College is not an extension of high school. That may seem obvious to anyone who has gotten a degree, but in my decades of teaching, I have observed many college freshmen who do not understand the expectations of college classes. Those 18-year-olds who are slow to figure out this basic truth risk failing classes or […]
Blackstone’s Byron Wien predicts that stock-market investors are in for what could be a rude awakening, when Democrats retake the U.S. Senate in the coming 2020 elections. I think the Democrats take the Senate. Enough information [will be] revealed in the proceedings to cause some of his supporters, as well as many independents, to throw […]
NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers recommends more investment in the IRS. The Internal Revenue Service is scrutinizing fewer and fewer individual tax returns as audit rates continue to decline from a high point 10 years ago. IRS auditors looked into a mere 0.45% of individual tax returns in fiscal year […]
1 / 5 Egypt Coptic Christmas Romany, a Coptic man, left, holds his four-year-old son, for Eissa the barber to cut his hair, in preparation for the Coptic Christmas celebration, at a residential and industrial area of eastern Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Hamada Elrasam) CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi […]
A Republican congressman who tweeted a picture of former President Barack Obama shaking hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Monday defended it as making a valid point after commenters pointed out that the two had never met in person. Congressman Paul Gosar and his tweet of a Photoshopped image. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: AP) […]
ABC The View’s Meghan McCain on Monday declared her surprise that people would fear war after President Donald Trump assassinated top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani—a decision she is unequivocally “happy” about. Returning from its holiday break on Monday, The View brought on ABC News political director Rick Klein to discuss the ongoing Iran crisis. While […]
‘Actually, one of the dangers is that people could be throwing risk to the wind and this thing could be a runaway. We sometimes call that a melt-up and produces prices too high and then if there’s a shock, you come down to Earth and that could impact sentiment.’ Jeremy Siegel That is Jeremy Siegel, […]
Who says awards shows are dull? The 77th annual Golden Globes had plenty of tongues wagging on Sunday night thanks to Ricky Gervais’ shocking opening monologue, Tom Hanks’ expressive face (and tear-jerking speech) and Jason Momoa’s muscle shirt. So if you didn’t catch the NBC CMCS, -0.81% broadcast of the Globes last night, these […]
MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE U.S. stocks trade lower Monday for a second session, but are off their worst levels, as investors focus on escalating tensions in the Middle East, in the aftermath of the killing of Iranian Major Gen. Qassem Soleimani on Iraqi soil. See full story. CEOs of S&P 500 companies earn more in two […]
Boeing Co. BA, -0.65% is considering plans to raise more debt to bolster finances strained by the grounding of its 737 MAX, according to people familiar with the matter. The aerospace giant isn’t running out of cash. Boeing had about $20 billion in available funds at the end of the September quarter, according to […]