While President-elect Donald Trump recently celebrated Time naming him its “Person of the Year” a second time, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel reminded viewers of Trump’s public discontent with the publication over the years. “Trump has had many ups and downs when it comes to Time magazine,” recalled Kimmel, who brought up a April 2013 tweet…
So this is what Donald Trump means by “Make America Great Again.” Bring back the “Mad Men” days. As I’ve been working to keep up with the unusual number of alleged sexual predators that the president-elect, himself an adjudicated sexual assaulter, has chosen for his Cabinet, I also celebrated my younger daughter’s birthday last week….
Fear, anxiety and confusion swept across the West Coast early Thursday when a rare tsunami warning was issued for parts of Northern California and southern Oregon following a magnitude 7 earthquake that hit about 55 miles off the shore of Eureka. Evacuations were ordered. Sirens went off. Service was suspended on the Bay Area’s commuter…
Ethan Evans, a former Amazon VP, led a failed project in 2011 that interrupted Jeff Bezos’ launch plans. The failure involved a critical design flaw in the Amazon Appstore’s “Test Drive” feature. It taught Evans to communicate in a crisis, take ownership of a problem, and rebuild trust slowly. I worked at Amazon for 15…
Hennessy Funds uses a four-step process for fundamental quantitative investing. The strategy focuses on mid-cap stocks with specific financial metrics and momentum. The fund outperforms benchmarks with a 12.39% annualized return over 21 years. It’s a hard-knock life trying to chase the stock market while balancing the business cycle, inflation, interest rate cuts, and a…
The S&P 500 should continue its bull rally into 2025, according to strategist Ryan Detrick. Historically, the S&P 500 often sees further gains after consecutive years of more than 20% returns. A strong economy and rising corporate profits support a bullish stock market outlook. The S&P 500 surged 26% in 2023 and is on track…
The S&P 500 has returned 26% so far this year. But with expectations sky-high, how long can the rally last? Some Wall Street experts warn of muted forward returns, and are making dot-com bubble comparisons. It’s been another banner year for the S&P 500 as impressive earnings and improving expectations have propelled the benchmark index…
Lauren Sánchez, 54, says she never expected to have so much to look forward to in life after turning 50. “When I was 20, I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, life is over at 50,’” she said on the “Today” show. Apart from her wedding to Jeff Bezos, Sánchez also has a space flight to look…
Mark Spitznagel, a bearish investor, predicts stocks may soon lose over half their value in a sell-off. He says a recession could happen by the end of the year, fueled by the government’s $34 trillion debt. His fund, Universa Investments, has made billions from past stock-market crises. A black-swan investor, Mark Spitznagel, says the stock…
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