Monthly Archives: April 2018

Go Regulate Yourself

So how do you regulate a new market that is decentral in nature?  Best Answer: Let them regulate themselves It may sound surprising but the world’s two most crypto friendly nations are going this way. Very recently both Japan and South Korea have announced the formation of a self-regulatory program for crypto exchanges. The idea is that those with hands-on experience in…

Some Economics For Tax Filing Day

U.S. tax returns and taxes owed for 2017 are due today, April 17. To commemorate, I offer some connections to five posts about federal income taxes from the last few years. Click on the links if you’d like additional discussion and sources for of any of these topics. 1) Should Individual Income Tax Returns be Public…

Higher Range Again

As I suspected in the post I did just before hitting the sack, this morning is a sea of green, worthy of the Beatles. The reason I think this is important is , as the arrows indicate, it suggests to me we have simply re-entered the higher range between 2680 and 2800 within which we had spent…

UnitedHealth (UNH) Q1 Earnings Beat On Higher Revenues

Have you been eager to see how UnitedHealth Group Inc. (UNH – Free Report) performed in Q1 in comparison with the market expectations? Let’s quickly scan through the key facts from this Minnetonka-based major health insurer’s earnings release this morning: An Earnings Beat UnitedHealth came out with earnings of $3.04 per share, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate…

Morning Call For Tuesday, April 17

Overnight Markets and News Jun E-mini S&Ps (ESM18 +0.46%) this morning are up +0.47% at a 3-week high on expectations of strong S&P 500 Q1 corporate earnings results. Netflix is up over 7% in pre-market trading after it reported better-than-expected Q1 earnings and forecast a bigger-than expected increase in subscribers for Q2. European stocks are…