Month: August 2020

Potential Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:EIGR) shareholders may wish to note that the Founder, Jeffrey Glenn… …read more […]

Investors who take an interest in Camping World Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CWH) should definitely note that the Chairman… …read more […]

Mass protests continue in Belarus, where workers called for an election rerun on Monday. As the president trades barbs with exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, risks of a fight for influence between Russia and the West have grown. Photo: Tatyana Zenkovich/Shutterstock, Nikolai Petrov/Associated Press …read more […]

(Bloomberg Opinion) — In the war against the coronavirus, only one weapon has the potential to ease the conflict quickly: a vaccine. With about 164,000 Americans dead from Covid-19, the economy battered and communities forced into recurring lockdowns, the federal government has made a $10 billion wager that public funds and expertise wedded to private research and production can jump-start a vaccine’s arrival — possibly by early next year.Operation Warp Speed, launched in April, is administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, the Biomedical Advance Research and Development Authority, and the Department of Defense, along with several other …read more […]

We’re perfectly happy on our farm.
We study the markets by day, muse about our thoughts on it all and then go relax by sweating the night away as the sun goes down.
We worked hard to get it. It’s home.
We don’t intend to leave.
So is it “un-American” or disrespectful to our land if we have our eye on another land? You know… just in case.
Second Passports
It’s a hot topic these days. As America locks up, melts down and jumps from right to left, record numbers of citizens are eyeing up a second passport.
Demand is up fivefold this year.
It’s a heck of …read more […]

The external fund manager backed by Berkshire Hathaway’s Charlie Munger, Li Lu, makes no bones about it when he says… …read more […]

Some investors rely on dividends for growing their wealth, and if you’re one of those dividend sleuths, you might be… …read more […]

Top news and what to watch in the markets on Monday, August 17, 2020. …read more […]

Yahoo Finance Reporter Jessica Smith takes a look at the history of former Vice President Joe Biden’s politics and how he became the 2020 Democratic nominee for President. …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is the latest firm to boost its year-end price target for the S&P 500, as a relentless rally off the March lows leaves strategist predictions in the dust.David Kostin raised his forecast for the benchmark U.S. gauge to 3,600 from 3,000, joining the likes of Yardeni Research founder Ed Yardeni and RBC Capital Markets’ Lori Calvasina who’ve upped their forecasts in recent weeks. The rally has caught many investors by surprise, with the S&P 500 now sitting at 3,372.85 — 51% off its March lows — and threatening to eclipse its February closing record. …read more […]

Aug.17 — Sanofi has agreed to acquire Principia Biopharma Inc. in a $3.4 billion deal. The move comes as the French drug maker pivots toward innovative therapies to spur growth. The all-cash deal will see Sanofi taking full control of the U.S. autoimmune drug maker. Bloomberg’s James Paton reports on “Bloomberg Markets: European Open.” …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — This month’s selloff in U.S. government bonds could spark a correction in equity markets before a new cycle of stock gains, according to Morgan Stanley.“There is growing evidence that long term nominal yields are making a secular trough with several near term catalysts that may extend last week’s rise,” strategists including Michael Wilson wrote in a note on Monday. “Such a development could prove to be very challenging to many equity portfolios that likely embed higher long duration risk than may be appreciated.”Ultimately, a selloff in equities would likely kickstart a new bull market in stocks, the note …read more […]

Aug.17 — John Hardy, head of FX strategy at Saxo Bank, discusses U.S.-China tensions, the Presidential election and the dollar which has been under increasing pressure since late March after the Federal Reserve pledged unlimited liquidity to support an economy hurt by the coronavirus pandemic. Hardy speaks on “Bloomberg Markets: European Open.” …read more […]

Bitcoin veterans are about to join the decentralized finance (DeFi) bull run, and they are taking a very different approach than Ethereum fans. …read more […]

Plus500 Ltd. (LON:PLUS) is about to trade ex-dividend in the next two days. This means that investors who purchase… …read more […]