Tag: Finance

September 27, 2021

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday charged two individuals for a fraudulent trading scheme involving so-called “meme stocks” in early 2021. The securities regulator said it has charged a Florida resident and his friend who used wash trading […]

September 27, 2021

The nation’s business economists now expect slower economic growth this year due to the widespread delta variant of the coronavirus, while also saying the economy could improve more quickly next year as vaccinations become more accepted. In a survey being […]

September 24, 2021

Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery rose 68 cents to $73.98 a barrel Friday. Brent crude oil for November delivery rose 84 cents to $78.09 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for October delivery rose 2 cents to $2.19 a gallon. […]

September 24, 2021

According to a notice published on the central bank’s website, it will be illegal for Chinese residents to purchase cryptocurrencies from overseas and even be involved in marketing or technical support relating to crypto businesses. The authenticity of the announcement […]

September 23, 2021

We’ve been ambivalent about rallies in gold prices for the past several weeks. Just two days ago it was noted that “what’s happening in gold prices is nothing more than a ‘dead cat bounce’…in recent Fed meetings and moreover, minutes […]

September 23, 2021

Silver prices wiped out to their August low at the start of the week, in line with the forecast discussed less than a week ago. Bolstered by declining US Treasury yields and fears of financial contagion emanating from China’s Evergrande, […]

September 17, 2021

The US Dollar came into the week sticking with a fairly well-defined range. And that range held through the first few days of this week, through a CPI report on Tuesday and a really strong retail sales report yesterday. On […]

September 17, 2021

Efforts to make clearer how much students will be paying for college have ramped up among states and the federal government for several years, especially as scrutiny of the cost of higher education grows. New Jersey’s requirements are expansive, now […]

September 17, 2021

While the leaders of the institutions all said during a state Board of Regents meeting Thursday that the funding would help improve their schools, Iowa State University President Wendy Wintersteen took a stronger stance, stressing that it was an “imperative” […]

September 8, 2021

Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street Wednesday following a Federal Reserve report that shows U.S. economic activity slowed this summer amid rising worries over resurgent coronavirus cases and mounting supply chain problems and labor shortages. The S&P 500 index, […]