Category: Finance News

Nov 1

Bricks thrown at police, Northwestern University students pepper-sprayed in off-campus clash as protesters again call on university to defund its police

“The crowd marched into downtown Evanston, with some protesters throwing rocks and bricks at police officers, lighting fireworks in the direction of officers, pointing lasers at police officers’ eyes, and using umbrellas to cover individuals graffitiing streets, stop signs, and electric boxes, and damaging property,” the police statement said.
Nov 1

Lindsey Graham says women 'have a place in America' and 'can go anywhere' if they are against abortion

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 3, 2020. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) Associated Press Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Saturday that women are welcome anywhere in the country if they’re against abortion. “I want every young woman to know there’s a […]
Nov 1

Market Extra: The moment of truth for stock-market investors? Election Day looms and the most crucial stretch of 2020 awaits

Could the 2020 U.S. presidential election be the most highly wagered on event in history? The Nov. 3 vote has tallied over $260 million in wagers thus far, according to Pete Watt, spokesman for OddsCheckerUS, during a Wednesday interview on “The Dan Abrams Show” on SiriusXM. That means bets on the political race between President […]
Nov 1

Economic Preview: Next week will be full of key U.S. economic insights and Fed decisions overshadowed by the elections

A stylist cuts a young client’s hair on a roof top parking lot in Los Angeles. Service providers have had to be creative during the pandemic. valerie macon/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images While Tuesday’s U.S. presidential election occupies center stage this coming week, there are several key economic events in the wings that will deepen understanding of […]
Nov 1

The Tell: The stock market’s ‘presidential predictor’ is forecasting a Biden victory

Scott Olson/Getty Images The stock market’s Friday fall spells trouble for President Donald Trump’s re-election hopes. The “Presidential Predictor,” popularized by Sam Stovall, CFRA’s chief investment strategist, tracks the S&P 500 index’s SPX, -1.21% presidential election-year performance from July 31 to Oct. 31. Going back to 1944, it’s found that a positive move over that […]
Oct 31

Lincoln Project targets 3 deep red states with million-dollar ad buy as election map ‘turning against’ Trump

WASHINGTON — With just three days left until the election, President Trump’s enemies are seeing new opportunities in staunchly red states. The Lincoln Project, a conservative-led political action committee dedicated to eroding President Trump’s support among Republicans, announced on Saturday that it is buying over $1 million of ads in Georgia, Montana and South Carolina […]
Oct 31

‘You change police culture, you change American culture’: Police officers choose sides on killing of Walter Wallace Jr.

On Monday, Oct. 26, Walter Wallace Jr., a 27-year-old Black man who suffered from bipolar disorder, was fatally shot by Philadelphia police officers as he was walking toward them. He was apparently experiencing a mental health crisis and was wielding a knife.  Wallace’s family had called an ambulance for assistance before the killing, but police […]
Oct 31

'A global conspiracy against God and humanity': Controversial Catholic archbishop pushes QAnon themes in letter to Trump

A controversial figure within the Roman Catholic Church made waves in the online world of QAnon Friday, after his open letter to President Trump was quoted in a post from the anonymous leader of the cultlike conspiracy movement.  The letter by Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, a former Vatican ambassador to the United States and outspoken […]