Wall Street’s main indexes hovered near record highs on Tuesday despite weakness in technology stocks, with the S&P 500 heading for a seventh straight month of gains as fears ebbed over near-term policy tightening by the Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 was down slightly for the day, but had a solid month in August, which […]
It was the best of times – programmers all learned how to write efficient computer programs in ASSEMBLER, or an interpretive language like BASIC, PASCAL, or FORTRAN. They used a fairly low level language that, when compiled, computers could execute quickly and flawlessly over and over. Bill Gates helped to write a whole operating system […]
We have written before about the use and great potential of CRISPR, the gene editing tool that can be used to alter genes in beneficial ways. The technology can enable the editing of DNA sequences in human genes, aiming to improve the human condition, such as eliminating difficult diseases like cystic fibrosis and cancer. CRISPR […]
Rising concerns about inflation and the resurgence of COVID-19 infections hammered Wall Street on Monday, with major benchmarks suffering their worst declines since May, even as quarterly earnings continue to reflect a strengthening economic rebound. Fears about broadly rising coronavirus cases drove the Nasdaq and S&P 500 to their biggest drop in nearly two months, […]
The S&P 500 index set another new record high today. Trading volume has exploded since the pandemic lockdowns and government handouts, and the explosion on volumes is being driven by retail investors. Note the rise in 2020, and then already in 2021, with only half the year in the books, volume is on pace to […]
China crackdown and rising $US hit commodities The prices of commodities were falling sharply on Thursday, cutting into months of gains and weighing on equity markets, as China takes steps to cool off rising prices and the U.S. dollar strengthens. The decline in commodities was widespread, with futures prices for palladium and platinum falling more than 11% and 7%, […]
The US Federal Reserve officials signaled that the pace of the U.S. economic recovery from the pandemic is bringing forward their expectations for how quickly they will reduce policy support. Chair Jerome Powell told a press conference Wednesday that officials had begun a discussion about scaling back bond purchases after releasing forecasts that show they […]
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFT’s) have been generating a lot of press lately, as there have been some very large buying and selling numbers bandied about, and some very well known names being associated with these digital assets. So what are they and how do they work? To understand NFT’s you must start with knowing what non-fungible […]
Stocks US stocks closed mixed and Treasury yields rose as minutes showed Federal Reserve officials were cautiously optimistic about the US recovery at their April meeting, with some signaling they’d be open ‘at some point’ to discussing scaling back the central bank’s massive bond purchases. The S&P 500 fell for a third day, and 10-year […]
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