The economic calendar is a big one, compressed into a holiday-shortened week. There are no reports scheduled for Tuesday, and I have a suspicion that the A-Teams may be a bit slow in returning to work. With the big news coming at week’s end, and the need for fresh copy on Tuesday I expect the…
We have questions: Can self-driving cars ever be safe? How dangerous is Alexa? Will artificial intelligence (AI) take my job? Do cryptocurrencies empower terrorists? Can a cardiac pacemaker be hacked? We have concerns: Fake news, fake ads, fake accounts, bots, foreign governments interfering with our elections … Is technological innovation good or bad? The courts…
While much has been written on these pages about the perplexing – and record – plunge in volatility across most asset classes, and especially stocks, over the past year, a time of unprecedented political and social uncertainty, which has left most market professionals scratching their heads, there is another even more vexing question that has…
At the end of an amazing year in which cryptocurrencies went up 100-fold and blockchain stocks went ballistic we created a list of 20 Blockchain stocks. Our research team was really among the first ones in the world to provide coverage on Blockchain technology, and what it means for investors. Our Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin and Ripple were not only…
JPMorgan is one of the most well-known financial management companies in the world. The company pioneered innovative, inflation-protected municipal products. Its primary principle is to understand the needs of its clients and advice the best investment solutions for surplus returns. It has a legacy of investment management since 1865. Also, JPMorgan is one of the…
USD/JPY moved sideways in a trading range between 110.84 and 114.73. As long as 110.84 support holds, the sideways move could be treated as consolidation of the uptrend from 107.31, and another rise to test 115.50 resistance is still possible after the consolidation. On the downside, a breakdown below 110.84 support could take price to…
Should people have a guaranteed basic income? How about a guaranteed job? “Down With Tyranny” (DWT) asks What Sounds Better To You– Guaranteed Basic Income Or Federal Job Guarantee? That’s a lot like asking: Would you rather lose your left leg or right arm to cancer? Striving for “Full Employment” DWT claims defines full employment as…
On Dec. 29 Bill Ackman announced that Pershing Square was settling an insider trading securities class action. To quote: Pershing Square and Valeant have agreed to split the $290 million total settlement such that Pershing Square will pay $193.75 million and Valeant will pay $96.25 million. But Mr Ackman seems to think that a settlement of…
We’ve made it through 2017. The first-season installment of presidential Tweetville is ending where it began, on the Palm Beach, Fla., golf course of Mar-a-Lago. Though we are no longer privy to all the footage behind the big white truck, we do know that, given the doubling of its membership fees, others on the course will have higher…
The year 2017 has been great for the overall broader market. However, large-cap stocks have performed better than small caps. Hopes of solid growth in the U.S. economy have been high given promises of deregulation and fiscal reflation made by President Donald Trump. U.S. consumer sentiment is hovering around a decade high. Things are shaping…
