Investing in 2020 has been an adventure. In a roughly six-month span, the widely followed S&P 500 lost over a third of its value, clawed everything back, and even gained. It was the steepest 30%-plus bear market decline we’ve ever seen, as well as the quickest rebound to new highs […]
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Washington — Former White House adviser Stephen Bannon has pleaded not guilty to charges of wire fraud and money laundering Thursday, after federal prosecutors in New York announced that Bannon and three others were indicted for allegedly defrauding donors to a $25 million fundraising campaign to build a wall along […]
Federal prosecutors on Thursday unsealed indictments against one-time presidential aide Steve Bannon and three others on charges of taking money donated to help build a wall along the southern border. Bannon, Brian Kolfage, Andrew Badolato, Timothy Shea “and others orchestrated a scheme to defraud hundreds of thousands of donors,” according […]
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon was arrested Thursday on charges that he and three others ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme to build a southern border wall, making him the latest in a long list of Trump associates to be indicted […]
When you’re putting the finishing touches on your home decor, finding the perfect wall art is often one of the last tasks to get checked off the to-do list. Art is not only an investment, but it can also be very personal, making it difficult to find pieces that resonate […]
It may only be tiny violins that most people would play for overworked junior investment bankers on Wall Street. But their concerns do raise some interesting questions for investors about the profit surge in the industry. In recent weeks, there have been several reports of complaints by people who do […]
Do you miss traveling and need to be reminded of past adventures? It’s time to print your vacation photos and display them on a wall. While you’re at it, mix up the medium. In art talk, that means include a canvas print, painting and maybe a small sculpture or memento […]
The Roblox game world that has won over children around the world and became a pandemic hit scored big on Wall Street Wednesday, as newly listed shares surged. The company’s shares listed under the symbol RBLX on the New York Stock Exchange closed the trading day up 54 percent to […]
Within the past couple of weeks, many of us have been slammed with major pandemic fatigue. We’re burnt out. We’re expected to be productive at work or to parent (or oftentimes both) as though we haven’t been living in hell for the last year. The winter has been bleak and […]
Amid the violent economic disruptions of COVID-19, a flurry of high-priced (and possibly overvalued) year-end IPOs, and other 2020 events, a few stocks have “slipped through the cracks” when it comes to Wall Street and general investor attention. While these neglected stocks may seem to be gathering dust and cobwebs […]
Wall Street can seem like a citadel, so it is with unreserved glee that many have kept tabs on the GameStop saga this week. For once, the underdogs were getting flush—and even better, seemingly screwing over hedge funds in the process. On WallStreetBets, the Reddit forum where it all began, […]
Nice try, Leon. You must think we are pretty stupid, gullible, or insane to believe the tale you spun to Dechert, the Wall Street law firm, about your decades-long involvement with Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted pedophile. Well I, for one, am not buying it, not any of it, and neither […]
If you’ve been online at all this week, congrats: You’ve been recruited as a spectator in a game of financial Calvinball. For a quick recap: GameStop, a mostly brick-and-mortar store chain that has been hit hard in the pandemic, became the target of a bunch of people coordinating on Reddit, […]
Wrapping up the first month of 2021, a few things are coming clearer, some facts and trends that will define the coming year. The clarity on the political front appeared to buoy sentiment, as the Democrats gained a slim majority in Congress following the Georgia runoff elections. The Biden Administration […]
Permit me one more Donald Trump story in order to share a theory making the rounds on Wall Street about how the former conniver in chief is going to make more money now than ever before. It involves a con, of course. It’s important to remember why the twice-impeached former […]
(PA) The FTSE 100 was set to make a lacklustre start to the week with only modest gains, despite the record performances seen on Wall Street. The index in London was expected to gain just 15 points to 6710 in early trading, according to CMC Markets trading data. European stocks […]
PARK COUNTY • “Whooaa,” Jim Barry remarks, as one of his Boy Scouts slips nearly 50 feet up a frozen waterfall. The teenager is secured, harnessed. The fellow Scout belaying digs his feet into the ground and quickly stops the fall. “Good catch!” Barry shouts, adding to the applause here […]
PARK COUNTY • “Whooaa,” Jim Barry remarks, as one of his Boy Scouts slips nearly 50 feet up a frozen waterfall. The teenager is secured, harnessed. The fellow Scout belaying digs his feet into the ground and quickly stops the fall. “Good catch!” Barry shouts, adding to the applause here […]
Airbnb rings the opening bell for its IPO on Thursday. Angela Lang/CNET It’s been a long time coming. Speculation over Airbnb’s initial public offering has been in the works for at least half a decade. On Thursday, the short-term home rental company made its debut on Wall Street with its […]
TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks That Could Reach New Highs The markets have been on a tear of late despite the headwinds presented by the novel coronavirus pandemic. The question is how long this will last?Writing from Goldman Sachs, the firm’s chief US equity strategist David Kostin says that the […]
Now, following a remarkable comeback, the home-sharing company is set to make its long-awaited Wall Street debut just as the pandemic worsens and once again throws the state of the travel industry into question. Airbnb is poised to begin trading on the Nasdaq on Thursday under the stock ticker “ABNB.” […]
Airbnb will ring the opening bell for its IPO on Thursday. Angela Lang/CNET It’s been a long time coming. Speculation over Airbnb’s initial public offering has been in the works for at least half a decade. Now the short-term home rental company plans to make its debut on Wall Street […]