More inflows and tech stocks and other growth stocks are also performing well. More money is being pumped in from all sides, creating a massive bull market that apparently will never end as we are on a permanently high plateau. …
The Biden admin is considering using outside firms to track extremist chatter by Americans online, an effort that would expand the govts ability to gather intel but could draw criticism over surveillance of citizens. @ZcohenCNN & @KatieBoWillCNN reporthttps://t.co/VI7wbYvLXJ — CNN …
(Bloomberg) — Chinese companies are listing in the U.S. at the fastest pace ever, brushing off tensions between the world’s two biggest economies and the continued risk of being kicked off American exchanges.Firms from the mainland and Hong Kong have …
WASHINGTON/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Shares in dual-listed Chinese companies fell sharply on Thursday in Asia after the U.S. securities regulator adopted measures that would kick foreign companies off American stock exchanges if they do not comply with U.S. auditing standards. …
Top New York firms that toughed it out through the pandemic are now considering packing their bags over $7 billion in proposed new state taxes. At least 20 finance and tech companies are already poised to leave for sunny, low-tax Florida, …
A “bust out” is a fraud tactic used in the organized crime world wherein a business’s assets and lines of credit are exploited and exhausted to the point of bankruptcy — Wikipedia. By John E. McNellis, Principal at McNellis Partners, for The …
via Bloomberg: Wall Street banks and hedge funds are closing in on a fix that they hope will clean up an $8 trillion portion of the derivatives market that’s gained a reputation for being one of the shadiest corners in …
via Bloomberg: HPS, Z Capital sold deals that can hold more CCC rated loans Such CLOs offer higher debt returns to compensate for the risk Some of Wall Street’s biggest buyers of leveraged loans are gearing up to profit from a U.S. …
Its time we decentralize everything. Each of the biggest Silicon Valley firms have more actual tangible power and larger budgets than a lot of actual nations. Why not realize that we have no choice but to constrain them as the …
But it will certainly be misapplied and only the largest firms can posssibly micromanage like that and then only with AI: https://tinyurl.com/y8ttlc7y
US Economy Showing Deteriorating Signals As we mentioned, the NFIB small business index is looking great and the S&P 500 earnings growth is strong. However, the Merrill Lynch chart below shows not all companies are prospering. It shows the percentage of Russell 2000 members …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter They Come Under “Intense Scrutiny” by the Pension Funds that Feed Them. But this too shall pass. For the past three mornings, Toys ‘R’ Us has tweeted the countdown of its demise: On Saturday: “Only 6 Days …
by KingPinto On the eve of GDPR, reports are pouring in that a number of tech companies are either closing down or have decided to exit the EU market. https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/technology-44239126 Do you believe these are limited occurrences or will the scope …
by Econ0mist Only firms that allow customers to purchase their own securities are listed here. So the list excludes robo-advisors. Name Minimum investment Low-cost, no commission ETFs Low-cost, no commission mutual funds Low-cost, no commission target date funds Customer service …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FO_Xsfg7Vtc Wow… Talk About A Sneaky Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W5OjpD3trk Synopsis: An important part of coup is the ability to control independent reporters from presenting the news they think is fit to print out across the internet. Tucker Carlson has called Google the largest monopoly of today’s world. So …
Entrepreneurship is at the heart of the American Dream – yet it seems to be harder and harder to stay ahead of the game and make sure that your company is protected on all fronts. Cyber threats appear to be …
Over the past decade, out-of-state drug companies shipped 20.8 million prescription painkillers to two pharmacies four blocks apart in a Southern West Virginia town with 2,900 people, according to a congressional committee investigating the opioid crisis. The House Energy and …
Wolf Richter wolfstreet.com, www.amazon.com/author/wolfrichter An astounding list of the meltdown: PE firms doomed the retailers. One of the big forces in the brick-and-mortar retail meltdown are private equity firms that acquired retail chains via leveraged buyouts during the LBO boom before …
The Securities and Exchange Commission has been inundated with complaints about Wall Street banks and hedge funds reporting astonishing streaks of profitable trading days. The trading firms are producing sizable gains with highly improbable regularity. Virtu Financial, for example, reported that it …
