Aug.30 — Jeff Kingston, a professor of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan Campus who writes frequently about Japanese politics, talks about the resignation of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Kingston speaks with Haidi Stroud-Watts on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia.” …read more […]
Aug.30 — ByteDance Ltd. will be required to seek Chinese government approval to sell the U.S. operations of its short-video TikTok app under new restrictions Beijing imposed on the export of artificial intelligence technologies, according to a person familiar with the matter. Ros Krasny reports on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia.” …read more […]
Last week’s rally took the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to new records, and has put the Dow within shouting distance of its all time high. …read more […]
(Bloomberg Opinion) — In the past, Beijing has responded to wild swings in its stock markets with regulatory crackdowns. This time is likely to be different. That’s why investors should see gyrations as wide as 3,000% in shares on Shenzhen’s ChiNext market as a sign of emerging maturity.The 18 companies that made their trading debuts on the Nasdaq-like board last week rose an average of 200%, under revamped rules that remove limits on price moves for newly listed stocks. Previously, shares were restricted to a maximum increase of 44% or a decline of 36% on their first day of trading. …read more […]
In most years, only a few key dates stand out for income-tax planning, and most of them are familiar to taxpayers. COVID-19 has changed that in 2020. …read more […]
(Bloomberg) — Ant Group’s potentially record-sized initial public offering could propel technology capital-raising in 2020 past the dizzying heights of the dotcom bubble, an extraordinary showing in a pandemic-stricken year fraught with geopolitical uncertainty.Jack Ma’s Chinese financial titan aims to raise at least $30 billion in Hong Kong and Shanghai in October, which could push global first-time share sales by tech firms well past $57 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That would be the highest since 1999, when tech companies raised $62 billion and famously ushered in a plethora of now-defunct internet outfits.After an initial pandemic-induced lull, corporate …read more […]
It has been a very tough year for natural gas markets, but prices have started to rebound and there are 3 companies in particular that are well-positioned to take advantage of that …read more […]
The billionaire, now celebrating his 90th birthday, has said it’s a good time to borrow. …read more […]
At Liberty Through Wealth, we aim to provide valuable financial insight from top-notch investment experts. That means we often dig deep into the topics the mainstream media ignores… or gets wrong.
So on August 20, we decided to address some of the things the media isn’t telling you. In our Town Hall with Chief Investment Strategist Alexander Green, Alex answered questions directly from readers about a variety of investing topics.
One of the biggest takeaways?
Things aren’t quite as bad as the headlines would have you believe.
You can watch the full video here.
Read on for some of the highlights…
Question: How can investors maintain …read more […]
If it’s raining and you want your car to come to pick you up, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) lets you do that. Owners can pull out their phones, press a button, and their car can drive itself to the owner’s location.Tesla calls this Smart Summon, but in the future, Tesla owners may be able to ditch the phone, and “think” their car to themselves.While giving a presentation for Neuralink, a brain implant research company, CEO Elon Musk answered a question from Twitter. The person asked if, with a Neuralink implant, a person would be able to summon their Tesla telepathically. …read more […]
Warren Buffett, the “Oracle of Omaha”, turns 90 today. The legendary investor has been one of the most followed figures in the stock market. He is the leader of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A), a conglomerate that owns a portfolio of diversified assets, and also owns a sizable investment portfolio of publicly traded stocks.Berkshire Hathaway owns well-known companies like Geico, Duracell, and Dairy Queen. For years, many have followed the other portion of the portfolio, tracking the stock picks of the legendary Buffett. The company’s equity investment portfolio owns stakes in 44 companies and holds a value of $207 billion.In honor …read more […]
September is known for being a seasonally volatile month, but long-term, some are looking at the glass half full. Goldman Sachs has become more optimistic about U.S. economic growth, as it expects that by Q2 2021, an effective COVID-19 vaccine will be “widely distributed.” Based on this assumption, the firm’s chief economist Jan Hatzius bumped up his 2021 U.S. GDP forecast from 5.6% to 6.2%. On top of this, 2021 unemployment levels also might not be as dismal as previously expected, with the economist calling for the figure to land at 6.5%, versus his previous 7% estimate. This modest …read more […]
Veeva Systems’, an American cloud-computing company focused on pharmaceutical and life sciences industry applications, price target was raised to $323 from $253 with Overweight stock rating, according to Morgan Stanley equity analyst Stan Zlotsky, who also said with consistent growth, profitability, and defensibility, Veeva is a unique software asset. …read more […]
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