Asian share markets are lower today as Japanese and Hong Kong shares fall. The Nikkei 225 is off 0.1% while the Hang Seng is down 0.4%. The Shanghai Composite is trading down by 1%. Wall Street’s three major indices closed lower on Thursday, with tobacco stocks leading a tumble in consumer staples while concerns about smartphone demand hurt the technology…
S&P 500 The S&P 500 fell during the trading on Thursday, breaking below the 2700 level. After forming the shooting star and Wednesday and look as if we were running out of strength, and that seems to be the case now that we have rolled over during trading on Thursday. Even with this move, it…
Free dating sites close down. Only paid sites remain. You might not know this, but Congress just wiped out the casual dating scene in mid-March when they recently signed into law the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA). This intent of this law is to hold websites accountable for any content on their site that may lead…
On a global scale, the U.S. economy is massive at close to $19 trillion in size. However, the United States is also the sum of its parts. America represents the union of 50 states and other jurisdictions such as D.C., and all of these state-level economies have their own unique problems to overcome, drivers of…
On a global scale, the U.S. economy is massive at close to $19 trillion in size. However, the United States is also the sum of its parts. America represents the union of 50 states and other jurisdictions such as D.C., and all of these state-level economies have their own unique problems to overcome, drivers of…
We began Part 1 with the Donald’s bogus tax day boast that the American economy has come roaring back. But that falsehood merits further debunking because it succinctly embodies the kind of context-free, anti-historical, bad money-populism that prevails on both ends of the Acela Corridor. On this Tax Day, America is strong and roaring back. Paychecks are climbing. Tax rates…
We’ve suspected for a while now that investors weren’t really as bullish as the quick look at the chart would suggest. Mostly, they’re indecisive, not really sure what to expect. After Thursday’s closing bell rang, we know for sure. The S&P 500 topped exactly where we would have expected it to on Wednesday, but with…
We heard it quite frequently mentioned last quarter in restaurant earnings calls: the effect of weather. Any restaurant veteran knows it matters, but how much and over what period of time? Weather does matter, but it impacts unequally and sometimes in short bursts. . Research says that retail spending is positively influenced by sunlight, lower…
Video length: 00:15:16 Rates jumped higher today and stocks didn’t react well. In this video newsletter update find out what kind of options strategies you should be using and what to expect tomorrow. Watch this video right now so you’re not blind sided by the market…
The prompt month May natural gas contract plummeted almost 3% today, initially touching the $2.79 level yesterday and briefly moving below the $2.66 level today. Losses were not significant just at the front of the strip, but rather all along the natural gas strip, as oversupply fears pushed prices through 2019 down just as much. …
