The online review website Yelp is giving the woke mob a new tool to use… by Simon Black of Sovereign Man Are you ready for this week’s absurdity? Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring
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If the stock market’s ups and downs this year have taught us any enduring lesson, it’s a repeat of an old stand-by: the importance of setting up a steady income stream, to keep the portfolio profitable no matter how the individual shares move. Dividends are a key part of any investment income strategy, giving investors
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Zoom Video — Shares of the video conferencing company gained more than 3% after Mizuho initiated coverage on the stock with a buy rating and $550 target. “We believe Zoom can continue to deliver outsized revenue growth due to its position as a market leader, its global
by Martin Armstrong QUESTION: I thought big police forces are malinvestment just like big government. doesn’t returning to hard money reduce malinvestments? BF ANSWER: These people can no longer fund themselves by borrowing. I have been advising in Europe that the Euro could never become a major reserve currency without a single debt. They are now looking
Japan has become one of the top 10 most popular destinations for U.S. students studying abroad. According to the President of the Institute of International Education, Dr. Allen E. Goodman, “International experience is one of the most important components of a 21st-century education, and study abroad should be viewed as an essential element of a college degree.”
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday highlighted multiple parts of the market where he sees stock prices rising and can continue to rise, whether lawmakers in Washington agree to another round of stimulus spending or not. American consumers and small businesses, grappling with double-digit unemployment and a pandemic-induced downturn, are waiting to see if lawmakers will
Germany’s hospitals are bracing themselves for an influx of Covid-19 patients in the coming weeks as health experts warn of an “exponential” rise in new infections. The country has recorded one of the lowest numbers of Covid fatalities among the large industrialised countries, and its infection rates have been far less alarming than other EU
Dear readers, People will ask their doctor to sign them off from work, as needed, to provide evidence that their illness is acute. Not President Donald Trump, who demands that his doctors stand in front of the TV cameras declaiming on his rapid recovery from coronavirus. He demanded his doctors gave permission for him to
Some are calling it “a la carte stimulus,” with aid for airlines in Column A, PPP aid in Column B. Whatever it is, hopes for stimulus — preelection, postelection, comprehensive package, stand-alone deal, whatever and whenever — is supporting breakouts in cyclicals like industrials, materials, consumer discretionary and banks. Many big names like Caterpillar, Eaton
The Secure Act allows contributions to be made to traditional IRAs after age 70 ½ — but that’s now optional for IRA custodians. Who knew? The IRS, which recently released a notice stating their version on how certain provisions of the Secure Act, which became effective Jan. 1 and which significantly affected retirement accounts, will
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has seen a recovery during the past week, surging by nearly 6.5% since Oct. 2. The resilience of the dominant cryptocurrency has traders pleasantly surprised, as many analysts anticipated a larger pullback. Following BTC’s rebound above the critical $10,500 support level to just over $11,000, the sentiment is turning optimistic.
NAI Hiffman recently completed a lease for an e-commerce company for two last-mile warehouses in the … [+] near-in Chicago suburb of Cicero, Ill. NAI Hiffman Much has been written about the pandemic-precipitated problems plaguing real estate’s commercial sector. But with office and retail-oriented real estate feeling the ill effects of COVID-19, there’s one sector
Prospective home buyers arrive with a realtor to a house for sale in Dunlap, Illinois. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images The number of mortgages in active pandemic-related bailouts plunged in the past week as the first wave of forbearance plans hit the end of their six-month term. It was the largest decline since the
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist Tim Draper has invested in Indian cryptocurrency exchange Unocoin despite regulatory uncertainty and reports of a possible crypto ban in India. Unocoin has seen the number of new users grow 10-fold since the supreme court quashed the banking restriction by the central bank. Investments Flow Into Crypto Sector in India
Treat Medicare Open Enrollment like you’re buying a car. getty Do you remember how much time you spent shopping for the last car you bought? One study said car buyers spend almost 15 hours. Now, think about your Medicare Advantage plan. How much time did you spend checking that out? There haven’t been any official studies but,
Action in the municipal bond market focused on the competitive arena on Thursday as billions of dollars of deals hit the screens. The Dormitory Authority of the State of New York led the way in a rare competitive sale, offering almost $2.5 billion of personal income tax receipt bonds. Municipals traded little changed for most
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) – Gold is ending the week on the front foot as the precious metal pushed 0.89% higher overnight. Despite this, the
What Trump said might be true. He might even have already become cured of the disease… by Eric Zuesse President Trump told Fox Business News’s Maria Bartiromo, on October 8th, “I don’t think I am contagious at all.” The most contagious period of an infection with the Covid-19 or coronavirus-19 virus is the pre-symptomatic phase
GenMark Diagnostics shares jumped 12.6% in the after-market trading hours on Thursday as the company announced strong preliminary results for the third quarter. Separately, the company also announced that its ePlex Respiratory Pathogen Panel 2 (or RP2) has received Emergency Use Authorization from the US FDA. Currently, GenMark (GNMK) expects its 3Q revenue to rise
Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images Even with election year volatility and no stimulus package in sight, it looks like the stars are aligning for a fourth quarter stock market rally. Technical analysts say they see underlying trends that signal strength and further gains, including broader groups of stocks participating, like small
by Michael Snyder Everything that has happened in 2020 so far has set us up for a grand finale that none of us will ever forget. This year we have already witnessed the worst public health crisis in about a hundred years, widespread lockdowns all over the nation, a crippling economic collapse and civil unrest
The foreign exchange market (forex or FX) is a decentralized global market in which trading does not occur on an exchange and does not have a physical address for doing business. Unlike equities, which are traded through exchanges worldwide, such as the New York Stock Exchange or the London Stock Exchange, foreign exchange transactions take place
Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein sees speculative elements across markets for stocks and bonds. Blankfein, a billionaire who served as Goldman’s CEO from 2006 to 2018, said Thursday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that low interest rates were essentially creating free money for big institutional investors. After keeping rates low for years after the 2008
Northern Ireland has toughened penalties for breaking coronavirus rules and made it compulsory to wear face coverings in more locations as the region’s devolved government grapples with surging infections and a sharp post-lockdown recession. France has moved another four towns into a state of “maximum alert” against the pandemic, closing bars and imposing strict rules
Ivan Morozov, painted by Valentin Serov . . . © Alamy . . . and by Konstantin Korovin © Getty Images A century of Russian society through the prism of a painting collection: Natalya Semenova’s biography of Ivan Morozov has jewel-like focus yet epic scope, reads as sumptuously as a 19th-century novel, and makes stunning use of material still emerging
WASHINGTON — Morgan Stanley was slapped with a $60 million fine by regulators Thursday for risk management problems tied to a 2016 data breach. The consent order by the Comptroller of the Currency cited failures at both Morgan Stanley Bank NA and Morgan Stanley Private Bank NA related to the shutdown of two wealth management
Negotiations between six legal firms over $8.3 million in attorney’s fees awarded from Tezos’ $25 million class-action settlement has descended into “unseemly mudslinging,” according to lawyers representing Block & Leviton LLP (B&L) and Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP. The $25 cash million settlement agreement with Tezos (XTZ) was approved in September, ending class-action claims that
An apartments for rent sign is displayed outside a residential building in Hells Kitchen as the city continues Phase 4 of re-opening following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on August 18, 2020 in New York City. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images The number of apartments for rent in Manhattan tripled in September,
The Kohler Setra kitchen faucet in not only touchless but also responds to verbal commands. Photo courtesy of Kohler You come into the house from shopping and you want to clean your hands to avoid bringing any bacteria or viruses in – the touchless faucet is the perfect next step. This way you don’t have
On October 6, 2020, the RIF (RSK Infrastructure Framework) development team announced that the Makerdao project’s DAI stablecoin is now available via the smart contract protocol RSK. According to the software engineers, RIF developers leveraged the RSK-Ethereum token bridge and individuals can now utilize the Ethereum-based stablecoin across a myriad of decentralized applications (dapps). The