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This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Thursday, March 10, 2022 Plaudits for Biden on crypto order, but challenges loom The pistol for cryptocurrency regulation has officially been fired — and the crypto world is ready and raring to go. On Wednesday, the Biden administration issued its hotly-anticipated executive order that directs the federal government (with the advice and consent… Source link

Along with being expected to start a rate hike cycle in March, the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to stop purchasing assets to add to its $9 trillion balance sheet. And while multiple rate hikes seems to be largely factored into the stock market, winding down the balance sheet — i.e., start selling assets into the market as opposed to buying — is a less understood variable. “When… the most reliable buyer with its own printing press and an incredible willingness to buy – when they… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Tuesday, January 25, 2021 Fears of a policy error are overriding Q4 earnings Remember those “landmines” the Morning Brief recently warned could detonate in 2022? One of them is just days from going off, and at the worst possible time. The head-spinning volatility that’s been throttling investors since the new year culminated on Monday by… Source link

Google Labs is back, but this time around, it’s not a consumer-facing brand delivering a range of experimental products. Instead, it’s the internal name given to a new team at Google created under a reorganization that aims to gather the company’s many innovative projects and long-term bets under one roof. The new group will be led by Clay Bavor, a veteran Googler and VP whose most recent role has seen him leading the company’s forward-looking efforts in virtual and augmented… Source link

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Bonds and the dollar Watch bonds and the dollar, the forgotten stepchildren of a frothy market. Once upon a time, inflation-wary investors used to telegraph their displeasure by selling Treasury debt, which pushed up yields and the value of the U.S. dollar (one day I’ll explore the fascinating world of interest rate… Source link

Alabama is back in the top three. The Crimson Tide moved to No. 3 in the AP Top 25 after a big win over Tennessee on Saturday. Alabama jumped Oklahoma after the Sooners needed a second-half comeback to beat Kansas. The Sooners fell a spot to No. 4.  Georgia and Cincinnati stayed in the top two spots. The Bulldogs were off on Saturday and Cincinnati beat Navy 27-20.  Ohio State stayed at No. 5 after shredding Indiana. The Big Ten has four teams in the top 10 again after Iowa moved up from No…. Source link

The Matter logo signifies smart-home devices that will get along well with each other and with Alexa, Siri and the Google Assistant. … Source link

Suze Orman: Make these 5 moves to stay out of the poorhouse in retirement Everyone hopes that, after decades of hard work, they’ll retire rich enough to spend decades more enjoying the fruits of their labor. But if you ask financial guru Suze Orman, the average American is nowhere near ready. Their savings won’t last decades — they’ll last about three years. Research by the Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies found the median savings in this country is just $144,000. That might sound… Source link

When in doubt, pick the same stocks that lawmakers’ spouses are buying? That’s what young investors are doing when it comes to trades made by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul Pelosi, a businessman who owns a real estate and venture capital firm. Though Nancy Pelosi herself doesn’t trade stocks, her husband does. And that’s enough for some social traders, who see his trades as hers. “We’ve been tracking their performance and every single stock she has bought in the last two years has… Source link

A logo is seen on the New York Google offices. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly Dispute spans several jurisdictions, including California and ITC California has stronger local interest in the case Federal Circuit ordered Judge Albright to move similar case on Friday (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday moved Google LLC and Sonos Inc’s West Texas patent case in their global dispute over multi-room audio technology to California federal court. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said the… Source link