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Fire Engulfs Japan Rocket Test Site
Large plumes of smoke billowed from the launch site at Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, after a malfunction during an engine test. Source link
At least one dead and three injured near Vilnius
At least one person has died and three others have been injured after a cargo plane crashed near Vilnius airport in Lithuania in the early hours of Monday.The Boeing 737, operated for DHL by the Spanish cargo airline Swiftair, crashed near a house as it was on its final approach for landing, local authorities said.All 12 people have been safely evacuated from the property, police said.The cause of the crash is still unclear but the defence minister said there were no initial signs it was sabotage or terrorism. The aircraft departed from DHL's hub at Leipzig Airport in Germany just…
Russia Launches New Intermediate-Range Missile at Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin said the attack was in response to Ukraine’s recent use of American and British weapons to strike deeper into Russia. Source link
Average US rate on 30-year mortgage rises to 3.69 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose this week yet remained near historically low levels.
Investing Blog Roundup: Missing Out on Subsidized Insurance
This week, the Kaiser Family Foundation released the results of a survey showing that, of the approximately 30 million adults in the U.S. who remain without health insurance, 48{04524d497bea0ade6defd1388b5c9b25998d95475e2938b4fa9d615e63ad1540} would qualify for assistance purchasing such insurance (either tax credits or Medicaid). If you (or somebody you care about) doesn’t …
Sold DIS and IWM Naked Puts for April
I had some time to look over my holdings yesterday and really think about what I wanted to do next. I only have two February puts expiring (FB and BA) and both are far out of the money. I also have 700 shares of TLT that I’m short with three …
Costs Matter: Vanguard Long-Term Performance Update 2015
The purpose of Vanguard’s commitment to low-cost investing is not just to be cheap, it is to give their clients higher performance. Whenever a money manager charges higher fees for themselves, they will have to compensate by creating that much higher returns through whatever combination of skill or …
‘Welcome’: Mutual Funds Reopen Their Doors to New Investors – ABC News
'Welcome': Mutual Funds Reopen Their Doors to New InvestorsABC NewsThe velvet rope is dropping in front of more mutual funds. Some smaller corners of the market have stalled recently, even as the Standard & Poor's 500 index closes in on its record high. That means some fund managers are …
Stocks to Watch: BlackBerry, Oracle, Kroger are stocks to watch
Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are BlackBerry, Oracle, and Kroger.
ETF Focus: This new ETF wants to change your mind about emerging-market stocks
A new exchange-traded fund removes a potential problem from emerging-markets investing, but commentator Dave Fry would still be cautious.
NASDAQ Reaches Escape Velocity as Volume Swells
A solid session with volume expanding and healthy price movement. Most notably was the NASDAQ clearing its most recent resistance level. The S&P 500 remains locked within its recent consolidation and we will need to keep an eye on the index right here. It was finally nice to see at …
Can Technology Save Fracking?
The meteoric rise never felt sustainable – the numbers told us that. In 2013, US shale was responsible for approximately 20 percent of world investment in oil, while only supplying four percent of global production. The figures today are even grimmer. Baker Hughes is cutting 7,000 jobs; Halliburton, 6,500; Schlumberger, 9,000. The national oilrig count …
Mr Draghi finally delivers
© Hannelore Foerster/Getty Images And then there were none. On Thursday, the European Central Bank became the last of the major central banks to announce a large programme of quantitative easing, involving the purchase of over €1tn of assets, mostly eurozone government bonds, in the next 18 months. Is…
Nigeria says oil audit answers critics
Government sees report on NNPC as laying to rest financial allegations
Love Is in the (Office) Air: How to Have a Successful Workplace Romance
Three things that can make your office fling a good one.
The unbalanced global economy: American shopper
UK Only Article: standard article Issue: Putin’s war on the West Fly Title: The unbalanced global economy Rubric: The world is once again relying too much on American consumers to power growth A GLOBAL economy running on a single engine is better than one that needs jump leads. The American …
Crude Oil May Turn Lower Anew, SPX 500 Sets Sights on December Top
Crude oil may be readying to turn lower anew amid signs of ebbing upside momentum while the SPX 500 has cleared a path to retest December’s swing high.
USDOLLAR Index Back to 21-EMA, Trend Support since Late-October
If it seems like we’ve been here recently, it’s because we have: just last Friday, actually.
Pie in the Sky
We are still in a post-crisis environment, and enough people are still negative on equities, and interest rates are low enough, to provide plenty of purchasing power. We therefore expect it to be an ok period for equities over the next year or two – not outstanding given our …
Natural Gas Dips After Supply Report
Natural gas dropped today due to ;the ;bearish supply report from the ;Energy Information Administration. While US stockpiles shrank by ;160 billion cubic feet, …