By Tony Sagami On April 8, 201901:04 PM Eastern
"Crypto[currency] is a far better way to transfer value than pieces of paper, that's for sure."
-- Elon Musk
There is no shortage of hoopla surrounding the immigration situation at the...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On April 8, 201912:28 PM Eastern
I hate cannabis; I wouldn’t touch it with a ten-foot pole. But I love the medical miracles it’s creating.
And whether you hate it or love it, there’s no denying its unstoppable march to...
By Jon D. Markman On April 8, 201906:28 AM Eastern
Stocks wobbled around the unchanged line during most of the Friday session before levitating around 3 p.m. and rumbling into the close with decent if lethargic gains. Trading volume in the past...
By Sean Brodrick On April 6, 201912:00 PM Eastern
Platinum is the rarest of the world’s precious metals. But it’s also seen its price beaten far down below that of gold and palladium.
Now, it looks like investors are seeing a bargain they can’t...
By Tony Sagami On April 5, 201905:00 PM Eastern
As the son of a western Washington vegetable farmer, I have always been acutely aware of the seasons.
The first day of spring brought a lot more than pretty flowers and green grass on our farm....
By Jon D. Markman On April 5, 201903:22 PM Eastern
Stocks are edging uneasily higher today, on track to extend the S&P 500’s win streak to seven sessions in a row, but only in the most lethargic and soporific manner possible. Trading volumes in...
By Jon D. Markman On April 5, 201903:20 PM Eastern
Stocks mostly drifted higher over the past week like snowflakes shifted into reverse, as investors were amused by the latest White House promise that trade talks with China were going swell and...
By Sean Brodrick On April 5, 201910:07 AM Eastern
The big news this morning is that the U.S. created 196,000 new jobs last month. This beat expectations of a rise of 179,000 jobs. Despite rising layoffs in retail, new jobs in healthcare and...