Economics And Finance
US Cities Look To Shed Ratings While Taking On More Debt (#GotBitcoin)
U.S. cities and counties are using fewer ratings to assess the risks of the bonds they sell, providing investors with just one opinion on an increasing amount of new debt. US Cities Look To Shed Ratings While Taking On More Debt (#GotBitcoin) [caption id="attachment_6088" align="aligncenter" width="410"] Hoboken, N.J., Turned To…
Top Colleges Are Enrolling More Students From Low-Income Homes (#GotBitcoin?)
Yale University Is Among The Elite Schools That Have Increased Enrollment By Lower-Income Students In Part By Increasing Their Undergraduate Student Populations. A major push to increase enrollment of lower-income students at the nation’s top colleges and universities is showing some early signs of success. Top Colleges Are Enrolling More…
Ultimate Resource On Bankrupt And About-To-Be Bankrupt Shopping Malls (#GotBitcoin)
Vacant storefronts don’t herald jolly holidays for professional Kriss Kringles; ‘I have a book for when it’s really, really slow’. Ultimate Resource On Bankrupt And About-To-Be Bankrupt Shopping Malls (#GotBitcoin) [caption id="attachment_5995" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Rick Moody, The Santa At Auburn Mall In Maine, Says When Children Aren’t Around, ‘You…
Trump Policies Cause Chinese Stocks To Out-perform Those of US. (#GotBitcoin?)
#GotBitcoin? Shares in China have outperformed their U.S. counterparts since Beijing and Washington agreed to hold fire in their trade battle, reversing a pattern that has held for most of this year. Trump Policies Cause Chinese Stocks To Out-perform Those of US. What’s Happening Calm has returned to China’s stock…
Seaborne Exports Plummet At Southern California Ports (#GotBitcoin?)
Seaborne Exports Plummet At Southern California Ports Retaliatory tariffs from China likely cut into demand after exporters pulled forward outbound shipments in earlier months. Seaborne Exports Plummet at Southern California Ports Seaborne exports at the biggest U.S. trans-Pacific trade gateway plunged last month, in an apparent sign of the impact…
New Ways To Profit From Renting Out Single-Family Homes (#GotBitcoin)
Two-and-a-half years into the U.S. housing recovery, the real-estate industry is rolling out new ways for individuals to invest in the property market. New Ways To Profit From Renting Out Single-Family Homes (#GotBitcoin) [caption id="attachment_5881" align="aligncenter" width="569"] New Ways To Profit From Renting Out Single-Family Homes[/caption] Brokers, property managers and…
Many U.S. Financial Officers Think a Recession Will Hit Next Year (#GotBitcoin?)
#GotBitcoin? Almost half of U.S. chief financial officers believe a recession will strike the U.S. economy by the end of 2019, with the tight labor market and growing trade tensions driving economic jitters among corporate America. Many U.S. Financial Officers Think a Recession Will Hit Next Year Additionally, more than 80%…
Caitlin Long on Bitcoin, Repo Fiasco, Blockchain And Rehypothecation (#GotBitcoin)
Leaders Series: Caitlin Long at the Wyoming Blockchain Coalition. Caitlin Long on Bitcoin, Repo Fiasco, Blockchain And Rehypothecation (#GotBitcoin) [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QlBOg-iut4&list=PLU1KxUVqGmaPuuM3ex9ChvY7CMqmDezO1[/embed] She spent over 2 decades working for big banks, and was one of the leading voices advocating for the use of blockchain technology in the financial services community. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqX_NkBUQzg&list=PLU1KxUVqGmaPul02vynK14LxqmYrdVbtm[/embed]…
Robot Reality Check: They Create Wealth—And Jobs
Robots may be coming for our jobs. But a growing body of evidence suggests that workers have everything to gain from welcoming them. Robot Reality Check: They Create Wealth—And Jobs Economists say automation is the key to next boom, and the U.S. is falling behind. The more robots a country has,…
Housing Slowdown Unnerves The Fix-and-Flip Crowd (#GotBitcoin)
Fewer than 46,000 single-family houses and condos were flipped in the third quarter, the smallest number in three-and-a-half years. Housing Slowdown Unnerves The Fix-and-Flip Crowd (#GotBitcoin) The pace of real-estate speculation is slowing, a sign of the darkening outlook in the U.S. housing market. Small-time investors who flooded into real…
The Market’s Latest Problem: Hesitation To Buy The Dip (#GotBitcoin?)
The diminishing lure of discounted stocks is the latest sign that investors are approaching selloffs with more caution. An investor trend that has helped buoy stocks over most of the past decade is showing signs of breaking down. For the first time since the dot-com era, investors are cautious about…
Bear Markets March Across the Globe (#GotBitcoin?)
Germany’s DAX index is the latest stock market to have more than 20% erased from its high. In a sign of the breadth of the global selloff in stocks, Germany’s main stock index fell into a bear market Thursday, the latest benchmark to have tumbled 20% or more from its…