by Chris Kimble Inflation seems to be a thing of the past… but current trading in bond and commodity markets tell us that it could become a thing of the future! Inflation hasn’t been an issue, or even on our radar, since the 1980s. Sure, the 2007 surge in oil prices offered some concern but the
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A GameStop store is pictured in New York, January 29, 2021. Carlo AllegriI | Reuters Shares of GameStop surged more than 100% on Wednesday as investors poured into the brick-and-mortar retailer amid a C-suite shake-up. Shares were halted with less than 30 minutes left in the trading day and the stock ended the day up
The world’s big central banks are fuelling a bubble in technology stocks that will lead to a “clean-out” on global equity markets, the chairman of Australia’s $135bn sovereign wealth fund has warned. Rock-bottom interest rates and bond-buying programmes put in place to cushion the impact of the pandemic last year have left economies and markets
Business groups and opposition politicians have this week strongly criticised Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon over coronavirus lockdown easing plans that are markedly more cautious than those unveiled by UK prime minister Boris Johnson for England. But comparative data through the winter wave of the pandemic suggest that Sturgeon’s greater willingness to maintain restrictions has
Rockefeller Capital Management added to its growing advisor ranks and branched out into the Centennial State. The New York-based firm picked up a four-member team from Merrill Lynch to staff a new office in Denver. The group includes advisors Matthew Richeda and Christopher Farr; Christopher Nazzaro, senior client associate; and Anna Miller, client associate. Richeda
India’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Unocoin, has adopted the blockchain-based Unstoppable Domains, which simplifies crypto transactions by turning blockchain addresses into human-readable web URLs. Announced on Wednesday, the partnership between Unocoin and Unstoppable Domains — both funded by Silicon Valley investor Tim Draper — is expected to reduce remittance costs and simplify the transaction process for
Property managers need to ensure that their websites are accessible to people with disabilities. getty As the internet has become indispensable to everyday life, particularly during the pandemic, business owners have had to make sure their websites are accessible. Multifamily landlords are likely familiar with Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires that
A pedestrian walks by the closed GAP flagship store on August 18, 2020 in San Francisco, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Gap said Wednesday it will invest $140 million to construct a distribution center in Longview, Texas, as part of its effort to double its online business over the next two years. Upon completion,
Thailand seeks to introduce a new set of rules for retail crypto investors, specifically targeting those who want to open accounts. The Thai financial watchdog could require domestic crypto exchanges to ask traders for proof of income. Thai SEC Could Also Ask Crypto Investors to Prove Their Knowledge of the Market According to a Bloomberg
Getty getty Inevitably retirement planning discussions with my clients include listening to stories about their parents and grandparents. Frequently, clients like to reminisce about how their family members from previous generations handled their money. For some investors, these personal experiences serve as the benchmark for how they will plan their own financial future. Unfortunately, the
The Tennessee State School Bond Authority netted a record low interest rate on its largest ever bond sale, which will save state colleges and universities almost $112 million in net present value interest cost savings over the next 24 years. Jefferies priced the authority $713.4 million of taxable higher education facilities refunding bonds the week
A run on gold has propelled it to an all-time high in August 2020 when it nearly doubled from its 5-year nadir, fueled by an overheating stock market, a raging pandemic and massive stimulus packages from governments around the world. But you still might not have missed the mega-rally. Gold Rush 2.0 could just be
Fortunately, the market allows short selling… by Robert Murphy via Mises Amid the controversy over GameStop, many cynics argued that something sinister was clearly afoot because the hedge funds had shorted 138 percent of the outstanding shares. In this article I’ll review that particular claim, as well as another seemingly dubious practice, so-called naked short selling. My conclusion is
The US Postal Service took its time deliberating who will win the coveted contract to replace its aging delivery fleet. While the losers will bemoan the months waiting in suspense, for the winner – Oshkosh (OSK) – the long wait will matter little. After several delays on the final decision, on Tuesday, the company was
A shopper walks toward a GameStop store in Ottawa, Illinois, April 1, 2019. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell on Wednesday: GameStop – Shares of the gaming retailer surged 61%, building on their massive surge during the regular trading session as traders weighed a C-suite
The stock market is warning us that a real bloodbath could be around the corner. Let’s take a look at some charts. The market action of the last week has been extremely problematic. On the surface things look relatively benign. The S&P 500 fell to test support and its 50-day moving average (DMA) and bounced hard. All
Since its inception in 1978, the 401(k) plan has grown to become the most popular type of employer-sponsored retirement plan in America. Millions of workers depend on the money that they have invested in these plans to provide for them in their retirement years, and many employers see a 401(k) plan as a key benefit
Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images The firm that provides clearing and settlement services for brokers proposed shortening the time it takes to settle a trade, amid the GameStop controversy that caused brokerages like Robinhood to restrict trading. The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation, or DTCC, outlined what a T+1, or one-day settlement period,
InterContinental Hotels Group, owner of the Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza brands, has warned that the difficulties of the “most challenging year” in its history have stretched into 2021 as new strains of coronavirus force countries to close borders and limit travel. Keith Barr, chief executive, said recovery was “totally related to vaccines”. A senior
Investors have moved to protect themselves against further falls in the value of Ark Investment Management’s flagship fund, a key vehicle for everyday investors betting on Tesla and other high-growth stocks. The number of put options outstanding on the ARK Innovation exchange-traded fund — which would pay off if the ETF’s price declines — has
Robo advisors rebounded from a tough first quarter to finish 2020 with strong investment performances. The average automatically managed portfolio returned 14.90% on equity holdings and 6.3% on fixed income, according to Backend Benchmarking, a research firm that analyzes the performance of the industry’s leading digital advisors. Over the five years that Backend Benchmarking has
Institutional investors continue to pour money into the crypto sector even with the current dip below $45,000. On Feb.24, business intelligence firm MicroStrategy announced that it had recently purchased over $1 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC) at an average rate of $52,765 per coin. This takes the company’s total holding to 90,531 Bitcoin. Another company
A living room at Common Frankford Common When most people think of coliving or living with roommates, their first thought might be sharing a mediocre apartment, the inevitability of needing to the electric bill, and who gets to keep the coffee table once the lease is over. But coliving doesn’t have to be this way.
Kathy Kraninger, former president Donald Trump’s appointee to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images “Big deal” Both are a type of qualified mortgage, a category that carries legal protections for lenders from consumer lawsuits. That may happen, for example, if borrowers can’t make monthly payments and lose their homes to
On Sunday, February 21, the price of bitcoin touched a new all-time high (ATH) at $58,354 and at the time, inflow into exchanges spiked as well. According to data from the onchain analysis firm, Santiment, stats indicate that exchange inflow jumped 11x on Sunday and data also shows one whale address was responsible for the
My mother and aide flickr Editorial/Getty Images The massive pandemic relief bill that the House is likely to approve by the end of this week includes billions of dollars in new funding for government long-term services and supports (LTSS) for frail older adults and young people with disabilities. But the most far-reaching change may be
While lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are optimistic that highway spending has the bipartisan support it needs to pass this year, there is growing concern about the viability of broader infrastructure spending moving on the same timetable. During a Senate Environment and Public Works Committee hearing Wednesday, EPW Chair Tom Carper, D-Del., said
Spot silver prices (XAG/USD) are trading lower as a result of a renewed surge in US bond yields. The pickup in activity in the US government bond market, where the US-10 year and the 30-year yields have cleared 1.40% and 2.20% respectively, has forced capital out of the non-yielding metals and into the bond market.
The Consumer Price Index is a complete and total lie… by Jason Burack of Wall St For Main St The food price index run by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has jumped to 113.3 points – just short of the 117.5 hit in 2008, but still some way below 2011’s peak (Arab Spring)