leveraged buyouts, cash-based M&A and bankruptcies. That’s all changed recently with the massive supply of IPOs — both of traditional companies as well as SPACs. Patrick Healy, CEO of private equity firm
Pfizer has raised its full-year revenue projections for its coronavirus vaccine by almost a third after the shot helped the drugmaker to almost double its sales in the second quarter. The US group, which markets a widely used Covid-19 vaccine along with Germany’s BioNTech, upgraded its 2021 revenue forecast for the shot to $33.5bn from
A BGC Partners employee in London has admitted he owes the company £14.7m after the US broker-dealer sued, alleging a years-long fraud. Michael Viney, a tax adviser who the company has suspended, said in a court filing that he was liable to repay BGC the cash but did not address whether he improperly received the
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE The latest volatility in China — with regulators in Beijing attempting to rein in several sectors of the Chinese economy — is only the latest blow for international investors. “The invest-in-China mantra has always been based on the idea that China was going
RIAs embraced technology in 2020, a year that saw new challenges brought on by the pandemic — and it paid back big time, in more clients, assets and revenues, according to Charles Schwab’s 2021 RIA Benchmarking Study, released on Tuesday. “2020 created an atmosphere of innovation that helped advisors reimagine how they engage with clients,
Alphabet (GOOGL) reported blowout Q2 results, topping both earnings and revenue estimates driven by heightened online activity and growth in digital advertisements. Shares of Google’s parent company were trading around 3.5% higher in pre-market trading at the time of writing. Adjusted earnings almost trebled to $27.26 per share, beating Street estimates of $19.20 per share.
In this article MCD BA PFE SPOT SHOP-CA AAPL Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: McDonald’s (MCD) – The restaurant chain reported adjusted quarterly earnings of $2.37 per share, compared to a $2.11 consensus estimate, with revenue also topping Wall Street forecasts. U.S. same-store sales surged 25.9% while global comps were up
Sharing is Caring! by David Haggith Interestingly, you’re about to find out that the fall in housing prices and home sales may power us further into high inflation for longer. We are entering a situation that could turn into a true oxymoron where lower prices equal higher prices as early as this week at the Fed’s
Nick Ron, CEO of House Buyers of America, is a tech-savvy industry veteran with over 20 years of experience as a real estate investor. As we emerge from the variables and uncertainties of the past 18 months, we are witnessing what appears to be a total renaissance in real estate: the realization that people no longer
With the government in Beijing cracking down on their operations, Chinese miners have been on the lookout for other jurisdictions. Providing low-cost energy, Iran has emerged as a prospective destination. However, the country’s state-owned power utility has expressed concerns over a possible influx of miners and illegal imports of mining hardware from China. Tavanir Warns
At what point do you achieve financial independence? Is it when you don’t care whether the market goes up or down? Is it after your last child graduates from college? Is it when you simply don’t care about money anymore? You have your own definition of financial independence for one very good reason: it means
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board reached a deal for an improved treatment of the Puerto Rico Infrastructure and Finance Authority rum tax bonds with two bond insurers, which had been key opponents of the central government debt deal. The board announced the deal with Ambac Assurance and Financial Guaranty Insurance Company Tuesday morning in a
Silver prices re-broke down on Tuesday after testing trend line support on Monday. The silver drop came as copper prices retraced, despite a decline in the U.S. dollar. Since silver prices are quoted in U.S. dollars, generally, when the dollar declines, silver receives a bid. Softer than expected, U.S. Durable Goods orders weighed on the
How many times do we need to PROVE SILVER MANIPULATION before it comes to an end? 10? 100? 1,000?? What happens when… by Bix Weir of Road to Roota How many times do we need to PROVE SILVER MANIPULATION before it comes to an end? 10? 100? 1,000?? What happens when the REGULATORS are part
Pennsylvania-based Bitcoin mining firm Stronghold Digital Mining has filed for a $100 million initial public offering (IPO) with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm filed its S-1 form on July 27 and if given the green light by the SEC, Stronghold intends to list its Class A common stock on the
What Is Market Share? Companies increase market share through innovation, strengthening customer relationships, smart hiring practices, and acquiring competitors. A company’s market share is the percentage it controls the total market for its products and services. Understanding Market Share Market share is calculated by measuring the percentage of sales or percentage of units a company
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, speaks during a TV interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images The boss of cryptocurrency exchange Binance says he’s willing to step down from his role as the company seeks to become a regulated financial institution. Speaking at a virtual press
Big Tech profits have surged to unexpected heights, even as the global economy has started to emerge from the coronavirus pandemic that gave a boost to the biggest technology companies last year. Earnings announced by Apple, Alphabet and Microsoft on Tuesday showed that demand for digital services and gadgets has continued to soar, making tech the biggest beneficiaries of
We’ve been driving 100 per cent electric since 2014. Our first car barely made 65 miles on one charge in the winter, resulting in frequent “range anxiety” on trips longer than the school run. The fact that we still managed to go as far as Devon and Manchester is entirely thanks to the Electric Highway.
Market appreciation, larger sales and massive inflows to wrap advisory accounts helped boost one of the largest wealth manager’s profits by more than 50% in the second quarter. Minneapolis-based Ameriprise’s Advice & Wealth Management unit raked in nearly half a billion dollars in pretax adjusted operating earnings with a bump of 380 basis points over
In this article TDOC SBUX GOOGL AAPL The logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google outside the company’s office in Beijing, China, August 8, 2018. Thomas Peter | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines Tuesday after the bell: Alphabet — Google-parent Alphabet saw its shares jump about 3% after a blowout quarterly earnings report. The technology
Sharing is Caring! by Michael Snyder Throughout the first half of 2021, there was a tremendous amount of optimism about the U.S. economy. Many believed that the pandemic would soon be behind us and that a new era of great prosperity would soon be upon us. But now the optimism that we witnessed is fading
The current housing boom will flatten in 2022—or possibly early 2023—when mortgage interest rates rise. There is no bubble to burst, though prices may retreat from panic-buying highs. The boom produced some frantic buying, bids in excess of asking prices, and plenty of worry among would-be homeowners. But this has not been a bubble. A
simonlong | Moment | Getty Images Consumer losses due to Covid-related fraud have topped $500 million, as criminals rip off the unwary in a variety of schemes ranging from online shopping to travel, according to data from the Federal Trade Commission. The agency has received more than 558,000 complaints from consumers related to the pandemic
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