Influential power-players and companies from the tech world are increasingly dipping their toes into the world of politics. And that’s one of the biggest geopolitical risks going into 2016, argue Eurasia Group’s Ian Bremmer and Cliff Kupchan in their annual list of top risks. “There’s much to be celebrated in the increasing power of the […]
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 […]
It was not a good start to 2016 for the stock market. Stocks in the US followed markets in Asia and Europe lower to start the year deep in the red as the S&P 500 had its worst opening day since 2000 and the Dow had its worst first day of trading since 1932 (which, […]
HONG KONG/BEIJING, Jan 5 (Reuters) – China’s first landing of a plane on one of its new island runways in the South China Sea shows Beijing’s facilities in the disputed region are being completed on schedule and military flights will inevitably follow, foreign officials and analysts said. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Facebook (FB),NetEase (NTES) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) fell sharply Monday, but LinkedIn (LNKD) showed relative strength among Sector Leaders as it emerged from a market sell-off in decent shape. LinkedIn pared losses, finding support just above its 200-day moving average. But its decline Monday did alter the chart. The stock has dropped as much as […]
MEXICO CITY, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Mexican Central Bank chief Agustin Carstens on Monday said that the U.S. Federal Reserve will likely raise rates at a “very gradual” pace this year and that Mexico… read more >>> Source : Reuters
THE owner of the Priory, Britain’s best-known rehab clinic, is being bought by the US Acadia Healthcare in a deal worth nearly £1.3billion. read more >>> Source : The Daily Express
WASHINGTON, Jan 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department on Monday filed a civil lawsuit against Volkswagen AG for allegedly violating the Clean Air Act by installing illegal devices to impair emission control systems in nearly 600,000 vehicles. read more >>> Source : Reuters
FA Insights is a daily newsletter from Business Insider that delivers the top news and commentary for financial advisors. Wages are expected to rise at the fastest rate in 3 years (Korn Ferry) Global people and organizational advisory firm Korn Ferry says wages are expected to increase by 2.5% globally in 2016, making for the […]
CNBC’s Michelle Caruso-Cabrera reports three allies of Saudi Arabia have joined diplomatic action against Iran. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
The investment arm of the Canada Pension Plan has made its entry into the U.S. student housing market through a new joint venture. read more >>> Source : CBC.Ca
When I first started blogging, I had no clue that blogging was hard work. I, like most people started blogging to keep a journal of my conversations and experiences with my kids. As I began to enjoy what I was writing and saw that my audience liked it too, I realized that blogging requires not […]
On Sunday, Saudi officials announced that the Kingdom will sever all diplomatic ties with Iran, and told all Iranian diplomats to leave within 48 hours. The decision came after Iranian protesters attacked the Saudi embassy in Tehran, ransacking and setting fire to the building in retaliation for Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent Shiite cleric […]
Five people are facing charges after a break-in at a Health Canada-authorized medical marijuana producer in central Ontario. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
* General Motors to invest $500 mln in ride-sharing service Lyft read more >>> Source : Reuters
EPA and Justice Department sue Volkswagen seeking at least $16 billion in fines for violating Clean Air Act with cheating diesel cars. read more >>> Source : CNN Money
2015 is nearing a close, and the notion of planning is all around us. Plan your resolutions, plan your budgets, plan your projects. I came across a poem earlier this year that made me think about planning in general. It also brings in the topics of leadership, organizational structure, communication and a stark reality in […]
The US justice department is suing Volkswagen over the emissions scandal that saw the German car giant fit software to millions of cars to cheat emissions tests. read more >>> Source : BBC
* Yen hits 11-week peak vs dollar, highest vs euro since April read more >>> Source : Reuters
By David Randall NEW YORK (Reuters) – The year’s top-performing U.S.-listed global equities fund as rated by Morningstar sees Asian and emerging market stocks as undervalued and primed to outperform in 2016. Kristian Heugh, whose $641 million Morgan Stanley Global Opportunity fund gained 20 percent for the year through Dec. 29, said his fund has […]
Gun maker stocks are surging in a slumping market, as new federal data indicates a sales jump after 2015 ended with more mass shootings and growing political pressure to tighten regulation. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
NEW YORK, Jan 4 (Reuters) – The year’s top-performing U.S.-listed global equities fund as rated by Morningstar sees Asian and emerging market stocks as undervalued and primed to outperform in 2016. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Legendary boxer Mike Tyson now has a Bitcoin-trading app named after him. read more >>> Source : CNN Money
LIMA, Jan 4 (Reuters) – Peru’s central bank sold $80 million in the local spot market on Monday and the sol slipped 0.23 percent to finish trading at 3.422/3.423 per dollar, the lowest in nearly ten… read more >>> Source : Reuters
Stocks held near session lows in early afternoon trading Monday, hurt by a rout in China stocks overnight and increased tension in the Middle East. The Nasdaq slumped 2.5%, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 2.2% and the S&P 500 fell 2.1%. Volume on the NYSE and Nasdaq was tracking sharply higher than Thursday’s levels […]
The U.S. Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency are suing German carmaker Volkswagen for falsifying the emissions on 600,000 diesel vehicles in the U.S. read more >>> Source : CBC.Ca