Imagine if Baker Mayfield said to the Cleveland Browns - thanks but no thanks, I'm playing for the Calgary Stampeders. Imagine if Andrew Luck phoned up the Indianapolis Colts in 2012 and told them...
The United States posted its largest single monthly deficit in history in February, as the country spent $234 billion more than what it brought in during the month. This brings the total deficit f...
Remember when the size of the deficit and national debt was a really big deal in the United States. These days it seems as though nobody cares anymore. Earlier this week, the United States deb...
Algorithmic traders have caused havoc in the markets over the past decade or so and have been widely blamed for a couple of "flash crashes" that have taken place. These algo traders come in all sh...
Later this week, Tesla Inc. is set to report their Q4 earnings. Last quarter, Tesla Inc. moved up their earnings report and reported stronger than expected earnings, thanks to very high demand for...
During the 35-day partial shutdown of the US federal government, the SEC was operating with a greatly reduced staff. When members of the SEC staff return to work on Monday, some of them will very ...
At the time that this article was written (January 25th, 2019), the partial shutdown of the US federal government had entered its 35th day. This is the longest partial shutdown of the US governmen...
According to the Washington Post, Senator Elizabeth Warren is set to propose a wealth tax that could potentially raise nearly $3 trillion over a 10-year period. Warren, along with UC Berkeley econ...
In 2016, a hacker was alleged to have accessed EDGAR, which is the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system. This is the system that companies use to file their annual and quarte...
Berkshire Hathaway disclosed its equity holdings as of the end of the third quarter in a filing with the SEC that was released after the market closed. The general theme? Warren Buffett increased ...
Some are referring to today's midterm elections as the most important vote of our generation. Later today, the polls will open and voters will cast their ballots for a number of different seats an...
If you started investing in 2009 or later, you have likely never faced a major downswing in the markets. If you started investing in 2009 or later and have invested in North American markets, you ...
Earlier this week, the use of recreational marijuana in Canada became completely legal. Over the past couple of years, investors and speculators have been salivating over the potential of the mari...
For many young investors, Wednesday was the worst day that they have ever experienced in the markets, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped by over 800 points and the NASDAQ fell by over 4%. ...
Less than a week after Tesla Inc. Chairman and CEO Elon Musk and Tesla agreed to a settlement deal with the SEC, Musk was at it again on Twitter, leading some investors in the company to throw up thei...