Republican senator defends chief justice Lisa Murkowski’s full statement on voting against witnesses includes a defence of John Roberts, the Supreme Court chief justice who has been presiding over Donald Trump’s impeachment trial: It has also become clear some of my colleagues intend to further politicize this process, and drag the Supreme Court into the
Month: January 2020
While physicist Sir Isaac Newton is widely viewed as the leading authority on gravity and motion, economist Benjamin Graham (1894-1976) is lauded as a top guru of finance and investment. Known as “the father of value investing,” Graham excelled at making money in the stock market without taking big risks, by evaluating companies with surgical
Two Ways to Purchase Stock BUYING AT SUPPORT You can purchase when the stock bounces off the support and is heading in an upward direction. Support buying is typically healthier than resistance buying in terms of risk management. BUYING AT RESISTANCE You can purchase as the stock clears the resistance area. Buying at resistance is
Kevin Matras goes over why some people lose in options more than others and how to turn the odds of success in your favor.
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Michael Corbat, CEO, Citigroup, speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2020. Adam Galica | CNBC Citigroup is making a push for investors’ dollars with a new digital robo-advisor that’s free for customers with at least $50,000 in deposits or investments at the bank. That’s the threshold needed to qualify for
One year after filing for bankruptcy, PG&E has worked out deals to borrow money and guarantee more than $25 billion in payouts to wildfire victims, insurers and local municipalities. It’s even come to terms with bondholders. As a result, its shares have skyrocketed 37 percent so far in January. Mizuho upgraded the stock this week
Roger Thomas Clark, an alleged operator behind the Silk Road darknet marketplace and advisor to founder Ross Ulbricht, pleaded guilty to “conspiring to distribute massive quantities of narcotics,” prosecutors announced Thursday. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York said in a press release that Clark, who was known online as “Plural
Pending home sales, which measure signed contracts, not closings, dropped 4.9% in December compared with November, as the supply of homes hit a record low during the month. Sales were projected to rise 1% month to month. December is historically the slowest month of the year in the housing market. Despite the month-to-month drop, though,
Bitfinex, the world’s seventh-largest bitcoin exchange by trade volume, has launched margin trading for Tether Gold (XAU₮), enabling traders to execute more advanced strategies on the yellow metal in a digital form. As of Jan 30, 12:00 UTC, traders are now able to execute on margin using Tether Gold against pairings such as tether’s native
It was a record day in the municipal market in a couple of different ways, as yields descended further to new record lows on both the 10- and 30-year and the market saw the lowest yield ever for a 100-year bond. Primary marketMorgan Stanley priced the University of Southern California’s (Aa1/AA/ / ) $320 million
The impeachment trial of Donald Trump was set to end without hearing from witnesses after a key swing Republican senator announced he would oppose extending the proceedings to allow further evidence, clearing a path for the acquittal of the US president as early as Friday. Lamar Alexander, one of four Republican senators Democrats needed to
Over the past week or so, Ripple has been in the news after it emerged that the company is exploring the option of actually going for an initial public offering at some point. However, in a new development that might not please XRP fans, it has emerged that as many as 93.5 million tokens of
However, you have retired in the middle of a recession, with a volatile stock market, fluctuating energy prices, and low interest rates. Here are some measures you can take to keep stormy economic conditions from drowning your retirement plans. To Retire, or Not to Retire Whether or not you should postpone retirement will ultimately depend
China’s currency weakened past a key level with Asian and European stocks selling off as fresh concerns over the coronavirus outbreak rippled through global markets on Thursday. The offshore renminbi, which trades in major hubs outside mainland China, dropped below Rmb7 to the US dollar for the first time this year. It has tumbled more
Fidelity, the largest online brokerage firm, announced today that it is offering fractional shares trading for stocks and ETFs to its 23 million customers. Fractional trading, or what Fidelity calls “dollar based investing,” allows customers to buy and sell as little as 0.001 of a share using Fidelity’s mobile app for iOS and Android. Fidelity
What Is a Gap? -When a stock ends the day at a certain level and then starts at a new level even though no trades took place. -Gaps are usually from one day to the next. -The reason is that something within the company or industry can change: earnings report, etc. -Weekly charts can also
Kevin Matras goes over a unique way to illustrate why buying more time on options is usually the better value.
This week, by popular demand, David decided to cover the Moving Average Convergence Divergence indicator, more commonly known as MACD. It’s one of the oscillators that are quite popular with traders and being a combination of several variables, it’s considered as a more precise tool than many others. David takes us through the theory behind
Daniel Zuchnik | WireImage | Getty Images Warren Buffett, a life-long newspaper fan and booster, is giving up on his bet that local news would help protect papers in small to medium-sized cities. Berkshire Hathaway is selling its 31 newspapers to Lee Enterprises for $140 million in cash. The deal includes Buffett’s home-town daily, The
Economic growth in the final quarter of the year is expected to be on par with the third quarter’s 2.1%, but it is also likely to herald the start of a slower trend that could continue through the first half of this year. Fourth quarter growth is expected to have been 2.1%, according to Dow
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are Lululemon Athletica Inc., Finisar Corp., and Target Corp. Lululemon Athletica LULU, +1.10% is projected to report first-quarter earnings of 32 cents a share, according to a consensus survey by FactSet. “We believe, given the stock’s performance
Coinbase has launched Coinbase Custody International Inc., a European entity for handling cryptocurrency deposits. Based in Dublin, Ireland, Coinbase said in a blog post that client demand for institutional-grade custodial services drove the move. Separately, a spokesman for the exchange said Coinbase Custody now has $8 billion in assets under custody, up from the $7
The Federal Reserve‘s decision Wednesday to keep interest rates steady came as a relief to many. For good reason. Although the federal funds rate, which is what banks charge one another for short-term borrowing, is not the rate that consumers pay, the Fed’s moves still affect the borrowing and saving rates they see every day.
A greater share of value is being transferred via stablecoins over the ethereum network than its own native cryptocurrency ether (ETH), according to research conducted by crypto data aggregate Messari. In a recent tweet, research analyst at Messari, Ryan Watkins said stablecoin transfer value had “flipped” ethereum’s native currency, ETH. “This is largely the story
Illinois’ persistent fiscal ills took a backseat in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s State of the State address Wednesday to calls for ethics reforms and a recap of last year’s bipartisan passage of a budget and an infrastructure program. “Just look at what a difference a year can make,” said Pritzker, the Democrat who ousted Republican Bruce
The Federal Reserve left its main policy rate unchanged on Wednesday, but made a technical nudge to one of the levers it uses to manage that rate, underscoring that one of the central bank’s key challenges in 2020 will be its tools rather than its policy stance. After a two-day meeting in Washington, the members
Business analysts, also known as management analysts, work for all kinds of businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. While job functions can vary depending on the position, the work of business analysts involves studying business processes and operating procedures in search of ways to improve an organization’s operational efficiency and achieve better performance. Business analysts
The first few weeks of 2020 have been a bit of a mixed bag for the crypto sphere, but one of the most remarkable happenings has been the rally in Chainlink (LINK). The cryptocurrency has gained as much as 50% over the course of the past month and has emerged as one of the tokens
Photo Source: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid. The Charging Bull statue, also known as the Wall St. Bull, is seen in the financial district of New York City, U.S. In 2019, U.S. fund investors continued to prefer passively managed funds over actively managed funds. Long-term actively managed funds (excluding money market funds) witnessed net outflows of $83.7 billion
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