Thank you to everyone who submitted questions for this blog's first ever "Reader Mailbag" post. This month I will answer 10 reader questions, split across two separate posts. If you would like to submit a question for the next mailbag series, you can leave a message in the comments or send a direct … [Read More...]
Financial News
Costco, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, HP, Salesforce and Others Reporting This Week
24/7 Wall St. takes a look at Costco, Salesforce and some of the other key companies reporting quarterly results in this truncated trading week. SOURCE: 24/7 Wall St. - Read entire story here. … [Read More...]
Philly Fed Manufacturing firms reported "continued weakness" in May
From the Philly Fed: May 2020 Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey Manufacturing firms reported continued weakness in regional manufacturing activity this month, according to results from the Manufacturing Business Outlook Survey. Despite remaining well below zero, the survey’s current indicators … [Read More...]
Israel's Netanyahu attacks justice system as trial begins
To the sounds of his impassioned supporters chanting outside, a defiant Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strode into a Jerusalem courtroom Sunday to face corruption charges in a long-awaited trial that has overshadowed three inconclusive elections and deeply divided the country. As he … [Read More...]
Economic Outlook: Not Sanguine
On March 31st, I wrote: This is a healthcare crisis, and the economic outlook is based on presumptions about the course of the pandemic.Unfortunately the course of the pandemic has been worse than I expected. Although social distancing clearly worked in slowing the growth rate of infections, many … [Read More...]
- Bing Covid-19 Tracker 5/24/2020 (7:42 AM) U.S. Has 97,426 Deaths, Brazil Passes NY State
- Sunday links: resilience and flexibility
- Trump demands states reopen houses of worship 'right now'
- Reevaluating the Bullish Investment Thesis on The Howard Hughes Corporation
- Black Knight: 4.75 Million Homeowners Now in COVID-19-Related Forbearance Plans; Nearly Half Made April Mortgage Payments
Funds
3 Great Mutual Fund Picks for Your Retirement – April 28, 2020 – Yahoo Finance
3 Great Mutual Fund Picks for Your Retirement - April 28, 2020 Yahoo Finance SOURCE: "mutual funds" - Google News - Read entire story here. … [Read More...]
3 Top-Ranked Mutual Funds for Your Retirement – April 29, 2020 – Yahoo Finance
3 Top-Ranked Mutual Funds for Your Retirement - April 29, 2020 Yahoo Finance SOURCE: "mutual funds" - Google News - Read entire story here. … [Read More...]
Buffett’s Alpha?
Warren Buffett prudently invests 99% of his wealth in absolute return strategies, like most risk averse savers. Leverage, arbitrage, derivatives, event-driven, opportunistic, special situations and macro strategies have driven his returns since inception in 1954. Short selling cocoa futures was … [Read More...]
- Former Neil Woodford fund to reopen ‘no later than February’
- 3 Strong Mutual Funds to Add to Your Retirement Portfolio Right Now May 18, 2020 – Yahoo Finance
- Many middle-class Americans plan to work until they die
- Ave Maria Mutual Funds Announces Launch of a New Mutual Fund – Business Wire
- How many schemes should you have in your mutual fund portfolio? Any guess? – Economic Times
Investment
Trump: Democrats To Exploit Vote-By-Mail "Scam" For "Greatest Rigged Election In History"
"Land Of The "Free"? Stashing Gold May Be Illegal Soon
Today’s Headlines
These Are The Cities With The Most Self-Employed Workers
- The New New Cold War Is Pretty Much The Old New Cold War
- Thinking About Investing? Start Here First
- Iranian Tankers To Reach Venezuela In Next 24 Hours Amid "Threat Of Imminent Military Force By US"
- Putting 2020’s $10-Trillion-Plus COVID "Stimulus" In Perspective – From Ultra-Deflation To Hyper-Inflation
- Khashoggi’s Children ‘Pardon’ Father’s Killers, Which Means All Could Get Off Free
Taxes & Money
Western Australia battered by worst storms in a decade
Declining infection rate provides challenge for Oxford coronavirus vaccine
US government health agency CDC revises guidance on spread of coronavirus on surfaces
Man who filmed Ahmaud Arbery shooting used vehicle to 'detain' him, warrant says
