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By Remi Lukosiunas On July 11, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Today we have what seems to be a limitless number of options to choose from for our personal finances. Savings and checking accounts, mortgages, and auto loans from various financial institutions...
By Remi Lukosiunas On June 27, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Just like with most financial institutions, credit unions know that lending is one of the driving forces behind growth.
The more loans they give out, the more money they can make — which can...
By Jon D. Markman On June 26, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Oil prices have crashed from $52 to $42 in the last month. And China’s the culprit, say Wall Street analysts.
China is an easy mark: Ghost cities, capital flight, shadow banking, rising dissent...
By Mandeep Rai On June 21, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Tech stocks may have caught a breather last week, and the S&P 500 may have dipped. But investors didn’t miss a beat. They were busy flooding the stock market with new capital!
As of last...
By Jon D. Markman On June 14, 201702:00 PM Eastern
In the near future, scientists will engineer food that grows faster and does not spoil.
This is the promise of CRISPR/Cas 9, a game-changing gene-editing tool.
Bioengineered food could end...
By Mandeep Rai On May 24, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Markets move in patterns and they do so based on triggers. If you understand those patterns and their market implications (whether positive, negative, or indifferent), it allows you to figure out...
By Jon D. Markman On April 26, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Most people are self-driving car skeptics. They just can’t imagine the cumbersome robot cars we see in the media today will ever become good or cheap enough for widespread use.
A big hurdle is...
By Mike Larson On April 10, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Late Thursday night, U.S. military forces launched 59 cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield. The strike came in response to a chemical weapons attack that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad unleashed...
By Jon D. Markman On April 5, 201702:00 PM Eastern
U.S. shale oil producers need help.
Saudi Arabia and other OPEC members want to drive the shale producers out of business. So, the OPEC cartel floods the market with cheap crude oil to keep...
By Mike Larson On March 6, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Money, money, money, mmmooonneeyy. MONEY!
No, I’m not singing the theme song to the Apprentice TV show, or the 1973 soul/funk song from The O’Jays it came from. I’m talking about the driving...