Chinese imports rose 18.7% in September 2017 year-over-year. That’s up from 13.5% growth in August. While near-20% expansion sounds good if not exhilarating, it isn’t materially different from 13.5% or 8% for that matter. In addition, Chinese trade statistics tend
October 13, 2017
Over the last few months, StartEngine has become one of the highest-volume equity crowdfunding platforms in the U.S. The platform currently has an impressive 60 companies raising money via equity crowdfunding. Now that it’s got the equity crowdfunding side running smoothly, StartEngine is setting
October 25, 2017 concludes the 180-day lockup period on China Rapid Finance Limited (NYSE:XRF). When the lockup period ends for XRF, its pre-IPO shareholders, directors and executives will finally be able to sell their more than 39 million previously restricted shares.
Bill Ackman of Pershing Square has been working hard to impress the board of Automatic Data Processing (Nasdaq:ADP). He has been buying ads in newspapers and trying to talk to the investors of the company as he seeks three seats on its board.
The reaction when the market starts to correct is the same, run for the hills, the world is ending or some variation of that theme. However, if you spend a little time looking at the history of the markets one
In this week’s edition of Market Week in Review, Consulting Director Sophie Antal Gilbert chatted with Senior Investment Strategist Paul Eitelman about predictions for third quarter earnings season, the impact of recent inflationary data on a potential December interest rate
The index closed with a daily gain of 0.09% and a week-over-week gain of 0.15%. The index is up 14.0% YTD. The U.S. Treasury puts the closing yield on the 10-year note at 2.28%. Here is a daily chart of
The next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting is in 19 days, 4 hours, 59 minutes and 14 seconds as I type. Traders give Team Yellen a 98.5% probability that the Federal Reserve is going to raise rates in November and
