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By Jon D. Markman On June 15, 202106:28 AM Eastern
Stocks lurched Monday to fresh record highs. It wasn’t pretty, but there are no extra points for smoothness or style. The Nasdaq continued to outperform as strength for technology issues pushed...
By Jon D. Markman On June 15, 202106:00 AM Eastern
It was another wild weekend for the cryptocurrency market.
Bitcoin (BTC) popped again, and Jim Bianco is leaving little doubt about why.
I’m fascinated by what’s happening in crypto,...
By Jon D. Markman On June 14, 202102:40 PM Eastern
Stocks are stunted today as the reopening trade continues to flounder and tech stocks try to rebound.
I wrote last week that the reaction to the latest consumer price data is weird at best....
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By Tony Sagami On June 14, 202109:00 AM Eastern
Prices of stocks — like for just about everything else under the sun — continue to rise.
Indeed, the S&P 500 Index pushed out to a new all-time high on Thursday, June 10, the same day the...
By Sean Brodrick On June 14, 202106:00 AM Eastern
While uranium’s price has been rising slowly ...
... it’s nothing compared to the doubles, and even triples, we’ve seen for some uranium mining stocks since last fall.
What’s going on?
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By David Dittman On June 13, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Editor’s Note: Financial Anchor Jessica Borg is working on a longer-term assignment this week. She’ll be back with another great interview next Sunday. Milton Friedman famously said,...
By Mike Larson On June 11, 202112:00 PM Eastern
It’s happening again — a fresh bout of real estate mania. But it’s not just housing prices that are soaring! Inflation is popping up everywhere, from commodities traded on Wall Street to consumer...
Holy cow! Did you get a load of those inflation figures yesterday?
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) surged 5% in May from a year ago. That was up sharply from 4.2% a month earlier and well ahead...
By Tony Sagami On June 11, 202106:00 AM Eastern
It’s said that “knowledge is power.” That’s truer today than ever because the world — you and me, too — are generating mountains of information every single day. The invention of Wi-Fi, the...
By Jon D. Markman On June 10, 202106:28 AM Eastern
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Publication Schedule: We will skip publication Friday and Monday as I plan to visit my son and daughter-in-law in Austin, Tex. for an early Father’s Day.
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It was a third consecutive...