Does it irk you to no end seeing your kid stare at the screen for hours on end playing a pretend game? Do you think your child will live a healthier life playing a real game outdoors instead? Are you driven up the wall watching your youngster get irrationally angry at a mindless set of
A prominent voice in the municipal bond space announced his resignation Monday. Rep. Steve Stivers, R-Ohio, announced his resignation on Twitter this morning and said he would be leaving to accept a spot as CEO and president of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce by May 16. He leaves a hole in municipal bond advocacy and
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) – Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan have opposing views on the U.S. dollar As we know recently the dollar has been
Using the same logic as shooting a hole in the barn and then painting the target around it… by Doug French via Mises There is likely no more loathsome federal bureaucrat than the aptly named Louis DeJoy, who, despite supposedly being a successful businessman, has the surefire winner of a business plan to resurrect the
Mutual funds have become an incredibly popular option for a wide variety of investors. This is primarily due to the automatic diversification they offer, as well as the advantages of professional management, liquidity, and customizability. Key Takeaways Mutual funds are popular in part because they offer investors the opportunity to diversify, and therefore spread out
UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s trip to India this month has been cancelled as the country battles a new variant and a surge in coronavirus cases that is overwhelming hospitals. A joint statement by the British and Indian governments said the decision to scrap the visit scheduled for next week was prompted by the “current
That is, of course, the key question being discussed in President Joe Biden’s $2.3 infrastructure plan. The answer hinges on inflation, and whether juicing the economy in this way will move us into years of more robust main street and Wall Street growth, or whether it will take us back to a Vietnam war-era guns
Medical education group Afya Ltd. has acquired health tech company Cliquefarma. The latter operates a free-of-charge website that follows the pricing of prescription drugs, cosmetics, and personal hygiene products in Brazil. Afya (AFYA) CEO Virgilio Gibbon said, “The acquisition of Cliquefarma will enhance our Digital Prescription pillar, creating the opportunity to leverage traffic and GMV
by Amy S. Warning to America: The Greatest Depression of All Times Approaching Worse than 1929 : Be Prepared! The Greatest Depression of All Times Inflation, hyperinflation, financial collapse, societal collapse, and world war III. The only unknown is the timeline. Lowered FED balance sheet, higher than expected unemployment, and the stock market at levels hedge
China’s central bank is looking to enable foreign athletes and visitors to use the country’s digital currency during the Beijing Winter Olympics in 2022, according to a top central bank official. Li Bo, deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, said that the upcoming Winter Olympics could potentially become the first test of China’s
Patrick is Founder and CEO of CARROLL, a national real estate firm combining institutional investment capacity with real estate operations. For decades, the most important word in the multifamily real estate market has been “location.” Proximity to public transportation, closeness to local hot spots or distance to the office are often some of the biggest considerations
While Americans are still getting their third stimulus payments, discussions of tacking on a fourth round of direct payments to Joe Biden’s trillion-dollar infrastructure proposal have started trending. Just recently, a coalition led by Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden and over a dozen Democratic leaders wrote a letter to President Biden asking to get “much-needed
For most financial advisors, no one ever sat down and told us, “Here’s how you should go about your day.” Too many of us started our careers being judged by one single metric—new revenue generation—and the only tools we were given were a booklet in which to write down the names of as many friends
Florida gained 32,900 private sector jobs in March, continuing its rapid pace of employment growth, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity said Friday. “Florida has seen 11 consecutive months of private sector job growth. Our unemployment rate is 4.7% — far below the national rate of 6.0%,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said in a Tweet Friday.
Silver lacks a clear directional bias, as the three-day winning streak stalls. RSI holds above the midline but bear cross on the 1D chart warrants caution. A drop towards $25.25 key support cannot be ruled out. Having failed to find acceptance above the 50-daily moving average (DMA) at $26.06, silver (XAG/USD) sellers have fought back
If the government wants money, The Fed can just print it. The people will still pay for this, of course, but not directly. They’ll pay when they… by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Liberty Report Government is always limited to how much it can tax the people directly. People will ultimately rebel against high taxes.
Bearer bonds are government or corporate issued debt instruments that differ from traditional bonds, in that they’re unregistered as investment securities, consequently no records exist that list the owners’ names. As a result, whoever physically holds the paper on which the bond is issued, is the presumed owner, giving them a greater measure of anonymity
Last Monday, a rumour swirled among Tokyo bankers that CVC’s $20bn private equity buyout proposal to Toshiba had been quietly cooked-up on a golf course. If true — and, while plausible, there is no evidence — it would nevertheless have ranked a distant second among Japan’s most engrossing golf stories of the week. Nothing, of
Pregnant women in the UK can now be offered a Covid-19 shot, government advisers said on Friday, but should not have the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation recommended expectant mothers should only have the BioNTech/Pfizer or Moderna shot. The US will invest $1.7bn to tackle Covid-19 variants, as public health experts
It’s natural to want to buy into a rising stock, so much so that following upward trends as a market strategy has a name: momentum investing. It’s the art of following the upward trends. Momentum investing has its advocates and detractors, as do all investing styles. While past performance does not guarantee future returns, it’s
by Michael Snyder Even though the stock market has been booming and the corporate media is full of talk about “recovery”, there are many communities in the United States where a permanent atmosphere of despair seems to hang in the air. The federal government gives us doctored numbers that show that the national unemployment rate
Many users on social media have started an online campaign for Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan to bring back pro-crypto adviser Zia Ullah Bangash. On Saturday, Bangash, the science, technology, and information technology adviser to Mahmood Khan, the chief minister of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, announced he would resign his position. Bangash cited “unavoidable circumstances” in his
As recently as just a few years ago, it used to be that the hardest part about buying a house for most people was going through the financial colonoscopy of getting approved for a mortgage. Now, that’s the least of buyers’ worries. In virtually every American city right now, many single-family homes hitting the
The most recent Bank of America Fund Manager Survey shows that about three out of four professional investors think that bitcoin is a bubble. The fund managers also rated bitcoin second on the list of the most crowded trades. Recently, investment bank JPMorgan also warned that cryptocurrency as a sector is in a bubble. Bank
What is infrastructure? The website Investopedia provides a basic but perfectly serviceable definition: “Infrastructure is the general term for the basic physical systems of a business, region, or nation. Examples of infrastructure include transportation systems, communication networks, sewage, water, and electric systems.” A significant portion of the spending in the Biden proposal is, indeed, infrastructure
Virginia’s unemployment rate fell 0.1% to 5.1% in March, down from a peak of 11.3% in April 2020 at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state said on Friday. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate continues to remain below the national rate of 6.0%. “Virginia’s unemployment rate is steadily improving and we are making
© Provided by Zee Business Gold Price Today 18-04-2021: Apart from the rising coronavirus pandemic, there is something else brewing up and which could lead to the price escalation in Gold and Silver. Expert Anuj Gupta said that the Geopolitical tension between the US and Russia is triggering a demand for yellow metal as bullion
Another young gold-stock upleg is picking up steam… by Adam Hamilton of Zeal LLC The gold miners’ stocks remain undervalued, strong buys fundamentally. Their stock prices are too low relative to both underlying corporate profitability and prevailing gold prices. That gives gold stocks big potential to power much higher during gold’s next bull-market upleg, which
The allure of Hollywood brings with it visions of posh parties, hobnobbing with the rich and famous, awards shows, and dressing up to the nines. There used to be a time when only powerful entertainment moguls could put their money into movie-making ventures; but, not anymore. Indeed, there may be a way for you to
Many of Europe’s wealthiest football clubs have agreed to join a breakaway “Super League” competition that would mark the biggest transformation of the game in decades. Up to 12 clubs have signed up to a plan, backed by $6bn in debt financing from JPMorgan, to launch a new tournament that would supersede the Champions League,