Disney’s most recent trend suggests a bullish bias. One trading opportunity on Disney is a Bull Put Spread using a strike $100.00 short put and a strike $95.00 long put offers a potential 5.26% return on risk over the next 30 calendar days. Maximum profit would be generated if the Bull Put Spread were to → Read More
The yen and dollar rallied against other major currencies on Tuesday, as fears of an escalating trade conflict between the world’s two biggest economies sent investors looking for shelter. Trade tensions between the U.S. and China have been on the rise recently, but they intensified significantly on Monday when U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to → Read More
Do you really think the threat of a trade war is causing U.S. stocks to stumble? That’s what the headline writers would have you believe, but I’m not buying it. It strikes me as though mounting trade tensions have become commentators’ latest whipping boy, conveniently available as the after-the-fact explanation for whatever the market is → Read More
This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. It is part of the America’s Entrepreneurs Special Report. It takes money to make money, as the saying goes. For female entrepreneurs, that money can be elusive when starting a business or trying to grow one. As Linda Abraham — a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and startup board → Read More
When Columbia University classmates Andrea Sreshta and Anna Stork paired up for a project in 2010, they had no idea their creation would eventually earn them a spot on a 2015 episode of “Shark Tank”—and a $200,000 investment from Mark Cuban. (The popular pitch show was renewed this spring for a 10th season.) That puts → Read More
This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet. If you’re looking to save money on a vacation, you could spend hours researching and budgeting every minute of it — or you could simply try traveling like a minimalist instead. Minimalists generally live with fewer possessions, freeing up time, money and other resources to focus on things and experiences → Read More
U.S. stock futures fell sharply on Tuesday, as global equities careened lower on a fresh threat by President Donald Trump to slap up to $400 billion more in tariffs on China goods, the latest escalation in a worrying trade dispute. What did the main benchmarks do? Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YMU8, -1.42% slid 391 → Read More
European stocks sank Tuesday, following sharp losses in Asian equities after U.S. President Donald Trump indicated his administration is looking to hit China with further tariffs on $200 billion in imported goods, ramping up trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. How markets are performing The Stoxx Europe 600 Index SXXP, -0.87% fell 1.1% → Read More
Consumers are getting smarter about their credit scores. The number of people who have checked their credit score at least once in the last year has risen to 57%, up from just 49% in 2014. That’s according to a survey released Monday by the nonprofit Consumer Federation of America and the credit-scoring company VantageScore Solutions. → Read More
Asian stocks dropped Tuesday following President Donald Trump’s announcement of potentially $200 billion in additional tariffs against imports from China. In Japan, the yen jumped on that news, and the Nikkei NIK, -1.10% was off almost 1%. Export-related stocks slid, with Komatsu 6301, -2.15% shedding 1.5% while Honda 7267, -0.89% was down → Read More