Sharing is Caring! by confoundedinterest17 The Federal Reserve is dominating the news today as two Fed regional Presidents have resigned (Rosengren [Boston] and Kaplan [Dallas]) for trading irregularities. Speaking of The Fed, their target rate for inflation is 2%. Yet the Case-Shiller 20 metro home price index just rose to 20% YoY for July. Yes,
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A recent New York case underscored just how easily an exchange of email messages can create a binding contract. Though the dispute involved a litigation settlement evidenced in an exchange of emails, the same principles would apply in real estate contracts or any other area of commerce that involves written agreements. New York’s procedural rules
Verifone, a global payment system provider with 35 million devices in 150 countries, is rolling out crypto payment support in the U.S. in partnership with Bitpay. Verifone’s platform processes more than $440 billion annually. The company says, “the appetite for crypto payments has exploded this year.” Major Retailers Will Soon Be Able to Accept Cryptocurrency
Many families face the issue of a once powerful head of the family, in charge of all finances, now showing signs of dementia. Whether it is diagnosed or not, it is an issue that must be addressed. The family’s financial security can be in jeopardy. It typically starts with an aging parent who has some
Tarrant County, Texas, will be authorized to issue $400 million of transportation bonds if voters approve the proposal Nov. 2. The bond issue by the fast-growing county that includes Fort Worth and its booming suburbs would be its first for transportation since 2006. Proposition A splits the $400 million into two categories. A scene from
Silver is capped by the 38.2% Fibo retracement level and eyes are n the downside. The weekly dojis are about the only bullish prospect on the charts. Silver is on the brink of a significant move either to the downside or upside according to the following analysis of the weekly and daily charts. Silver weekly
Something strange is truly going on at the Comex… by J. Johnson via JS Mineset Great and Wonderful Tuesday Morning Folks, Something strange is truly going on at the Comex (inside the deliveries), with December Gold now down $19 with the trade at $1,733 with the low of London at $1,731.50 and the high
The Ethereum network’s long-planned upgrade to a scalable, proof-of-stake consensus model grows closer as developers set a date for the Altair upgrade. Altair, which is described as the first mainnet upgrade to the Beacon Chain, is scheduled to take place at epoch 74240, or roughly Oct. 27, according to Ethereum Foundation researcher Danny Ryan. Ryan
Netflix (NFLX) is the dominant company in the on-demand media industry, with 167 million paying subscribers around the world. By creating compelling original programming, analyzing its user data to serve subscribers better, and above all by letting people consume content in the ways they prefer, Netflix disrupted the television industry and forced cable companies to
In this article MA The MasterCard logo on a smartphone arranged in Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mastercard is jumping into the competitive installment loan space by allowing banks and start-ups to ramp up their own “buy now, pay later” offers. The credit card giant announced a new program
Treasury secretary Janet Yellen has warned the US risks running out of money by October 18 ahead of her joint congressional hearing with Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell on Tuesday. “At that point, we expect Treasury would be left with very limited resources that would be depleted quickly,” she said in a letter to congressional
A global slide in government bond prices continued on Tuesday, pushing the key medium-term UK bond yield to 1 per cent and knocking European equities markets and Wall Street stock futures. The UK 10-year gilt yield climbed 0.04 percentage points to 1 per cent, a level it has not hit since the market ructions of
Big, occasionally gargantuan, retirement plans are walking the plank in Democrats’ plans to raise taxes. So are millions of far more modest IRAs. The emerging tax bill would ban individual retirement accounts of all types and any size from holding alternative investments intended only for investors whom securities regulators consider “sophisticated.” That means shares in
After a full year of market gains, markets are getting a bit nervous. Inflation is up, US job openings are exceeding the number of unemployed by record amount, and the pile-up of container ships on the West Coast is a continuing reminder that supply chains have not yet recovered from the pandemic disruptions. Taking the
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Ford (F) – Ford is accelerating its push into electric vehicles, with plans for a new U.S. assembly plant and three battery factories. Ford and South Korean partner SK Innovation will invest more than $11 billion in the project. Ford shares rose 3.3%
Sharing is Caring! by David Haggith As I’ve written about extensively, we know the Federal Reserve has painted itself into a corner where it is now pressured to start tapering its quantitative easing earlier than it had been indicating. Now we are seeing signs that the bond market isn’t liking the news out of the
What is a weighted blanket and why might you want one for your bedroom? Are the health benefits real? “There is some evidence that it helps some adults with stress and anxiety,” shares Dr. Adrian Pristas, Center for Sleep Medicine director with Meridian Health in Hackensack, New Jersey. Other claims, like benefits for arthritis pain
The investigation into the Russia-based crypto pyramid Finiko is growing with law enforcement officials in Samara region announcing they have launched eight criminal cases against Finiko associates. Authorities are also working to identify more victims of the Ponzi scheme, Russia’s largest in recent years. Finiko Members Under Investigation in Samara, Russia The Russian Ministry of
Childlessness is something the U.S. Census Bureau has never bothered to explore––until now. Those of us who have a keen interest in solo aging (adults over 55 with no children and those aging alone for other reasons) have been aware for many years of the rise in childlessness among boomers. The reverberations of this rise in childlessness
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board announced concessions to win local government support for a debt deal but the president of the Puerto Rico Senate said he wants more. “We are almost there,” Board President David Skeel said about getting approval on the Plan of Adjustment. “Let’s get to the finish line with the legislation necessary
[embedded content] Both Bitcoin and gold prices have more consolidating to do before moves to new all-time highs happen, said Chris Vermeulen, chief market strategist of TheTechnicalTraders.com. “I think gold is trying to put in a base. I think it’s going to try to range here before $1,700 and $2,000 until the end of the
The problem with Evergrande is that it is not an anecdote, but a symptom of… by Daniel Lacalle via Mises The bankruptcy of the Chinese real estate company Evergrande is much more than a “Chinese Lehman.” Lehman Brothers was much more diversified than Evergrande and better capitalized. In fact, the total assets of Evergrande that are on the brink
Latin American stablecoin issuer Anclap is expanding its Stellar-based stablecoin network by launching a new stablecoin in Peru, Cointelegraph en Español reports. Pegged to Peru’s official fiat currency, the Peruvian sol (PEN), the new stablecoin is designed to enable instant transactions across Anclap’s network, including conversions in other fiat currencies as well as “any other digital asset,”
The Formula for the Marginal Propensity to Consume The standard formula for calculating the marginal propensity to consume, or MPC, is marginal consumption divided by marginal income. This is sometimes expressed as M P C = m C m Y where: m C = Marginal consumption m Y = Marginal income begin{aligned}&MPC = frac{ mC }{ mY
Shares in Chinese property developer Sunac China Holdings jumped after it released a statement denying it had officially sought government assistance as volatile trading fuelled by a crisis at Evergrande showed signs of spilling over in the sector. Hong Kong-listed Sunac had come under intense market pressure after a widely circulated letter from its local
Good morning and welcome to Europe Express. Tomorrow’s EU-US meeting on trade and technology in Pittsburgh may be going ahead, but France is still complaining about aspects of the proposals, pointing to simmering anger in Paris over Washington’s surprise defence deal with the UK and Australia. French diplomats have been formulating last-minute demands for the
Wealth management’s fragmentation makes ranking and classifying fee-only RIAs a difficult and often controversial topic. The lack of uniform standards governing exactly which RIAs are fee-only financial planning firms turns a simple listing of the companies with the most assets under management into an examination of the profession’s highest ideals and a probe of which
Asensus Surgical, Inc. (ASXC) recently announced that the Loginov Moscow Clinical Scientific Center has purchased its Senhance Surgical System. ASXC is a medical device company, which is focused on digitizing the interface between the surgeon and patient. Following the news, shares of the company gained 1.6% on Monday. The stock, however, pared its gains by
Sharing is Caring! by Charles Hugh-Smith The Fed and its minions are about to get what they so richly deserve: the full blame for the coming catastrophe. The key justification for the Federal Reserve’s zero-interest rate policy is that inflation is transitory. Sorry, Fed, inflation is already embedded, i.e. inflation is now a self-reinforcing feedback loop: price leaps
The 2022 paint colors of the year trend towards tranquil, neutral, organic and green. Gone are the intense, saturated hues of the past, and gray, which dominated décor for a while, is definitely in the rear view mirror. From Behr we have Breezeway, a tranquil, pale green-blue hue. Olive Sprig, PPG’s color of the year,
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