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April Employment Report Preview

April Employment Report Preview

Heading into Friday’s Non Farm Payrolls (NFP) report for February, economists are expecting an increase in payrolls of 205K, which would be a slight increase from January’s reading of 200K. In the private sector, economists are also expecting the same increase of 205K. With these increases, the unemployment rate is expected to fall to 4.0%. […]
Can Ripple’s XRP Unseat Bitcoin As King Of Crypto?

Can Ripple’s XRP Unseat Bitcoin As King Of Crypto?

After a record high in December, the cryptocurrency market crashed across the board. However, these virtual coins are starting to bounce back, and experts believe that Ripple’s XRP could potentially be the next Bitcoin. When the average person thinks of cryptocurrency, the first name that comes to mind is Bitcoin. As one of the first cryptocurrencies to […]
Want To Be A Buy And Hold Investor? 3 Strategies

Want To Be A Buy And Hold Investor? 3 Strategies

Audio Length: 00:19:05 Buy and hold investing is one of the toughest types of investing to do because it calls for you to go against human nature for the instant big payout. After all, why do we play the lottery? We love the idea of becoming a millionaire overnight. Buy and hold investing is slow […]
Canada, Mexico To Be “Exempted Indefinitely” From Tariffs; Peso, Loonie Soar

Canada, Mexico To Be “Exempted Indefinitely” From Tariffs; Peso, Loonie Soar

With just minutes to go until Trump’s 3:30 pm press conference, the big leaks have started hitting the tape, and according to the AP, while the Trump tariffs will take effect in 15 days, more importantly Canada and Mexico will be “exempted indefinitely.” TRUMP METAL TARIFFS ARE SAID TO TAKE EFFECT IN 15 DAYS: AP […]
Given The Bitcoin Price, Are Cryptocurrencies The New Safe-Haven Investment?

Given The Bitcoin Price, Are Cryptocurrencies The New Safe-Haven Investment?

Beware of Bitcoin as a Safe-Haven Investment The stock markets are heading for a major shock. Safe-haven investments like gold and silver are going to become popular again. But there’s an all-too-modern obstacle in their way that could attract some of the funds flowing away from Wall Street: cryptocurrencies—Bitcoin in particular. How else can we […]
How Could The Rise In Electric Vehicles Change Consumer Habits?

How Could The Rise In Electric Vehicles Change Consumer Habits?

The automotive market is currently undergoing and adapting to some of the biggest changes it will have ever experienced, as more and more electric vehicles (EVs) are introduced. With the UK government’s plan to ban the sale of all new petrol and diesel carts from 2040 onwards, manufacturers are increasing their output of EVs to […]
Italexit? Perhaps… But Both Italy And The Euro Are Unmanageable

Italexit? Perhaps… But Both Italy And The Euro Are Unmanageable

After Brexit, after Donald Trump, Italy is next in resisting a less and less dominant “single thought”. The only thing missing is the surprise effect because polls, this time, were accurate, but the foreign media is assessing this event by largely using the term “Italexit”. The right-wing coalition of Matteo Salvini’s Lega and Silvio Berlusconi’s Forza Italia obtained 37% […]
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                        International Women’s Day

E International Women’s Day

It’s International Women’s Day. My avatar and birthday-sharer Aung San Suu Kyi has disgraced her sex by backing her fellow Burmese in their genocidal attacks on members of the Rohingya Muslim minority. She has just been stripped of her US Holocaust Museum human rights award, named after Eli Wiesel, for her recent support of a pogrom. However, she […]
Should You Invest In Physical Gold Or An ETF?

Should You Invest In Physical Gold Or An ETF?

Should you be buying physical gold, or an ETF that tracks gold? Gold is an investment that everyone should have some exposure two. The basic idea here is that holding an ETF enables one to get exposure to the price of gold without having to possess physical bullion and is considered more useful for trading […]
China’s Consumption Growth

China’s Consumption Growth

I recently read a reporter’s coverage of Foxconn and thought the major financial press might want to consider also covering the much bigger picture, which is a movement that one sees only once in a lifetime…..and in this case that movement is a quiet and under the radar trend of Chinese companies moving their senior […]