Month: May 2022

Supply constraints are driving up property prices and rents in Singapore, the chief executive officer of a real estate company said Friday. “You can see a massive gap opening up between demand and supply,” said Hari Krishnan of PropertyGuru. Singapore introduced measures to cool the property market in December 2021, but analysts told CNBC in
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When considering investing in bonds, whether corporate or government, you should fully understand how they work, including their risks and abilities to create the return you seek as an investor. Here are seven essential questions to ask before investing in bonds, whether you are a seasoned investor or a beginner. key takeaways Before investing in a bond, know
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Populist businessman Rodolfo Hernández pulled off a strong second-place showing in Colombia’s presidential election on Sunday, comfortably clinching a run-off next month against former leftwing guerrilla Gustavo Petro. With most results in, Hernández, an outspoken populist who has been compared with former US president Donald Trump, had earned about 28 per cent of the vote,
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Sharing is Caring! by Martin Armstrong The world has been taken over by the “Greens” who want to destroy all fossil fuel production fearing that if the tide turns, they will lose this opportunity. We are seeing the same push from Germany, the United States, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. The AGENDA IS TO ACTUALLY
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Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about how and when spousal benefits can be available for each spouse in turn, drawing divorced spousal benefits with multiple exes and when first payments can be expected. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See
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Infrastructure consulting firm InfraStrategies LLC, which provides infrastructure financing advice to a number of major issuers nationwide, has brought on board Emma Huang from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Authority’s Office of Extraordinary Innovation. Huang follows the firm’s January hire of Joshua Schank, who ran LA Metro’s Office of Extraordinary Innovation, which oversees the agency’s
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[embedded content] Bitcoin and gold won’t protect against geopolitical turmoil, according to Yanis Varoufakis, former Finance Minister of Greece and Secretary-General of MeRA25. “Finding freedom outside of government is a dangerous fantasy,” he said. Varoufakis is also a PhD economist and best-selling author. He spoke with David Lin, Anchor and Producer at Kitco News. CBDCs
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RSK is a layer two smart contract platform with its own blockchain. It operates as a Bitcoin sidechain to provide scalability, off-chain payments, lower latency, and reduced transaction costs. Due to its reduced latency and faster transaction speeds, RSK attempts to expand Bitcoin’s uses by enabling decentralized applications and smart contracts. Learn more about RSK
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Mall-facing retailers like The Gap (GPS) have had a tough time with things lately. That much is clear just looking at Gap’s latest earnings report. Yet, despite the company’s massive premarket loss of 17.8% on Friday, it recovered significantly, finishing over 4% higher. Despite some recovery in the sector and the return of shoppers to
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Sharing is Caring! by _V_L_ Did you hear the one about a country that injected its population with a product to protect them against a disease that wasn’t deadly and ended up killing them with the product instead? And the other one about them giving more and more of it, the less it worked as
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From a desperate investor’s ill-advised visit to Terra co-founder Do Kwon’s house resulting in an arrest, the announcement of a new Terra network, and blockchain talk at Davos, to predictions of U.S. economic collapse if inflation isn’t reigned in quickly, there’s no shortage of action-packed crypto stories this past week. Without further ado, this is
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Bruce Feiler is an excellent author whose newest book, Life Is In The Transitions, refutes much of what we have been taught about successfully navigating life, all while cluing us into something that we already know but rarely say: Life isn’t linear. In fact, Feiler puts it even more starkly: “The linear life is dead.
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Parties in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority bankruptcy asked the judge Wednesday for an extra month to negotiate a debt restructuring deal. The Puerto Rico Oversight Board made the request on behalf of the the Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority, National Public Finance Guarantee, Assured Guaranty, Syncora Guarantee, Ad Hoc Group of PREPA
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