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Mike Larson On
July 21, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Blue Origin pulled off a successful rocket launch this week, adding Jeff Bezos to the “Billionaire Astronaut Space Club” list alongside Richard Branson.
The stock market, on the other hand,...
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David Dittman On
July 20, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Here’s the thing about financial markets right now: They’re a mess. That goes for the old-school as well as the new.
Indeed, the still-developing cryptocurrency market is a directionless mess,...
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Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On
July 19, 202101:09 PM Eastern
The stock market’s taking a hit today — especially in the Dow, off more than 800 points in midday trading.
Big institutions are worried about the COVID-19 Delta variant, what it could do to...
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Tony Sagami On
July 18, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Like a monster from an old creature feature, an ugly beast once again looms over Wall Street.
I’m talking about inflation.
And if I needed any more confirmation, this week’s consumer price...
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Tony Sagami On
July 16, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Longtime readers know I was raised on a vegetable farm in Western Washington. Like all farmers, my father worked like a madman with purpose. What I mean is he worked like a madman because that’s...
By
Kelly Green On
July 15, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Have you ever wondered who the largest money manager in the world is? Spoiler: It’s BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK). The company now has approximately $9.5 trillion under management.
For the first...
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Mike Larson On
July 14, 202106:00 AM Eastern
The “Money Flood” is a massive wave of cheap liquidity and abundant stimulus, the likes of which we’ve never seen.
I’ve said over and over that it’s pointless to fight it. Your best bet is to go...
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David Dittman On
July 13, 202106:00 AM Eastern
It can be hard for many (and impossible for others) to discern a viable trend amid the kind of chop (and the noise) we’ve experienced lately in equity markets.
For some, like my colleague Sean...
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Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On
July 12, 202111:07 AM Eastern
Three years ago, we turned the crypto world upside down when we released the world’s first ratings of cryptocurrencies.
Now, we’re about to do something even bigger.
But before we go public...
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Jessica Borg On
July 11, 202106:00 AM Eastern
A single word has garnered a ton of attention lately: “transitory.”
It’s how the Federal Reserve characterizes rising asset prices in industries across the board. But not all economists agree...