Author: CapitalGainsFund

Sep 21

Personal Finance Daily: How Trump and Biden tax policies could affect your paycheck and coronavirus cases linked to long flights early in pandemic

Hi there, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories: Personal Finance Coronavirus cases linked to long airline flights early in pandemic, studies show The studies looked at a 10-hour flight and a 15-hour flight that occurred in March, before airlines started requiring masks. Ellen DeGeneres says being known as the ‘be kind’ lady is ‘tricky’ in […]
Sep 21

Outside the Box: The COVID-19 lockdown is squeezing real estate from all sides and threatens to burst the housing and mortgage bubble

Recently the Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA) — conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — extended the moratorium for both evictions and foreclosures until the end of the year. Many homeowners breathed a sigh of relief. Indeed, over the past few months the number of borrowers with active forbearances has declined. But that’s no […]
Sep 21

Tests, masks, temperature checks: 'Healthy Sail Panel' submits 74 COVID-19 cruise recommendations to CDC

It’s not news that cruising will be different when ships return to U.S. waters as cruise operators seek to ensure passengers’ safety. But the question of just what a cruise vacation will look like in the COVID-19 era has lingered during a more than six-month industry-wide pause. But now a picture is starting to form.  On Monday, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian’s “Healthy […]
Sep 21

Trump told Bob Woodward that with Mitch McConnell by his side, he's 'broken every record' on judges

During several of his interviews with author Bob Woodward, President Trump proudly mentioned judicial appointments and how he and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) have “broken every record,” The Washington Post reports. The Post obtained audio recordings of their conversations, and Woodward also writes about the topic in his new book, Rage. During an […]
Sep 21

The Margin: Critics say Trump supporters staging event at early voting site in Virginia aimed to intimidate and suppress

A day after the cable news channels carried images of Election Day–length lines at some polling places in suburban Virginia, and elsewhere, on the opening day of the early voting period, a Washington, D.C., photographer and filmmaker posted footage of demonstrators apparently seeking to block access to a voting site in Fairfax, Va., some of […]
Sep 21

Key Words: Bill Gates: Trump’s partial travel ban made coronavirus pandemic worse

Bill Gates. Getty Images “ ‘We created this rush, and we didn’t have the ability to test or quarantine those people.’ ” That’s billionaire philanthropist and Microsoft MSFT, -1.24% co-founder Bill Gates explaining in a “Fox News Sunday” interview how President Trump’s partial travel ban on China and later other countries may have actually worsened the coronavirus […]