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Are the Fed’s Tools Enough to Prevent Another Recession?
Some believe that fending off a pending recession will require all the tools we can muster, including a lot of “infrastructure spending.” Is this really warranted? We learned…
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Commission-Free Trading to Encourage Foolishness
Critics of trading used to rely on the argument that commissions make trying to trade too difficult or even futile. Now that this is gone, detractors are down…
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Bernie Sanders Believes Billionaires Should Not Exist
It is no secret that Bernie Sanders isn’t too keen on people having massive amounts of wealth, and he wants to appoint himself as the one who decides…
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Stock Markets Buoyed Friday by Solid Jobs Report
Stocks rallied Thursday due to increased hopes that the Federal Reserve may lower rates later this month. Friday brought us a solid jobs report, which pushed them up…
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Analysts Raise Ratings on Beat Up Spotify Stock
We don’t generally find stock analysts changing their ratings on stocks to be all that interesting, but analysts becoming more bullish on Spotify right now does stand out.…
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Fourth Quarters Usually are Friendly to Stock Markets
Stocks go up by 4.3% on average during the fourth quarter. If you like to bet on the average of what happens over many years, you can find…
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Charles Schwab Ditches Commissions, Industry Reels
Trading commissions have been going down ever since discount brokerages first appeared on the scene. Charles Schwab has now gone all in with zero commissions. At one time,…
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Is Short Interest Predicting the End of the Bull Market?
Short interest is the number of shares outstanding on the short side. There is a claim that this may be foretelling the end of our long bull market.…
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Is American Airlines Stock Ready to Take Off Now?
The more a stock gets beat up, the more the bargain hunters salivate. These mouths have plenty of reason to water with American Airlines, but should this meal…
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The True Costs and Benefits of Carbon Taxes
Carbon taxes and other measures designed to try to reduce our carbon emissions are seen by a great many people as essential these days. They need to think…