By Mike Larson On May 8, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Healthcare reform has paralyzed Washington for a couple of months now. But last Thursday, House Republicans cobbled together enough support to pass their American Health Care Act by a vote of...
By Jon D. Markman On May 5, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Providing healthcare is a giant pain. Escalating costs and an aging population are causing a political divide. They are also pushing government budgets to the breaking point.
A pair of startups...
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By Sean Brodrick On May 5, 201712:20 PM Eastern
Gold is trying to bounce. But up or down today, it is still headed for its biggest weekly loss in six months. Silver, meanwhile, has been stuffed in a sack and beaten with hammers.
It’s OK. This...
By The Weiss Ratings Team On May 5, 201708:00 AM Eastern
No, it’s not as compelling a title as “Revenge of the Sith,” the 2005 movie that capped off the Star Wars prequels. But fans did just celebrate their unofficial “Star Wars Day” holiday, so it...
By Mike Larson On May 5, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Stop me if you’ve seen this movie before: Central bankers flood the economy with cheap, easy money. Things go well for a while in the sector that benefits from it. But eventually lenders go WAY...
By Gavin Magor On May 4, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Recent reports show that U.S. insurers had a tough start to the year, racking up an estimated record of $7 billion in insured damages in the first three months of 2017. Most of those losses were...
By Sean Brodrick On May 3, 201703:00 PM Eastern
It’s a great day to buy miners. Let me show you a chart that explains why.
Recently, I posted a chart in one of my Uncommon Wisdom Daily columns, saying how I hoped for gold to pull back to its...
By Jon D. Markman On May 3, 201702:00 PM Eastern
In 1997, a tiny company in Scotts Valley, Calif., came up with a radical business model. The big idea was to use data to change the way average people consume media.
That company was Netflix...
By Mandeep Rai On May 3, 201707:00 AM Eastern
You may not need a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing. But when it comes to determining stock market direction, our proprietary Weiss Ratings Market Barometer can definitely help!
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By Remi Lukosiunas On May 2, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Stashing your cash in one place may not always be the best idea. It’s like picking your investments: You want to diversify your portfolio in case some of them underperform. But from the looks of...
