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Economic challenges abound, and equities will rally. It’s a seemingly paradoxical view, but one espoused by one of the biggest players in the market. Scott Minerd thinks stocks have bottomed, and will rally from here. Minerd is chief investment officer at Guggenheim Partners, helping oversee the firm’s $255 billion in assets. He told Yahoo Finance Live that stocks can rise at least 10% from current levels going into next year. “There’s an old saying that markets climb a wall of worry…. Source link

MacKenzie Scott, philanthropist and former wife of billionaire and Amazon (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos, announced on Tuesday that she donated another $2.74 billion to charity.  Scott has donated a total of $8.5 billion since July 2020. “Me, Dan [Jewett, Scott’s new husband], a constellation of researchers and administrators and advisors — we are all attempting to give away a fortune that was enabled by systems in need of change,” Scott wrote in a Medium post titled ‘Seeding by Ceding’…. Source link

The New York Times Fauci Warns U.S. Could Be Headed for Another Virus Spike States have continued steadily lifting restrictions, despite warnings from top federal health officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci that new coronavirus cases in the United States have plateaued at a very high level after their drastic drop has stalled and that the country urgently needed to contain the spread of more transmissible variants. Arizona, California and South Carolina joined a growing list Friday by loosening… Source link

Westbrook says Brooks isn’t getting enough credit for wins originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington After the Wizards won their fourth straight game on Saturday night and praise was being heaped on Russell Westbrook and Bradley Beal who each had big nights, Westbrook took time to shine a light on someone he does not believe is getting enough respect for his role in the team’s recent turnaround. That would be head coach Scott Brooks, who has taken a lot of heat this season as the Wizards… Source link

Former MLB pitcher Scott Erickson has been charged with a misdemeanor count of reckless driving in connection with a fatal hit and run in Westlake Village, California, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. Erickson, 52, was reportedly involved in a race with a car driven by Rebecca Grossman moments before Grossman’s vehicle struck and killed two boys in a crosswalk on Sept. 29. Erickson was charged with reckless driving, and is due in court on March 16. Grossman was charged with two… Source link

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks with Over 9% Dividend Yield Markets ended 2020 on a high note, and have started 2021 on a bullish trajectory. All three major indexes have recently surged to all-time highs as investors seemingly looked beyond the pandemic and hoped for signs of a rapid recovery. Veteran strategist Edward Yardeni sees the economic recovery bringing its own slowdown with it. As the COVID vaccination program allows for further economic opening, with more people getting back to… Source link

I’m probably forgetting a few things, but on this week of all weeks, let’s make a list. • I’m thankful for Justin Tucker. You could narrow the goal posts by 80 percent and he’d be the same guy. • I’m thankful for the Steelers and the Jets. Historical things might happen, and we are all witnesses. • I’m thankful for the Cleveland Browns. We need a few teams trying to party like it’s 1977. • I’m thankful for the 2-point conversion. Life would be a lot more boring without… Source link

Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images Late last month the Department of Justice filed a long-anticipated antitrust lawsuit against Google, accusing the company of engaging in anti-competitive practices. It’s the most aggressive challenge the DOJ has made against a tech giant since it accused Microsoft of anti-competitive practices in 1997. The lawsuit homes in on Google’s… Source link