Month: October 2020

Robert Cialdini is no ivory tower academic.
Most psychology professors conduct research on college students. But Cialdini bases his work on experiments in the real world of business.
Cialdini spent three undercover years working at used car dealerships, fundraising organizations and telemarketing firms to observe real-life examples of persuasion.
The result was Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. The book established Cialdini as one of the most influential social psychologists in the world.
You’ll recognize the footprints of Cialdini’s research in almost every sales pitch you come across.
No wonder thousands of salespeople across the world consider Influence their bible.
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Boeing cut its rolling 20-year forecast for airplane demand on Tuesday, sending its shares lower as the COVID-19 pandemic lays waste to deliveries over the next few years. The U.S. planemaker, which dominates jet sales together with Europe’s Airbus, forecast 43,110 commercial aircraft deliveries over the next 20 years, down 2% from 44,040 projected a year ago and worth an unchanged $6.8 trillion at list prices. While fleets are still expected to almost double, it is the first time since the 2009 financial crisis that Boeing has cut the 20-year demand forecast in terms of the number of …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. is in talks with BHP Group on a nickel deal as the electric-car maker targets higher production and seeks to avoid a supply crunch, according to people familiar with the matter.Talks are held up on pricing, and no final agreement has been reached so far between the automaker and BHP, the world’s largest miner, said one of the people, requesting anonymity because the talks are private. The discussions come as Tesla works to raise the amount of the metal used in vehicle batteries to improve performance, and as it makes a push into in-house cell production.Nickel …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — More than half of companies plan to shrink their offices as working from home becomes a regular fixture after the Covid-19 pandemic ends, according to a survey by Cisco Systems Inc.Some 53% of larger organizations plan to reduce the size of their office space and more than three quarters will increase work flexibility. Almost all of the respondents were uncomfortable returning to work because they fear contracting the virus, the poll found.Cisco, the largest maker of networking equipment, recently surveyed 1,569 executives, knowledge workers and others who are responsible for employee environments in the post-Covid era. The findings …read more […]

(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. has been a major beneficiary of the work-from-home boom spurred by the Covid-19 pandemic. But Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella is realizing the pitfalls of being away from the office for so long. Online meetings can make employees tired and make it difficult to transition from a work mindset to private life, the executive said at The Wall Street Journal CEO Council on Tuesday. “When you are working from home, it sometimes feels like you are sleeping at work,” he added. Video meetings can be particularly enervating, the CEO noted, citing brain studies on the subject. …read more […]

Day trading for a living is no easy task. In fact, it’s a full-time job. And the risks can pile up if you don’t know what you’re doing or you lose focus. However, you can also bring in massive returns on a daily basis if you put in the research and make the right plays.
So, is it worth becoming a day trader? Let’s take a deeper look at the pros and cons of day trading.

Pros of Day Trading for a Living
Day trading is the process of buying and selling stocks within a single trading day. And for most traders, this …read more […]

President Donald Trump, fresh from a stint in the hospital after being diagnosed with COVID-19, re-ignited a political debate over a vaccine timeline, putting him at odds the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). …read more […]

Yahoo Finance’s Julie Hyman breaks down the stocks to watch Tuesday. …read more […]

President Trump tweets a warning to Big Tech ahead of the hearing. Yahoo Finance’s On the Move panel discusses. …read more […]

Apple is expected to announce the new iPhone at its October 13th event. Yahoo Finance’s On the Move panel discusses. …read more […]

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Apple hinted at new, faster networking capabilities in the invitation for the event, which read: “Hi, Speed.” In years past, Apple has announced new iPhones in mid-September and started shipping them to customers before the end of the month. Financial analysts use the number of weeks that Apple has iPhones on sale to help model their predictions for the company’s financial results during the holiday shopping season in Western markets, typically Apple’s largest sales quarter. …read more […]

Once a specialist in oncology drugs and pain management, Sorrento Therapeutics (SRNE) has pivoted to attack COVID-19 head-on in 2020, offering up a smorgasbord of tests to detect the novel coronavirus, vaccines to prevent it, and therapies to combat it. As the President’s illness illustrates, the coronavirus contagion is still very much a threat — and no one is safe.With this in mind, Dawson James analyst Jason Kolbert released a note focusing in on the President’s doctors’ use of polyclonal “cocktails” of antibodies to fight the virus, and what that might mean for Sorrento Therapeutics — whose treatments haven’t been …read more […]

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If you are looking for the best ideas for your portfolio you may want to consider some of Horizon Kinetics top stock picks. In its Q2 2019 investor letter – you can download a copy here – the firm discussed its investment thesis on Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) stock. Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE:BABA) is […] …read more […]