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Lipper Alpha Insight
Saturday, September 21, 2019 9:00 AM EDT
Although Airbnb is another overgrown upstart in the space-sharing business, its initial public offering, targeted for 2020 according to the company on Thursday, may succeed in many of the ways WeWork’s is failing.
In this article: WE, EXPE
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Article By:
Jeff Desjardins
Saturday, September 21, 2019 8:00 AM EDT
While there are benefits to having a standardardized scoring system, and encouraging positive behavior—will it be worth the social cost of gamifying human life?
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Article By:
ING Economics
Saturday, September 21, 2019 5:30 AM EDT
The preliminary budget is not as stimulating as the finance ministry would like us to believe. Investors shouldn't get worried about macro stability, or too excited about growth prospects.
In this article: RSX
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Article By:
Gavin McMaster
Saturday, September 21, 2019 4:00 AM EDT
Originally designed to spar with ordinary currency, and potentially replace it, cryptocurrency has since become more of a commodity – which is to say it’s seen now largely as something to buy with the hopes of profiting.
In this article: BITCOMP
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Article By:
Scott Sumner
Saturday, September 21, 2019 3:00 AM EDT
While most economists agree with my claim that US business cycles are mostly caused by demand shocks, they disagree on the claim that the root problem is unstable monetary policy.
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Article By:
Steve Miller
Saturday, September 21, 2019 12:05 AM EDT
A look back at a narrowly mixed week, and a look ahead into next week, including some investing ideas and caveats, with cycle analysis of the rhythms of the market.
In this article: CMG, FDX, GLW, GPS, X, KLAC, SPWR, ETSY, SEDG, ROKU Also: ANF, GLD, OIL, SLV, UUP
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Article By:
Sweta Killa
Friday, September 20, 2019 11:00 PM EDT
Investors seeking to capitalize on the solid trend in the homebuilder space could look at these three ETFs that make for a more compelling choice rather than a single stock.
In this article: ITB, PKB, XHB
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Article By:
FXTechstrategy Team
Friday, September 20, 2019 10:02 PM EDT
On the whole, AUDUSD faces further downside threats on more weakness.
In this article: FXA
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Over the last decade, the oil industry converted $1.2 trillion of import spending into GDP while saving US energy consumers another $2.4 trillion.
The U.S. Federal Reserve followed through on its July rate cut with another 25 bp reduction in its policy rate today, a move widely anticipated across the gamut of economists and investors but recently in doubt.
US money markets are in a state of visible disarray. When repo is front-page news that can’t be good.
Gentex 's price per share closed at $27.73 yesterday. A year ago its price was $22.72. In a year its price popped up $5.01 or 22%.
Buybacks are helping sustain the market for the moment.
Recently there has been great talk about the shift from growth to value stocks, though growth stocks are not as expensive as they were during the dotcom bubble. Investors should prioritize individual stock-picking over passive investment strategies.
Equity investors remain relatively hesitant, despite the Federal Reserve cutting rates twice so far this year.
