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Outside of the Democrats’ and Republicans’ strongholds, there are the battleground states (also known as swing states), which is where the U.S. presidential election will be decided. Whoever can take the most electoral votes from swing states has the b…
China has forged its path onto the world stage as an economic power. This also holds true for the digital arena. Homegrown Chinese tech firms like Tencent are becoming more well-known in the West and are serious contenders to brands like Facebook when …
According to a report by insurer Euler Hermes, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will be felt most severely in 2021 when it comes to business insolvencies. The number of insolvencies will rise sharpest in the USA (up 57 percent compared with 2019), …
There’s good reason to think that a 13 week cycle low is forming despite lower projections.
Fire seasons play out differently every year. Yet, a look at the five-year rolling averages of acres burned by wildfires in California shows that, despite a quiet 2019, the average area destroyed annually is growing.After fires have caused much harm an…
As highlighted by the latest edition of the European Drug Report, Sweden is the country with the most drug-induced deaths per million of the population in Europe. In 2018, 81 people died per million inhabitants, ahead of the United Kingdom’s 76 drug-in…
Composite liquidity continues to rise, but at a slower pace than in the second quarter as the Fed has slowed QE. That reduces the cash flowing into Primary Dealer accounts, which in turn contributes to a slowing in secondary liquidity drivers.
“Slowing” is a relative word, however. Historically, the numbers remain gargantuan.
No, something else is holding the market back. Here’s what that something is, and what we’re going to do about it.
When Microsoft announced its acquisition of ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion on Monday, many people likely had to look the company up to find out that it’s is a video game holding company, most famous as the parent company of Bethesda. Bethesda? Glad you…
It took all day, but they finally mounted a short covering stampede in yesterday’s last hour. The result left the market shy of repairing the breakdown. The indicators are ambiguous this morning. They’re not signaling yet whether there’s a second roun…