Month: June 2022

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) – Finnish lithium developer Keliber Oy today announced that municipalities of Kaustinen and Kronoby have granted a building permit for Keliber’s
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What Is the Glass-Steagall Act? In 1933, in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash and during a nationwide commercial bank failure and the Great Depression, two members of Congress introduced an act, known today as the Glass-Steagall Act (GSA), that would separate investment and commercial banking activities. At the time, improper banking activity–the
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Henry Yoshida isn’t a fan of referring to alternative investments as, well, alternatives. He understands that is how they’re categorized by the industry and consumers. But for the co-founder and CEO of Rocket Dollar, investments into things like real estate, private equity and even digital assets are far from fringe. Instead, he believes they are
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Following the conclusion of the fourth annual NFT.NYC conference, attendees took the opportunity to reflect upon a week of artistic inspiration, community networking and developer innovation from within the nonfungible token (NFT) space. A sequel to last year’s popular debut, The Digital Diaspora event on June 19 served as a dedicated exhibition, panel discussion, and
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Topline A leading indicator for housing market activity—pending home sales—unexpectedly jumped in May and reversed six straight months of declines, according to new data from the National Association of Realtors on Monday, though experts warn that higher mortgage rates will continue to weigh on demand. Key Facts Pending home sales, which measure signed contracts on
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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) – The G7 is set to announce a ban on imports of Russian gold it was announced this weekend. U.S. President
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Unable to actually raise interest rates enough to change the speculative mindset, all that central banks can do is hope to scare us into… by Bryce McBride (of Pembroke Observer) and Workbook for the new I.B. Economics The messaging coming out of the Bank of Canada and other central banks is clear: rising inflation is
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Cruise ship stocks were among the biggest winners in Friday’s rally. Carnival (CCL) shares were up over 12%. Royal Caribbean (RCL) and Norwegian Cruise (NCLH) shares were both up over 15%. The jumps came after Carnival forecast a core profit for the current quarter as the cruise operator returns to full operations, even as surging inflation and
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After the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade on Friday, ending women’s right to abortions nationwide, some banks jumped into a highly charged social policy debate that the industry long sought to avoid. Both JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America made it known that they are generally following the lead of Citigroup, which recently
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Shares of GMS Inc. (NYSE: GMS) have been rising since the company announced its results for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022 last week. GMS is a leading North American distributor of specialty building products like wallboard, ceilings, steel framing, and complementary construction products. GMS’s Q4 FY22 revenue increased 38.2%
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Tencent, the Chinese technology and entertainment giant, announced the creation of its own metaverse-driven division. The division, named the extended reality unit, will be the one tasked with encompassing all metaverse-driven efforts, including hardware and software developments. According to reports, the company aims to employ over 300 in this unit, with Tencent giving it big
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Earlier this month, the National Academy of Social Insurance released its new report, “Economic Security for the 21st Century.” It came out of the Academy’s 2019 – 2021 Economic Security Study Panel, the goal of which was to “assess economic insecurity and present policy options to better provide stable and adequate income,” with twin objectives
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Mediators for the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority on Thursday asked bankruptcy judge Laura Taylor Swain for another month extension in the mediation, which would bring it to Aug. 1. Swain told all parties to respond to the proposed extension by noon Monday.  When Gov. Pedro Pierluisi ended the last restructuring deal (Restructuring Support Agreement),
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