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…
Billion-Dollar Crypto Loan Easy to Get, Gone in a Flash
Flash loans can have benefits, such as helping traders capitalize on price differences between cryptocurrencies on different exchanges. But flash loans have a dark side. A hacker who robbed the decentralized stablecoin platform Beanstalk in April had a powerful tool: a $1 billion loan taken out with no collateral, no proof of income and no…
The Week in Business: More Strong Job Gains
The Federal Reserve approved its biggest rate increase since 2000. Investors joined Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter. Another inflation indicator comes out this week. The Labor Department reported another solid month of job growth in April on Friday. The United States has regained nearly 95 percent of the 22 million jobs lost at the…
The Best Mid-Cap Dividend Stocks For 2022
Mid-cap dividend stocks are the best bargain on the board right now. Meanwhile many great under-the-radar mid-cap stocks sit between $2 billion and $10 billion in market capitalization. But there’s a large number of longstanding mid-cap dividend growers, and they’re recognized by inclusion in the lesser-known S&P MidCap 400 Dividend Aristocrats. For instance, a $1.50-per-share…