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By Mike Larson On March 31, 202106:00 AM Eastern
There’s a crucial boardroom scene in the 2011 movie “Margin Call” in which a junior mortgage analyst reveals to the investment bank’s CEO that they’re sitting on an enormous pile of toxic mortgage...
By Sean Brodrick On March 30, 202106:06 AM Eastern
In 1824, Danish physicist and chemist Hans Christian Ørsted heated and mixed two compounds together, producing a lump of metal that looked a lot like tin. It wasn’t until 1845 that German...
By Jon D. Markman On March 29, 202112:21 PM Eastern
Shares of ViacomCBS Inc. (Nasdaq: VIAC) traded 50% lower last week, leading to jubilation among bearish investors who have complained about valuations … but they might want to put the celebration...
By Sean Brodrick On March 27, 202102:00 AM Eastern
I thought gold — and miners — had bottomed. While they have been bumping along in the same area, we haven’t seen them head higher … yet. They will. In the meantime, we can make our shopping...
By Alex Benfield On March 25, 202104:00 PM Eastern
The entire cryptocurrency market is in the red today, as both market leaders lost ground at key support levels. Is this another brief correction or, perhaps, a longer cooling-off period?
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By Sean Brodrick On March 25, 202106:27 AM Eastern
Vaccine deployment is ramping up, and people are looking to return to their everyday lives. We’re looking at a potential economic boom. And with the right investments, it could be a boom time for...
By Kelly Green On March 25, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Last week, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) deposited around 90 million stimulus payments. So many people saw their stimulus deposit hit last Wednesday that the Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC)...
By Mike Larson On March 24, 202106:00 AM Eastern
What would Sen. Everett McKinley Dirksen say if he were alive today? Considering the size, scope and costs of the Biden administration’s spending plans, we can surely imagine.
Dirksen, of...
By Sean Brodrick On March 23, 202105:20 AM Eastern
You can’t spell “zinc” without the letter “z,” and you might think this topic could give you a case of the ZZZs and put you to sleep. But do NOT snooze on this! There is an opportunity for...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On March 22, 202112:09 PM Eastern
Martin here with an early warning:
The yield on 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds has just doubled in the last eight months.
It was 1.18% on Aug. 4 of last year; now, it’s 2.45%.
A...