Investment Watch Blog

https://twitter.com/MinskyCap/status/2092432916131270797 For the better part of the last four years, Wall Street can do no wrong. Since early June, the Dow Jones Industrial Average have rocketed to fresh all-time highs. Although catalysts have been bountiful, with the evolution of artificial intelligence (AI) and better-than-expected corporate earnings each playing a key role, historical headwinds are mounting … Read more

Details by state For detailed information on each state’s voter ID laws, click the links below. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North … Read more

Democratic-controlled states on Wednesday filed another lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting in this year’s midterm elections. The action, filed by about two dozen states against the U.S. Postal Service, marked a new phase in the high-stakes litigation just two days after the Supreme Court ruled against them in … Read more

Multiple people were killed, including children, after a madman opened fire at a house in Montana before setting the property ablaze. Cops were called to the house in Billings just after 6 p.m. Sunday after reports of a shooting and a family disturbance, reported the Billings Gazette. Officers arrived some 10 minutes later and heard … Read more

Meta just agreed to pay up to $17 billion to settle the child-safety lawsuits brought by states. That’s an enormous number. But honestly, the money isn’t the most interesting part. Meta made $201 billion in revenue last year. It had $90.3 billion in cash and marketable securities at the end of June. It can write … Read more

One of America’s most dangerous volcanoes could one day unleash a disaster resembling the tsunami-like flash flood and landslide that devastated Nepal. Washington’s Mount Rainier is an active, heavily glaciated stratovolcano looming over more than 3.3 million people across the Seattle-Tacoma metro area, with ice-covered slopes capable of unleashing deadly torrents of mud and debris … Read more

The Iran war is not staying overseas. Fox News just reported that JPMorgan is warning we could be heading into a global food crisis because of the war in Iran under Trump. This is a big deal, and honestly, everyone needs to be paying attention to what this could mean for food prices and supplies … Read more

As teachers and families head back to school, one of the largest teachers’ unions has launched a boycott of Target. The American Federation of Teachers announced the “Shop Smart, Support Working Families” campaign last Wednesday. “We said, ‘Stand with the community and if you don’t stand with the community, we’re shopping somewhere else,’” said Randi … Read more

WASHINGTON — Central Intelligence Agency Director John Ratcliffe flew to Russia to hold unspecified talks in Moscow, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The person declined to say whom was Ratcliffe meeting with or what was the focus of the talks. The CIA declined to comment. It’s Ratcliffe’s first known trip to … Read more

An 84-year-old senator can stay invisible for months, keep the paycheck and the vote, and the system just shrugs. That is the real story, not the death rumors. Why aren’t more Americans outraged that Mitch still gets his salary while plenty of Americans can’t find a job or eat dinner? Why aren’t people rising up … Read more