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Pinterest’s First Post IPO Earnings Report Cools Stock
Newly launched Pinterest stock has done pretty well in its first month on the market. Their first earnings report as a public stock has wiped out almost all…
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Banks’ Share of Mortgages Continues to Decline
Not all that long ago, people used to go to their bank to get their mortgage. This was a very relationship driven business. The internet came along and…
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Lessons from Hedge Funds to Prepare for the Bears
We’re still waiting for the bear market that many have been predicting for a while to hit us. All-time highs aren’t it, but when this does finally come,…
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Bulls Stay on Sidelines Monday as Bears Step it Up
After several instances of the bears knocking down stock markets for a couple of percent followed by the bulls spurring a recovery, on Monday, it was an all…
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Jeremy Grantham Predicts a Far Less Exciting Next 20 Years
Investor Jeremy Grantham is credited with predicting both the 2008 and 2000 market crashes, and he’s predicting some pretty lean times again, this time for 20 years. For…
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Are Index Funds Really “Eating the World”?
Morningstar just hosted a conference entitled “Are Index Funds Eating the World”? Some people are worried that index funds may be making everything more expensive. We all know…
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Looking Back on the Flash Crash, Nine Years Later
It’s the ninth anniversary of the infamous Flash Crash of May 6, 2010, and while this has been mostly forgotten these days, there are still lessons that we…
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Bitcoin in the Midst of a Very Impressive Rally
After a horrible 2018, where Bitcoin prices plunged during a massive selloff, 2019 is shaping up to be much better, and the big money is starting to pay…
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Should We Really Be Afraid of Modest Economic Growth?
Many people are concerned with how economic growth has evolved of late, with both GDP growth and inflation averaging around 2%, which some mistakenly think is too low.…
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How Increasing Tariffs May Affect the Stock Market
President Trump escalating the trade war with China has weighed pretty heavily upon U.S. stock markets during the first two days of this week. How big of a…