Identifying and targeting sleepers can have a tremendous impact on your fantasy squad, and the later rounds of your draft are typically when you want to start taking some chances. Some of these players may be undervalued due to injury concerns or simply because they had a tough 2021-22 season, while others may be overlooked by fantasy managers who don’t adequately take improved team situations into account. The prime takeaway here is that all these players could return major value relative… Source link
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Stock sell-off intensifies after relief rally fades; Dow sheds 500 points, Nasdaq falls 3%
U.S. stocks cascaded Thursday as recession jitters returned to Wall Street, paring gains from a fleeting relief bounce spurred by the Bank of England’s bond-buying move. The S&P 500 plummeted 2.3%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average erased more than 500 points, or around 1.7%. The Nasdaq Composite sank over 3%. Technology stocks led the slide lower as heavily-weighted Apple (AAPL) shares erased roughly 4.8% on concerns around waning demand that prompted a downgrade from Bank of America…. Source link
Read More »Google pulls the plug on Stadia • TechCrunch
Two and a half years after unveiling Stadia on stage at GDC, the game streaming service is officially done. Subscribers will have access to the games library through January 18 of next year, after which point, it will shut down for good. Google adds in a blog post that it expects to have all refunds for subscribers issued by around that time, as well. Google had not acknowledged previous struggles with the service. In a tweet dated late-July 2022, the company noted simply, “Stadia is… Source link
Read More »‘I’ve got goosebumps just thinking about this year’
LOS ANGELES — To say Los Angeles Lakers star Anthony Davis is eager to embark upon the 2022-23 season would be an understatement. “I’m so excited that I’ve got goosebumps just thinking about this year,” Davis told Yahoo Sports this week. “I’m looking forward to a healthy year and doing what I know we can do.” Having played in only 40 games due to injuries last season, and with the Lakers missing the playoffs altogether, the 29-year-old power forward said he’s on a mission to… Source link
Read More »Wharton dean explains a common mistake made after crises: ‘Panic and neglect’
As the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, CEOs would be wise to reflect on how they reacted to that crisis and how they could do better. But Erika James, the dean of the Wharton School, the business school at the University of Pennsylvania, recently told Yahoo Finance that leaders often fail to learn from setbacks like the pandemic. “We talk about this cycle called panic and neglect,” James told Yahoo Finance’s editor-in-chief during a recent episode of “Influencers with Andy… Source link
Read More »China tells state banks to prepare for a massive dollar dump and yuan buying spree as Beijing’s prior interventions have failed to stem its currency’s worst year since 1994
Chinese President Xi Jinping.Kevin Frayer/Getty Images Reuters reported that China told state-owned banks to get ready to sell dollars and buy yuan in an effort to prop up the local currency. The move could stem the yuan’s fall, as it remains on track for its largest annual loss against the dollar since 1994. A hawkish Fed has pushed the dollar to 20-year highs this year, pressuring currencies around the world. The People’s Bank of China has told major state-run banks to prepare to shed dollar… Source link
Read More »Jim Rogers just warned about getting too excited over the market’s recent bump — here are the shockproof assets he likes best right now
‘Probably the last rally’: Jim Rogers just warned about getting too excited over the market’s recent bump — here are the shockproof assets he likes best right now The stock market has been pummeled, and many investors are wondering when things will turn green again. According to legendary investor Jim Rogers, there is hope on the horizon — but perhaps not for long. “We had huge pessimism because of inflation and other things,” he tells ET NOW. “Now it looks like inflation and… Source link
Read More »How to remove your phone number or address from Google search results
From a simple Google search, strangers can dig up your phone number, physical address or other personal information. You might not want that floating around the internet — or its presence could be putting you in danger. Now, Google says it’s making it easier to request that information be removed from search results. A new shortcut, which Google teased in May, is rolling out in its app and next to search results in the United States during the next two weeks. Before, you could request the… Source link
Read More »Stocks bear market ‘will continue into the first quarter,’ portfolio manager says
Battered investors hoping for a reprieve from the teeth of the bear market may have to wait until early 2023. That’s the blunt assessment from Pimco portfolio manager Erin Browne. “I think it [the bear market] will continue into the first quarter of next year because the Fed is going to keep hiking [rates],” Browne warned on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “And so it’s hard to have with any certainty right now what next year will bring.” That’s hardly welcome analysis in what has been a… Source link
Read More »‘Russia’s Google’ launches ride-hailing app Yango in Dubai
A new ride-hailing app operated by Russia’s answer to Google has hit the road in Dubai after a trial. Yango, part of web and search engine portal Yandex, launched in Dubai on Thursday. Commuters can use the service by downloading the Yango app available on App Store and Google Play. A trial began two weeks ago, with the company saying it saw “good demand” for a permanent roll-out. Dubai is one of the most influential economic centres of the region attracting investments and people from all… Source link
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