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Cryptocurrencies, Investing

“P2P Bitcoin Trading Volume in India Explodes Past All-Time High”

“Peer-to-peer Bitcoin trading platform Paxful recently recorded a record for BTC/INR. This past week, 53M INR was traded against BTC on the platform. The spike is a culmination of a clear uptrend since the beginning of this year — but… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Federal Income Taxes and Federal Spending Both Set Records in FY19”

“The amount of money the federal government collected in individual income taxes and the total amount of money the federal government spent both set records in fiscal 2019, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released Friday afternoon. …the federal government… Continue Reading…

Predictions, Opinions, & Comments, Stocks

“Today is historically the single best day for the stock market all year”

“Oct. 28 has been the single best day of the year for stocks going back to 1950 with an average return of 0.54% on the S&P 500, according to Ryan Detrick, senior market strategist for LPL Financial. The S&P 500 hit… Continue Reading…

Business, Economy

“Americans Spent More on Taxes in 2018 Than on Food, Clothing and Health Care Combined”

“Americans on average spent more on taxes in 2018 than they did on the basic necessities of food, clothing and health care combined, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey… In 2018, according to Table R-1, American consumer… Continue Reading…

Business

“Juul replaces CEO and stops all advertising as vaping crisis escalates”

“The CEO of Juul is out, as a growing number of vaping-related deaths and threats of federal regulation present a monumental challenge for the e-cigarette company. Juul announced Wednesday that CEO Kevin Burns will be replaced by K.C. Crosthwaite, who… Continue Reading…

Investing

“Number of Investors Hedging Against Market Collapse Hits Record Levels”

“As market volatility appears to be reaching extreme levels once again, similar to what we saw toward the end of 2018, a large number of investors worth a collective $588 Billion are now hedging their portfolios. A Bank of America… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Federal Spending Sets Record Through June”

“The federal government spent a record $3,355,970,000,000 in the first nine months of fiscal 2019 (October through June), according to the Monthly Treasury Statement released today. Prior to this fiscal year, the most the federal government had ever spent in the… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Record 157,288,000 Employed in July”

” The number of people employed in the United States hit a record 157,288,000 in July, according to the employment report released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics… The unemployment rate held steady in July at 3.7 percent, the same as it… Continue Reading…

Economy, Stocks

“Dow jumps 200 points to break above 27,000 for the first time ever”

“The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied to a record high on Thursday, led by UnitedHealth shares, after testimony by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell that signaled easier monetary policy could be implemented later this month… Meanwhile, the S&P 500 rose 0.3% to trade back above… Continue Reading…

Economy

“The richest 10% of households now represent 70% of all U.S. wealth”

“Deutsche Bank’s Torsten Sløk says that the distribution of household wealth in America has become even more disproportionate over the past decade, with the richest 10% of U.S. households representing 70% of all U.S. wealth in 2018, compared with 60%… Continue Reading…