Despite the cost of LPL Financial’s steep growth rising faster than its revenue in the third quarter, the firm isn’t showing any signs of removing its foot from the gas pedal. The nation’s largest independent broker-dealer generated slightly less net income than the year-ago period even though LPL has reached an industry-leading headcount of nearly
Month: October 2021
In this article MSFT AAPL GILD Starbucks coffee shop logo seen at one of their stores. Stephen Zenner | LightRocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. U.S. Steel — Shares of U.S. Steel gained more than 15% as the company’s quarterly results beat top and bottom line estimates. U.S.
Sharing is Caring! From Birch Gold Group This week, Your News to Know rounds up the latest top stories involving gold and the overall economy. Stories include: How and when gold will take inflation’s cue, Venezuela’s forced adoption of a “gold standard,” and engineers are looking to utilize gold to store more than just monetary wealth.
Attractive features can play a significant role in how fast a property is rented or sold. While existing properties may have limitations on what perks can be integrated, a new property offers a blank slate. But how can developers know which features to focus on? In short, it’s wise to consider their customers’ current and
On October 29, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) protocols is around $243 billion with Curve capturing 7.76% of the dominance. Meanwhile, as ethereum has the largest dominance of TVL in defi, a number of alternative blockchains are seeing significant increases every week. Moreover, the TVL in cross-chain bridge technology has reached
Yesterday, the Biden administration unveiled its new iteration of the “Build Back Better Bill,” proclaiming that it is “fully paid for.” But this is far from true. While it has indeed reduced the overall scope of spending, eliminating such programs as paid leave and Medicare dental benefits, and trimming the scope of other benefits, the administration’s
The Build Back Better legislation unveiled by the White House yesterday not only failed to include municipal market priorities but may also hurt demand for muni bonds by institutional investors. The bill features a new 15% corporate minimum tax that would apply to the adjusted financial statement income for corporations with more than $1 billion
(Bloomberg) — Silver’s on a slippery slope as the unwinding of pandemic-era stimulus and industrial disruptions from the global energy crisis threaten recent gains. Most Read from Bloomberg The metal is poised for the first monthly advance since May, alongside gains in gold, on concerns that power shortages and supply-chain snarls will keep inflation persistently
This long-overdue wealth rebalancing will change a lot of things, including… by John Rubino of Dollar Collapse Years (and years) ago, I was an unskilled 17- year-old who needed a job. So I drove out to a “foundry” (a factory that makes things out of molten metal) on the edge of town and asked if
For crypto to be a permissible asset for to back an ETP or other structured product, it must meet five criteria: A high level of institutional support and acceptance; reputable and experienced service providers to support the products; a mature spot market; regulated futures markets for trading derivatives and robust and transparent pricing mechanisms.
Tinkoff Investments, the online brokerage of major Russian private bank Tinkoff, is researching cryptocurrency investment services despite the Bank of Russia withholding the bank from launching such tools. Tinkoff Investments head Dmitry Panchenko claimed that the bank’s brokerage portal is considering projects related to cryptocurrency investment but it’s too early to discuss specific ideas. The
Individual investors have continued to surge into the market in 2021, with the pandemic playing a key role in giving people the time to take control of their portfolios. Comparing costs has become less straightforward, however, as most online brokers have eliminated the trading fees that were the easiest method of direct comparison. To evaluate
Tesla shares do not care if you hate them. You may think their eye-popping ascent, which this week dragged the company up to a $1tn valuation, represents the final death throes of a foolish, cultish trading culture that treats favoured shares like loyalty tokens, and you have a point. But it doesn’t matter. The punchline:
Shares in Volvo Cars rose by almost a fifth as the Chinese-owned premium carmaker made its stock market debut after a lengthy and potholed journey to being listed. Volvo’s Chinese owner Zhejiang Geely, which will still own about four-fifths of the carmaker, was forced last week to convert its vote-heavy shares into normal stock after
In this article AAPL Halfway through third-quarter earnings season, and there are two key catalysts: Demand is strong. Cost inflation and supply-chain issues are the main headwind, but companies are learning to navigate through them. In some cases, supply chain disruption has taken a serious toll. Apple CEO Tim Cook said supply chain issues had cost
After two straight quarters of smaller recruiting at Stifel Financial, the wealth manager has returned to its usual influx of financial advisors and opened more avenues into the firm. In an earnings call with analysts after the firm disclosed its third-quarter results on Oct. 27, Stifel CEO Ron Kruszewski described independent advisors as “an advisor
As far as the eye can see cargo trucks wait in long lines to enter The Port of Los Angeles as the port is set to begin operating around the clock on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021 in San Pedro, CA. Jason Armond | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images As the pandemic recedes, it has
Sharing is Caring! by Charles Hugh-Smith Santa is generally a jolly fellow, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t take pleasure in meting our well-deserved punishment to the greedy. Nothing is more predictable than a stock market rally starting in early November and running into mid-January–Santa’s rally. And since it’s so predictable, why not front-run the rally
In the online game, as in the show, competitors take part in six contests, with players eliminated in each round. An fee is required to enter each game, starting at SQUID 456 for the first and increasing as the tournament progresses. The majority of the fees are pooled together to make up the winner’s reward,
With Los Angeles home prices hitting stratospheric levels, some buyers are looking elsewhere. For the same price they might spend on a teardown, buyers are considering authentic properties, estates, and timeless mansions worldwide, including France. Looking for prime real estate abroad is a time-honored tradition. In 170, Malcolm Forbes purchased and restored the 17th-century Chateau
Ethereum defi protocol Cream Finance suffered an exploit yesterday that allowed attackers to steal $130 million from its holdings. The news was first revealed by Peckshield, a blockchain analytics company that discovered a flash loan had exploited the platform. This is the third hack the protocol has suffered in its history, being exploited for $36
The landscape of the financial planning industry is changing rapidly with the growth of technology, and everything these days seems to be moving towards automation. So can a computer algorithm or a mobile app replace the need for financial advisors, or is there still value in a traditional financial advisory relationship? An influx of robo-advisors.
Municipals were steady but with a firmer bent as new issues were the focus even as volatility in U.S. Treasuries returned and yields swung higher, moving the 20-year bond above the 30-year. Triple-A benchmark yields fell one to two basis points, with the larger moves outside 10 years. Municipal-to-UST ratios fell as a result, with
[embedded content] Real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 2.0% on an annual basis in the third quarter. Stagflation should now be a risk on investors’ minds, said Peter Berezin, chief global strategist at BCA Research. “I wouldn’t bet on it being as bad as [the 1970s]. I think the Fed would try to cool down
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CryptoPunks have a floor price – a term referring to the lowest price at which a piece from a particular NFT collection can be bought – of 100 ETH, and the punk in question, #9998, lacks desirable features from a collector’s perspective, leading some to believe the purchase was a “fat finger,” a term referring
The price of Ethereum (ETH) has bounced to a new all time high (ATH) today as it hit $4,400.97 at around 1:02 am UTC, according to the ETH/USD price indexs on Coinbase and Coinmarketcap. At the time of writing, ETH is currently priced at $4,380, with the asset surging around 46.6% since the start of
Social networking giant Facebook, Inc. (FB) has announced that, as of Oct. 28, 2021, its parent company has been renamed and rebranded as Meta. According to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the new name is supposed to reflect the company’s ambitions to be a leading player in the metaverse, which he says will be the future of
North Korea has alighted upon another “magical solution” to combat chronic hunger: eating black swans. Last weekend, Ri Jong Nam, chief secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea in the North Korean province of South Hamgyong, opened a centre for the rearing of black swans at the Kwangpho Duck Farm on the country’s east
Are the rich worried about inflation? Or about persistently low interest rates? The answer is both. In a Goldman Sachs survey of family offices, two-thirds of respondents said they were looking closely at inflation. And the same share said they had their eyes on ultra-low rates. You might conclude that the wealthy — and their
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