Posts by The Trend Letter

Headline – Feb. 2/17

  • Wall St lower as Fed uncertainty weighs on banks. Read story
  • US jobless claims fall; productivity slows in 4th quarter. Read story
  • Major upgrade for UK economy. Read story
  • Why ‘Grexit’ worries are back on the market’s radar. Read story
  • Trump calls US-Australia refugee agreement ‘dumb deal.’ Read story
  • As Brazil’s unemployment rate hits record high, Rio’s murder rate soars. Read story
  • Apple misses deadline for €13 billion tax payment to Ireland. Read story
  • Defiant Iran slams Trump: Will not yield to “useless: threats.  Read story
  • German stock exchange boss investigated. Read story
  • US student debt problem far worse than believed. Read story
  • Charted: US president Trump’s recent flurry of phone calls with world leaders. Read story
  • India opens coal mining market for first time in four decades. Read story
  • Geologists have discovered a lost continent beneath Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Read story
  • You might need $350,000 in retirement to cover health-care costs. Read story
  • What you’re doing wrong to prepare for natural disasters. Read story
  • On the lighter side. Check it out!

Headlines – Feb. 1/17

  • Wall St rises as Apple fuels tech rally; Fed eyed. Read story
  • Fed to hold interest rates as Congress debates stimulus. Read story
  • US private sector adds 246,000 jobs in January, topping estimates:ADP. Read story
  • Bill gates set to become first trillionaire. Read story
  • One income for all: Far fetched or future fact? Read story
  • Technology VCs have a $1 billion obsession with car startups. Read story
  • White House ices out CNN. “They’re trying to cull CNN from the herd”. Read story
  • End of EU roaming charges ‘a step closer.’ Read story
  • Americans rushing to get ahead of rising mortgage rates. Read story
  • Iran confirms missile test, denies breach of nuclear deal. Read story
  • Chipotle and Trump: It’s all about the guacamole. Read story
  • The man who could finally end Merkel. Read story
  • Michael Jackson worth more than ever, and IRA wants a piece of it. Read story
  • Five errors that immediately get your resume rejected at Google. Read story
  • Fed up Mexicans to Trump: Tear up NAFTA, we’re sick of it too. Read story
  • How Amazon is preparing to take over even more of retail. Read story
  • On the lighter side. Check it out!

Headlines – Jan. 31/17

  • Wall St opens lower on weak earnings. Read story
  • Student arrested in Quebec mosque shooting. Read story
  • Euro jumps after Trump advisor says shared currency ‘grossly undervalued’. Read story
  • Euro is G-10’s most undervalued currency by OECD measure. Read story
  • Eurozone inflation jumps to 1.8% in January. Read story
  • Buffet says he bought $12 billion in stocks since election. Read story
  • Fed to hold rates while Congress debates stimulus. Read story
  • Trump says drug prices are ‘astronomical’. Read story
  • India admits rupee withdrawal bad for economy. Read story
  • Deutsche Bank fined for $10 billion sham Russian trades. Read story
  • India will remain the fastest growing economy despite demonetisation, Brexit, & Trump. Read story
  • Russia is a mess – the poverty rate is soaring & only 10 of 85 regions are financially stable. Read story
  • Billionaire closer to mining the moon for $trillions in riches. Read story
  • Musk looking to plug computers into human business. Read story
  • Skipping breakfast links to heart disease and obesity:Study. Read story
  • Russia’s Defense Minister is using reindeer photos to send coded message to the world. Read story
  • On the lighter side. Check it out!

Headlines – Jan 30/17

  • Dow falls below 20,000 as Trump actions, earnings weighed. Read story
  • Quebec City mosque shooting kills six people. Read story
  • Trump signs executive order to slash regulations. Read story
  • Trump’s first week: Well, that was intense. Read story
  • Starbucks CEO plans to hire 10,000 refugees after Trump ban. Read story
  • Poll: Le Pen to lead French presidential race in first round of voting. Read story
  • This trader bets it all on Apple getting crushed after earnings. Read story
  • New Puerto Rico governor signs fiscal emergency law. Read story
  • If nutrition labels looked like this, your attempts to quit sugar might actually work. Read story
  • Sony to take $1 billion write down on movie business. Read story
  • US pending home sales rebound despite rise in mortgage rates. Read story
  • In the time you spend on social media each year, you could read 200 books. Read story
  • Toyota gives up #1 title to Volkswagen. Read story
  • Expect more conflict between cities and states. Read story
  • A complete guide to selfie-enhancing apps taking China by storm. Read story
  • On the lighter side. Check it out!

Headlines – Jan. 27/17

  • Wall St slightly lower at open. Read story
  • US GDP misses forecast with final quarter rise of 1.9%. Read story
  • US trade deficit biggest since 2010. Read story
  • Trump floats 20% border tax for wall as Mexico feud deepens. Read story
  • Former Bush aid: There won’t be a ‘quick’ US-UK trade deal. Read story
  • Gorbachev:”It looks as if the world is preparing for war.” Read story
  • “We need to prepare umbrellas for a rainy day”: Japan gears up for a trade war. Read story
  • Backers seeking California’s secession from the US can begin collecting vote signatures. Read story
  • German prosecutors open fraud inquiry into former VW CEO. Read story
  • UK economy grows faster than expected. Read story
  • Turkey threatens to cancel EU migrant deal over Greek coup ruling. Read story
  • Restaurants in France face prosecution in they offer unlimited soft drinks. Read story
  • Toshiba to sell part of chip business, puts overseas nuclear ops under review. Read story
  • The tax that made Alphabet miss on earnings, and the big change that will keep it from happening again. Read story
  • Drones find massive two-mile fissure in Arizona desert. Read story
  • On the lighter side. Check it out!