Returns of -3.5% or lower over a five-day period on 218 occasions out of 2516 (9%); Stock rose in the next five days in 124 of these 218 instances (57%). After observing a sell-off in early January, the stock again observed a dip in recent weeks. over a five-day trading period, compared to the broader…
Month: May 2022
Norwegian-Backed Investment To Take Control Of London’s West End
Over a thousand years since the Vikings last invaded the U.K., a fresh incursion is on the cards as Norwegian-backed real estate companies Capco and Shaftsbury are poised to merge. The two real estate companies own large chunks of London’s West End property estates, while backer Norges Bank –Norway’s huge sovereign wealth fund – already…
Texas Home Appraisals Are At An All-Time High. Should You Protest?
Hundreds of thousands of homeowners in Texas appear ready to make their voices heard after receiving their 2022 home appraisals. Texas Has The Sixth-Highest Property Taxes In The U.S. Texas famously has no income taxes, but it still has school, hospitals, highways and more that need to be funded. Record Number Of Home Appraisal Protests…
As Stock Markets Dive and Inflation Rises, It Pays to Automate Your Finances
This is no time to rely on human judgment alone, behavioral economists and financial planners say. With the stock market selling off and inflation at a four-decade high, it is human nature to want to take action to protect your shrinking account balances. But human nature has a lousy track record. We tend to act…
Workforce-Fueled Manufacturing Yet Again Pivotal To Innovative Production, According To MIT
We might be witnessing the dawn of a new industrial era in this decade. Manufacturing is, again, the engine of our economy, in a synergy of technology and humans, say a plethora of MIT professors. Professor David Mindell outlining the Historical Perspectives on Manufacturing and a new Industrial Revolution at Manufacturing at MIT on May…
Which housing markets are most exposed to the coming interest-rate storm?
The pain of rising mortgage repayments will be harder to bear in some places than in others But you wouldn’t know it by looking at the rich world’s housing markets, many of which continue to break records. Scarce housing supply together with robust demand, high levels of net household wealth and strong labour markets should…
Web 3.0 To Change The Landscape Of Social Media And Online Content
The introduction of web 2.0 platforms highlighted a bevvy of issues that Web 3.0 could be well placed to fix. The introduction of these platforms also highlighted a bevvy of issues that Web 3.0 could be well placed to fix. Web 2.0’s social media model is strongly predicated on the accumulation of mass amounts of…
Market’s Slide Has Already Changed Investor Behavior
Once-popular trades are falling out of favor as investors brace for further volatility. The 2022 pullback in U.S. stocks intensified last week, with stocks on Thursday staging their largest single-day decline since the onset of the pandemic. The plunge came just a day after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell appeared to clear the way for…
‘Extreme Fear’ Crypto Crash Suddenly Wipes $200 Billion From The Price Of Bitcoin, Ethereum, BNB, XRP, Luna, Solana, Cardano And Avalanche
Bitcoin, ethereum and other major cryptocurrencies have fallen sharply, wiping around $200 billion from the crypto market in just a matter of days. Bitcoin BTC , ethereum and other major cryptocurrencies have fallen sharply, wiping around $200 billion from the crypto market in just a matter of days (though some fear the bitcoin price could…
Europe Car Forecasts Turn Negative, While Electric Sales Growth To Stall
Sales prospects for cars and SUVs in Western Europe are fading fast with forecasts dropping into negative territory as economic prospects weaken, and even the rock-solid electric car revolution is likely to take a breather over the next couple of years. Western Europe’s battery-electric vehicle (BEV) sales more than doubled in 2020 to just under…