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By Mike Larson On April 29, 202005:00 PM Eastern
First, the junk bond market boomed.
Next, it went bust.
Then, the Federal Reserve bailed it out.
Finally, that sparked a new mini boom.
More than anything else in recent weeks, THAT...
By Tony Sagami On April 27, 202004:16 PM Eastern
When your father is a farmer, you see very little of him during the spring and summer.
My mother solved this problem by gently insisting she and I ride with him on the three-times-per-week...
By Jon D. Markman On April 27, 202001:10 PM Eastern
The curve is flattening. The shutdown phase of the COVID-19 pandemic is almost over. The next step, testing, is being queued up.
On Friday, President Trump signed a $484 billion extension to the...
By Sean Brodrick On April 23, 202006:27 AM Eastern
Here’s a joke for you: A beautiful young lady was walking across a field in Oklahoma and comes across a talking frog. The frog said, “Lady, please help me. I’m the CEO of an oil company. I was...
By Mike Larson On April 22, 202004:53 PM Eastern
This is the week the oil market imploded. And no, that isn’t hyperbole.
The benchmark price of a barrel of U.S. crude oil started trading in the high-teens early Monday. But before long, selling...
By Jon D. Markman On April 20, 202001:59 PM Eastern
Restaurants and retailers all over the country have stopped accepting cash. And you can blame COVID-19 for this rapid shift away from paper to plastic.
On Friday, Techcrunch reported that Google...
By Sean Brodrick On April 18, 202005:00 AM Eastern
Apparently, all we need is a crisis for people to decide that some laws are just silly.
Just look back to prohibition. Good intentions ran rampant, leading to silly laws prohibiting personal...
By Sean Brodrick On April 16, 202007:45 AM Eastern
Now, did you read the news today?
They say the danger has gone away
But I can see the fire’s still alight
They’re burning into the night.
Oh, Superman, where are you now?
When every...
By Mike Larson On April 15, 202005:24 PM Eastern
To figure out where we’re going, you have to understand where we came from.
Many on Wall Street and in Washington D.C. still don’t grasp that concept. But as an investor, you shouldn’t make that...
By Jon D. Markman On April 15, 202004:30 PM Eastern
The unthinkable is happening: Ad sales at Facebook and Google are falling. Analysts predict annual revenues at both firms will decline for the first time ever.
That’s the focus of this New York...