Gloomy Economic Outlook Takes Toll on Oil Prices Crude’s recent rally is short-lived as fears over demand and output weigh on the industry Oil has erased essentially all of the[Continue Reading]
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Will The SAFE Act Benefit Marijuana ETFs? Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 321-103 to pass the SAFE Banking Act, a measure aimed at bringing banking and financial[Continue Reading]
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Peloton skids in debut, but two recent IPOs are setting up for gains The IPO market saw another disappointing debut as Peloton skidded in its first day of trading. The[Continue Reading]
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Commentary Fed can’t fix repo market by printing money By Bryce Doty On Tuesday, the New York Fed provided only $30 billion of 14-day financing despite more than $60 billion[Continue Reading]
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401(k) investors shouldn’t let fear or politics keep them out of the stock market I have two friends with opposite views. Both are bright women and have amassed a meaningful[Continue Reading]
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China talks are more about de-escalation than interim trade deal: Strategas’ Clifton from CNBC.[Continue Reading]
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September 19, 2019

Nancy Tengler in USA Today

The Fed may have just extended the bull market Parsing Federal Reserve speak has always been a bit of a parlor game for the financial news media and investors. That’s[Continue Reading]
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Listen to “Wishes For Big Rate Cuts Foiled By Strong Consumer” on Spreaker. Segment starts 14:30. Bob Burgess, Bloomberg Opinion editor, on his column, “Markets Have Three Wishes. One May[Continue Reading]
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Divided Fed makes a rate cut, moves to end liquidity challenge The Federal Open Market Committee voted to cut the fed funds target range 25 basis points to 1.75% to[Continue Reading]
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Yemen’s Houthi rebel attack on Saudi Arabia oil may hit Costco and BJ’s profits The impact of the Houthi rebel drone attacks on key Saudi Arabian oil production assets could[Continue Reading]
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What negative interest rates would mean for the muni market With a tweet, President Trump has reopened the debate about negative interest rates. In Japan and Europe negative rates are[Continue Reading]
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September 12, 2019

Tortoise's Rob Thummel on CNBC

Here’s the investment opportunity in energy stocks from CNBC.[Continue Reading]
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Oil Plummets as Trump Signals Thaw in Iranian Sanctions Deadlock Trump is preparing for meeting with Iranian leader, people say Diesel stockpiles in world’s No. 1 economy post surprise gain[Continue Reading]
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This under-the-radar energy stock could be the best way to play an oil comeback from CNBC. Why this investing expert isn’t interested in gold at these levels from CNBC. Don’t[Continue Reading]
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A Times Square Billboard to Help Us Remember? Try these stories and video instead. An interesting proposal came across my desk this week.   An organization is renting a video screen[Continue Reading]
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September 10, 2019

Nancy Tengler in USA Today

Millennial women, take better control of your financial futures Millennial women are not grabbing the financial bull by the horns, a study by UBS reveals. UBS measured what it calls deferment[Continue Reading]
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‘WeWork has a lot of questions to answer’: EquityZen CEO In order to have a successful IPO WeWork needs to address the obvious questions. In an interview with Yahoo Finance’s[Continue Reading]
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U.S. shale firms cut budgets, staff as oil-price outlook dims ODESSA, Texas (Reuters) – Oil producers and their suppliers are cutting budgets, staffs and production goals amid a growing consensus[Continue Reading]
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Major lucrative potential: MLPs are making a comeback, here’s why Disappointing oil prices had pushed MLPs out of favor, but tidier balance sheets and new ideas for renewables may be[Continue Reading]
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September 5, 2019

Nancy Tengler on CNBC

Until trade deal is settled, we will continue to see fickle response from markets: Nancy Tengler from CNBC.[Continue Reading]
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WeWork Targets $20 Billion to $30 Billion IPO Value Company weighs seeking $20 billion to $30 billion valuation IPO plans have received criticism for obscuring details WeWork’s initial public offering[Continue Reading]
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How Investors Should Approach September Trading September is generally a rough month for the markets, so here’s some advice for investors. Wake me up when September ends? That may not[Continue Reading]
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