James Picerno is the director of analytics at The Milwaukee Co., a wealth manager that is the adviser to The Brinsmere Funds, a pair of global asset allocation ETFs. He also edits CapitalSpectator.com and The US Business Cycle Research Report (CapitalSpectator.com/premium-research). He is the author of three books, including “Quantitative Investment Portfolio Analytics In R:…
Mediators have achieved progress in efforts to get the United States and Iran back to negotiations and avert an all-out war in the Middle East, two regional officials said Monday, with a pause in attacks coming after a period of rapidly escalating tensions.The comments came after neither the U.S. nor Iran reported carrying out any…
Tuolumne County, CA, in the Yosemite foothills, lost more residents than any other fire-prone U.S. county in 2025. It was followed closely by Sutter County, also in rural Northern California. Just one-third of the country’s 308 fire-prone counties lost more residents than they gained, while the other two-thirds gained population. Pinal County, AZ, located between…
A monster wildfire engulfing parts of France’s Bordeaux region has claimed hundreds and thousands of acres of land and forced one of the largest evacuations in the country. The fire began in the Southwest of France in Gironde last Wednesday and has burned nearly 104,000 acres in France, and around 190,000 acres in the Avila…
Last month, the Federal Reserve wrapped its first meeting with Jerome Powell’s replacement, Kevin Warsh, at its head. The target rate remained unchanged at 3.5% to 3.75%, and the minutes, released a few weeks after the meeting, mostly read the way Federal Reserve minutes always do — very dry. But within them was an 11-word…
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 21: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman appears during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump announced an investment in artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and took questions on a range of topics including his presidential pardons…
A broader AI correction has gripped the stock market, resulting in high-growth companies trading at compelling valuations. Broadcom (AVGO -0.83%) was approaching $500 per share earlier in the year, but has now dropped by more than 20% from its all-time high. The AI chipmaker didn’t do anything wrong. Its fundamentals are actually improving, and long-term…
tastytrade has launched Prediction Markets, allowing customers to trade CFTC-regulated event contracts directly through its brokerage platform. The contracts cover macroeconomic events, central bank decisions, market indicators, commodities and cryptocurrencies. The launch comes as retail brokerages continue expanding into prediction markets. Robinhood, moomoo and other platforms have recently introduced or expanded similar offerings tied to…
Latest NewsPublishedJul 27, 2026 Hong Kong’s HashKey will unify its crypto exchange branches, with users from its Hong Kong, Global, Singapore and Middle East regions using the same platform. Hong Kong digital asset services business HashKey Holdings has merged its HashKey Exchange and HashKey Global exchanges into a single platform and application. Core jurisdictional hubs…
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