How the strong consumer could drive the economy in 2016
With the holiday season fast approaching, key on investors’ minds is how the U.S. consumer is feeling. Torsten Slok, chief international economist at Deutsche Bank,…
Month: November 2015
New York's Thanksgiving parade expected to draw huge crowd despite security jitters
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Onlookers crowded Manhattan sidewalks and rooftops on Thursday to glimpse the marching bands, floats and massive balloons of Macy’s annual Thanksgiving…
New York’s Thanksgiving parade expected to draw huge crowd despite security jitters
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Onlookers crowded Manhattan sidewalks and rooftops on Thursday to glimpse the marching bands, floats and massive balloons of Macy’s annual Thanksgiving…
Nardelli: $15 minimum wage will put some businesses in jeopardy
Walmart (WMT) workers are “Fasting for 15” until Black Friday, calling for their employer to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Walmart, which…
New Cryptocurrency Replacing the #U.S. Dollar?
America’s elite aren’t just experts at making money – they’re experts at protecting money. When the stock market goes down, they know to move to…
11-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Basketball Player to Score 1,000 Points
11-Year-Old Becomes Youngest Basketball Player to Score 1,000 Points On Wednesday night, sixth grader Jaden Newman – who has made it her goal to be…
HEADLINE : France’s interior minister calls on EU to ‘wake up’ to terrorist threat
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve warned Thursday that the European Union must “wake up” to the threat posed by terrorists in the wake of the…
Section 1202: Small Business Stock Gain Exclusion
To encourage investment in new ventures, small businesses, and specialized small business investment companies, Section 1202 of The Internal Revenue Code grants relief to investors…
The #US Consumer is Vital for Equity Markets
Stewart Richardson Chief Investment Officer We were somewhat bemused when the Fed upgraded their assessment of the US economy at their FOMC meeting last week.…
HEADLINE : Two #Paris -bound Air France flights from #US diverted due to bomb threats
Two Air France flights en route to Paris from the United States were diverted on Tuesday following anonymous bomb threats, and hundreds of passengers and…