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Vacation homes are more popular than ever, but before your clients choose their dream escape, have them consider these important questions. read more >>> Source : Realtor.org

I was nearly incapacitated the first time I brought my boyfriend to a work event. It was the fall of 2009, and it had only been a few months since I came out as a gay man. With every handshake, every subtle glance, I wondered: Am I being judged? What do they really think? How […]

As Saudi Arabia cut ties with Iran, experts debate what effect the conflict could have on the oil market. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com

A New Year’s celebration on Wall Street Monday was far from happy, at least for the bulls, as a rout in China stocks overnight fueled a broad sell-off, putting the market in a correction. After falling as much as 3.2%, the Nasdaq ended near its session high but still lost 2.1%. The Dow gave up […]

BRASILIA, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Brazilian cargo ship and port operator Log-In Logística Intermodal SA said on Monday it had received a proposal from Manabi Holding SA to buy a majority stake in the company. read more >>> Source : Reuters

Business at gunmaker Smith & Wesson is going gangbusters. Management just announced it was raising its guidance because sales have been so strong. For its fiscal Q3, it estimates it had $175 million to $180 million in sales, up from its earlier guidance of $150 million to $155 million. This new guidance is much higher […]

For individual investors who like to sell stocks short in bad markets, the head-and-shoulders pattern often provides a reliable entry. IBD founder William J. O’Neil observed in “How to Make Money in Stocks” that when identifying a top in a stock, “head-and-shoulders patterns are among the most reliable.” Yet problems sometimes occur in interpretation. “If […]

BRASILIA, Jan 4 (Reuters) – The Brazilian Treasury issued 40 billion reais ($9.91 billion) in new debt on Monday to provide liquidity for central bank monetary policy operations, the finance ministry… read more >>> Source : Reuters

Jan 4 (Reuters) – Nissan Motor Co will start selling the new Kicks crossover in Latin America this year, Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn announced on a Monday visit to the plant in Brazil that will produce the vehicle. read more >>> Source : Reuters

Chile’s internal revenue service said Monday that it has asked a local court to initiate a criminal investigation of President Michelle Bachelet’s daughter-in-law, Natalia Compagnon, for tax crimes. The IRS’s request concerned alleged tax crimes “related to the filing of maliciously false tax declarations, incorporating false invoices into the accounting of the company (Exportadora y […]

General Motors CEO Mary Barra is taking on the added role of chairman at the nation’s largest automaker. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca

Upon first hearing this you absorbed the advice as wise and common sense. New evidence from scientific studies suggests that this supposedly sage advice handed down by executives, leaders, and HR departments across the globe is simply misguided and wrong. The link between stress and mental health is undeniable. The more stress someone experiences, the […]

Every year at around this time, for the past 6 years, I have sat down in a quiet place to plan out my upcoming year. I’m not a believer in vague resolutions, but rather, I make a list of goals for the year. I start by listing out all of the things I might want […]

Stop me if you’ve heard this before: investing in broad, low-cost index funds is the best way to save for retirement. In the wake of the tech bubble — which saw a lot of average-people-turned-stock-traders lose everything — and the housing bubble — which saw average-people-turned-real-estate-professionals lose everything — a vocal part of the financial […]

Chipotle’s sales are sliding following an E. coli outbreak tied to its restaurants across nine states. The company is expecting same-store sales to decline by 8% to 11% for the fourth quarter, and analysts say the slide could continue for at least another year. To judge how long the damage might last, analysts for Oppenheimer […]

The new year got off to a rough start for many stocks in the Spotlight screen, but several held up well Monday despite the market’s sharp sell-off. Nearly half the stocks in the screen sliced through their 50-day moving averages. Hawaiian (HA) was the biggest decliner, dropping 7%. But TAL Education (XRS), Acuity Brands (AYI) […]

It’s been a turbulent start to 2016 for world financial markets with big drops in the value of shares across the world Monday. The sell-off began in China – where concerns are growing over the quickening pace of the slowdown, as Henry Ridgwell reports. read more >>> Source : VOANews.Com

(Adds strategist comment, details; updates prices to close) * Canadian dollar ends at C$1.3941, or 71.73 U.S. cents * Bond prices marginally higher across the maturity curve By Alastair Sharp… read more >>> Source : Reuters

Brenda Shaffer, Global Energy Center, and Kent Moors, Energy Capital Research, discusses what will happen to oil if the tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran continue to escalate. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com

“The Big Short” is a fierce, funny, wildly entertaining and downright infuriating movie that tells the story of the 2008 subprime meltdown from the perspective of four men who saw it coming. They bought “short” (betting against Wall Street) and made fortunes. It is based on the book by Michael Lewis, who also wrote the […]