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 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 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...
By Mike Larson On April 5, 201908:00 AM Eastern
There’s an economic Royal Rumble going on right now … and depending on its results, we could see vastly different market reactions.
In one corner, you have the U.S. economy. The interest-rate...
By Jon D. Markman On April 5, 201906:28 AM Eastern
Stocks mostly drifted higher on Thursday like snowflakes shifted into reverse — investors were amused by the latest White House promise that trade talks with China were going swell and entering...
By Juan M. Villaverde On April 4, 201904:00 PM Eastern
Three days ago, I sent you a special Flash Alert telling you the long crypto bear market was finally over.
It didn’t take long for my alert to pan out: Just a few hours later, Bitcoin shot up so...
By Jon D. Markman On April 4, 201903:21 PM Eastern
Stocks are drifting mostly higher on Thursday as investors were happy to hear the White House declare that the trade talks with China were entering their final phase.
Through 2:45 p.m. ET, the...