We might need an addendum to the old adage that there are decades in which nothing happens and weeks in which decades happen. Apparently, there are also weeks where nobody knows what-in-the-you-know-what has happened… last week was one of them….
Just over one century ago the world was suffering through the Spanish Flu, one of the deadliest pandemics in history. But once the pain subsided in the spring of 1920, a decade of social and economic opulence – now known…
Imagine being asked to pay income taxes to a state you’ve never worked a single day in. That’s a real possibility for New Hampshire residents who started a job at a Boston company this year. Working from home has changed…
Not even the $900 billion stimulus could overpower headlines from yesterday such as: “U.K. Tightens Rules As A Variant Of The COVID-19 Virus Spreads.” Sensationalism aside, here is what to know about the new strain of COVID-19 spreading in the…
With the vaccine rollout underway and today being the Winter solstice, there is light at the end of the 2020 tunnel. Last night Democrats and Republicans agreed to a $900 billion stimulus deal to push the U.S. through the home…
There is no such thing as a free trade. Robinhood, the “Commission-free Stock Trading App” has agreed to a $65 million settlement to settle claims it 1) deceived customers about how it makes money and 2) failing to deliver the…
What’s the opposite of the slick “Irish Goodbye”? Cause we’re starting to think glacially-slow departures should now simply be known as “Brexits”. The latest chapter of the never-ending story sees a key policy dispute keeping England on-the-line: Fisheries. One Fish,…
Yesterday was a big day. Just over three-quarters of a year since the start of the pandemic, the inoculation process began in the U.S. Wall Street analysts predict a significant haul for Pfizer and Moderna, anticipating the firms will earn…
The mortgage market is on fire, but for some, the fervor is bringing back painful memories. Americans are on track to take more mortgages this year than even in the period leading up to the 2008 financial crisis. Mortgage Madhouse…
You may be familiar with the term “zombie” company, or a business that doesn’t have enough cash flow to pay its interest expense. During the pandemic, there has been a growing number of what we’ll dub “super zombie” companies, or…
It’s easy to be popular when you’re handing out billions in free money. But that reality also works in reverse. The Fed, along with nearly everyone else in the world of finance, is concerned the Treasury Secretary has prematurely terminated…
