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Given what the Trump administration is saying are record achievements for a president at this stage in office, why would anyone consider voting for Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections? Writing in The Washington Examiner, Paul Bedard lists 289 accomplishments of the Trump administration, beginning with the obvious one, the economy: "They include 173 major wins, such as adding more than 4 million jobs, and another 116 smaller victories, some with outsize importance, such as the 83 percent one-year increase in arrests of MS-13 gang members." As the White House has touted, unemployment in all demographics is the lowest it has been since 1969.
Tesla 's finances have been an area of concern for the automaker throughout its 15-year history, and those concerns may be reaching an inflection point. But if Tesla's financial condition hasn't improved and doesn't in the near future, the bonds could pose another challenge to a company that is already dealing with delivery issues and erratic behavior from CEO Elon Musk .
US markets rebounded Friday from a midweek scare, including a jarring two-day loss of nearly 1,400 points for the Dow Jones industrial average. It was a free-wheeling sell-off, marked by concerns about rising interest rates, tensions over the trade war with China and a startling plunge in the tech sector.
AML for all The Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation into the money-laundering scandal at Danske Bank. The Danish bank said it is cooperating with the probe.
Stockholders of record on Tuesday, October 2nd will be paid a dividend of 0.2042 per share by the exchange traded fund on Friday, October 5th. This represents a $2.45 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 2.43%.
"There's more grain in the bin on September one than what the market expected," explains AgriTalk host Chip Flory. "On soybeans, to get there [USDA] had to go back and adjust the 2017 soybean crop."
The Dow Jones today projected a 134-point gain on news that the United States is close to a trade deal with Mexico. Reuters reported yesterday that Mexico's economy minister, Ildefonso Guajardo, believes the discussions for a new trade deal between the NAFTA partners are in the "final hours."
Yet it seems that we only really appreciate diversity when the stock market is down. As the market is rising, we often wish our portfolio were more heavily weighted in stocks.
KEEPING SCORE: Tokyo's Nikkei 225 index gained 0.4 percent to 22,610.83 and Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.6 percent to 28,831.39. The Shanghai Composite Index was off 2 points at 2,904.39 and Sydney's S&P-ASX 200 shed 0.2 percent to 6,254.40.
The Tesla whistleblower scandal intensified Wednesday with reports that Martin Tripp's counsel, Meissner and Associates, had filed a claim on his behalf with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Other news outlets have done an excellent job of reporting on Tripp's accusations, but my focus is on the potential downside for Tesla shares from an SEC investigation.
Leidos and CACI INTERNATIONAL INC Common Stock are both mid-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, profitability, valuation, risk, earnings, institutional ownership and dividends. Leidos has a beta of 1.61, meaning that its share price is 61% more volatile than the S&P 500.
The yuan's fastest fall since its 2015 devaluation is adding a new dimension to already frayed tensions between the world's two biggest economies. President Donald Trump -- who dubbed China the "grand champions" of currency manipulation early in his presidency -- is now being confronted with a 3 percent, two-week slide in the yuan that stands to make Chinese imports cheaper for American buyers and U.S. exports to China pricier.
Harley-Davidson, the American motorcycle manufacturer, says it plans to move some production overseas to avoid tariffs imposed by the E.U. in response to President Trump's trade policies. When Mr. Trump hosted Harley-Davidson executives at the White House in 2017, above, he called the company a "true American icon."
Wall Street opened lower and global stock markets sank on Monday as a trade dispute between the United States and other leading economies worsened, while U.S. Treasuries and other safer investments gained. A U.S. government official on Sunday said the Treasury Department was drafting curbs that would block firms with at least 25 percent Chinese ownership from buying U.S. companies with "industrially significant technology."
Latin American stocks and currencies mostly fell on Monday as the trade dispute between the United States and other leading economies worsened, but central bank intervention kept the Brazilian real steady. A U.S. government official on Sunday said the Treasury Department was drafting curbs that would block firms with at least 25 percent Chinese ownership from buying U.S. companies with "industrially significant technology."
Performant Financial and Donnelley Financial Solns are both small-cap business services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, earnings, profitability, valuation, institutional ownership and analyst recommendations. Donnelley Financial Solns has higher revenue and earnings than Performant Financial.
A Freddie Mac sign stands outside the company's headquarters in McLean, Virginia, U.S., on Tuesday, April 8, 2014. Senator Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat and a member of the Senate Banking Committee, said a bipartisan bill to replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is too complicated and doesn't do enough to address too-big-to-fail concerns or provide assistance for affordable housing.
China may be somewhat of a mystery to the majority of international investors who will soon find themselves owning mainland shares for the first time. The country's main bourse, opened in Shanghai in the early 1990s, is accessible only through a link with Hong Kong or using either of two licenses available to institutions like insurers or pension funds, both of which impose quotas and limitations.
Republicans finally managed to roll back some of the Wall Street regulations passed by Congress in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis after years of trying. While it wasn't a full repeal as some had hoped, it's the first legislative overhaul since the Dodd-Frank Act became law in 2010.