Markets

An ex-Wall Street chief strategist says the market's comeback has made most investors 'blissfully unaware' of its real risks - and lays out 6 reasons why another free-fall is on the cards

Summary List Placement It's easy to look at the biggest indices of US stocks and draw sweeping conclusions about the overall market. It's even more tempting to do this because...
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Russian nuclear giant Rosatom eyes 10% of lithium market by 2030

1 hour ago | RT

Uranium One, a unit of Russia's state-owned nuclear energy firm Rosatom, plans to begin producing lithium by 2023, targeting between 9% and 10% of the global market by...
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Technology giants may face TikTok fate as EU seeks to toughen up Big Tech regulation

1 hour ago | RT

Struggling to make technology companies play by its rules, the EU may unleash measures similar to those the US imposed on TikTok, forcing them to sell some of their European...
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Biden Was Right. The Diversity Of The Hispanic Market Creates Confusion For Brands

1 hour ago | Forbes

Hispanic-Americans, 61 million strong, are expected to contribute $1.9 trillion to the economy by 2022. The young Hypercultural Latinx consumer segment is emerging as a...
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Was Snowflake's IPO mispriced or just misunderstood?

14 hours ago | Tech Crunch

Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It's broadly based on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch , but free, and made for...
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As Israel Locks Down, Its Health Tech Sector Scales Up

14 hours ago | Forbes

Israel's digital health industry is breaking an industry taboo - giving patients a louder voice in how new products are developed and diseases are diagnosed and monitored.
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Maine blueberry industry reels from drought, frost, virus

15 hours ago | Chron

PORTLAND, Maine - A late spring frost, a devastating drought and labor troubles wrought by the coronavirus pandemic conspired to make 2020 a difficult year for the wild...
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From Unity to Disrupt, tech has an especially optimistic week

15 hours ago | Tech Crunch

Editor's note: Get this free weekly recap of TechCrunch news that any startup can use by email every Saturday morning. Subscribe here . While TechCrunch was busy producing our...
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Buying The Bulge Is Dangerous

17 hours ago | Forbes

Smitten with Big Board plays like Apple now compares with falling in love with a stainless-steel statue of Venus. You could be disappointed. She's heartless. Better trade oil...
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A Thank You To Madame Justice Ginsburg

17 hours ago | Forbes | 7 articles

Families owe many thanks to Ruth Bader Ginsburg for taking the lead in defending long-held tax principles that are applicable to trusts.
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A 'disturbing new all-time low' in the market just flew under the radar as...

Summary List Placement In late August, as stocks were carving out fresh all-time highs, many investors were cheering the market's resiliency. After all, it's not every day that... Read more ...

Big Tech stocks are trading at levels not seen since the dot-com bust...

Summary List Placement Collectively, the stocks that make up the S&P 500 are trading at a value not seen since the peak of the dot-com bubble, and you can peg that rise to a... Read more ...

S&P 500, Nasdaq drop for 3rd straight week as tech continues downward spiral

Summary List Placement The S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite indexes declined for the third straight week on falling tech giants and weakening economic data. Mega-cap tech stocks... Read more ...

The pandemic made me completely rethink my credit card rewards - instead of...

Summary List Placement As 2019 came to a close, I found myself with a handful of very lofty financial goals. With the new year, I wanted a fresh start with saving and... Read more ...

'His people are going to suffer and that's their problem': Jared Kushner...

Summary List Placement In addition to his " free market " comments that were jarring enough to spawn leaks from the March Situation Room meeting first reported by Vanity Fair... Read more ...

The stock market will become disconnected from the economy in 2021 as...

Summary List Placement The stock market will become disconnected from the economy in 2021, as a lot of layoffs become permanent, a money manager said. RiverFront Investment... Read more ...

The creator of VC Guide, a site where founders post brutally honest reviews...

Summary List Placement A relatively new website called VC Guide has caught the attention of the startup community because it allows anonymous founders to post reviews about... Read more ...

CWS Market Review - September 18, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic is causing tremendous human and economic hardship across the United States and around the world. - This week's FOMC policy statement Superficially, this... Read more ...

US consumer sentiment hit a 6-month high in September, beating economist...

Summary List Placement Americans are growing increasingly optimistic toward the US economy's future as reopenings continue and new COVID-19 infections fall. The University of... Read more ...

US trade mixed as traders mull the pace of economic recovery

Summary List Placement US stocks traded mixed on Friday as investors looked for signs of new stimulus amid the slowing economic recovery. Congress continues to face major... Read more ...