By Richard Brody | September 5, 2018 Although home ownership, is often, considered, a key component, of the so – called, American Dream, each individual, must consider, seriously, why he would want to own a home, and whether it would be, in his personal best – interest! Owing a home, of one’s OWN, is often, the most wonderful experience,… Read More »
By Jeffrey Kucik | September 5, 2018 President Donald Trump recently threatened to pull the United States out of the World Trade Organization “if they don’t shape up.” His argument is that the organization treats its single-largest investor unfairly, claiming that the U.S. loses “almost all of the lawsuits in the WTO.” Is Trump correct… Read More »
By Shea Karssing | September 2, 2018 The UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy has published statistics the UK’s energy production and consumption. The department released four key publications under the Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 2018: ● Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 2018 ● UK Energy in Brief ●… Read More »
By Steve Selengut | August 30, 2018 Several years ago, while fielding questions at an AAII (American Association of Individual Investors) meeting in Northeast NJ, a comparison was made between a professionally directed “Market Cycle Investment Management” (MCIM) portfolio and any of several “High Dividend Select” equity ETFs. My response was: what’s better for retirement… Read More »
By Erik Gordon | August 28, 2018 Elon Musk shocked the world – including his own car company’s board – on Aug. 7 when he tweeted that he had the “funding secured” to take Tesla private. A little more than two weeks of uncertainty, confusion and a wildly fluctuating stock price later, the billionaire entrepreneur… Read More »
The national flags of Canada, from left, the U.S. and Mexico, are lit by stage lights before a news conference at the start of North American Free Trade Agreement renegotiations in Washington. But Canada’s status is now unsure after the U.S. and Mexico announced progress on a bilateral deal. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Drew Fagan |… Read More »
By Greg Williams | August 28, 2018 “Wow! That was a fantastic negotiation! It’s almost like you had him dancing on a string. How did you learn to become such a powerful negotiator?” Those were the admiring sentiments bestowed on a senior member of a negotiation team by his junior. Do you know how to be… Read More »
By Daniel Joelson | August 20, 2018 Emergency financial situations can happen to anybody and any financial arrangement exercise is not ideal without planning for such occasions. The whole idea of having an emergency fund is to offer a cushion against any unexpected expense. This will ensure it does not have any negative impact on… Read More »
By Brian Lucey and Shaen Corbet| August 17, 2018 The rollercoaster of cryptocurrency pricing is on the downward slope again. Bitcoin has fallen by a quarter in the past month, with other large currencies such as Ethereum and Ripple down more than 40%. So where does this latest bout of losses leave cryptocurrencies? Sceptics point to… Read More »