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The New York Times A Psychedelic Drug Passes a Big Test for PTSD Treatment In an important step toward medical approval, MDMA, the illegal drug popularly known as ecstasy or molly, was shown to bring relief to those suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder when paired with talk therapy. Of the 90 people who took part in the new study, which is expected to be published later this month in Nature Medicine, those who received MDMA during therapy experienced a significantly greater… Source link

TipRanks Raymond James: These 3 Stocks Have Over 100% Upside on the Horizon We’re now in the heart of earnings season, and investors are paying close attention as companies report their financial results from the first quarter of 2021. It’s a routine, in some ways, but in others, there has never been an earnings season quite like this. It’s the first one post-pandemic, but perhaps more importantly, the results are coming out during a time of nearly unprecedented government stimulus… Source link

Warren Buffett has a storied history with airline stocks, once quipping, “I am Warren and I am an aeroholic.” But the spectacular returns for the industry over the last year are casting a dark cloud on Berkshire Hathaway’s decision to dump all of its airline holdings in May 2020 as prices were bottoming. Berkshire loaded up on stock of the four major U.S. carriers in 2016. At the 2020 Berkshire annual shareholders meeting, Buffett said he’d spent $7 billion to $8 billion amassing stakes in… Source link

TipRanks Raymond James: These 3 Stocks Have Over 100% Upside on the Horizon We’re now in the heart of earnings season, and investors are paying close attention as companies report their financial results from the first quarter of 2021. It’s a routine, in some ways, but in others, there has never been an earnings season quite like this. It’s the first one post-pandemic, but perhaps more importantly, the results are coming out during a time of nearly unprecedented government stimulus… Source link

Need some advice? Legendary investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) Warren Buffett has plenty to share. Through his letters, essays, op-eds and TV appearances, Buffett dispenses folksy, funny, plainspoken advice on investing, management, life, happiness, and everything in between. On Saturday May 1, Buffett and his longtime business partner Charlie Munger will share more of their wisdom at the 2021 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting. Like last year, shareholders will… Source link

If you’ve never been to the Berkshire Hathaway (BRK-A, BRK-B) annual meeting, make it a priority—and include a virtual visit this year. Experienced attendees, join in too. An annual tradition for a half-century, Berkshire chairman Warren Buffett hosts the meeting to cultivate quality shareholders by explaining—and celebrating—the company’s culture. Typical Berkshire shareholders have read Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders before the ensuing meeting, where it becomes the… Source link

Prominent Democrats continue to urge a skeptical President Biden to cancel $50,000 in federally held student loan debt via executive action (as opposed to legislation passed by Congress). In an interview with Yahoo Finance, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) explained why she and others believe that cancellation would have a stimulus-like effect on the U.S. economy. “It’s going to be a huge, huge boost to our economy,” Warren, who chairs the Subcommittee on Economic Policy at the Senate… Source link

The New York Times ‘No Victory Dance’: Veterans of Afghan War Feel Torn Over Pullout Was it worth it? After two decades of midnight watches and gut-twisting patrols down bomb-riddled roads, after all the deaths and bloodshed and lost years, that was the one inescapable question on Wednesday among many of the 800,000 Americans who have served in Afghanistan since 2001. “There’s no easy answer, no victory dance, no ‘we were right and they were wrong,’” said Jason Dempsey, 49, who… Source link

Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) grilled two student loan servicers and hosted experts at a student loan hearing on Tuesday before sitting down with Yahoo Finance to describe her argument for President Biden to unilaterally cancel $50,000 in federally-backed student loans for tens of millions of Americans. “Overall, in this hearing, it was perfectly clear [that] we have a broken student loan system,” Warren, chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Economic Policy at the Senate Committee on Banking,… Source link

The Daily Beast ‘It’s Attack After Attack’: Trans Youth Speak Out on Health and Sports Bills Aimed at Them Marcos del Mazo/GettyWillow Breshears says she has been contacted by several young transgender people in Arkansas over the last few days. “One of them said he was going to kill himself if the bill passed,” Breshears, an 18-year-old community organizer for the Center for Artistic Revolution and a founder of the Young Transwomen’s Project, told The Daily Beast of the… Source link