It is going to get worse before it gets better for the stock market, says prominent technical analyst Ralph Acampora. ‘I think it’s going to be a little deeper. I am looking at 10% maybe a little bit more even.’ Ralph Acampora A pioneer in the field of price chart-based trading, Acampora told MarketWatch during a Friday […]
Associated Press Sen. Lisa Murkowski President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial on Friday appeared on track for a speedy conclusion, following an announcement by Sen. Lisa Murkowski that she would vote against including new witnesses and documents in the proceedings. Senators reconvened Friday afternoon and were scheduled to debate calling witnesses for four hours, setting up […]
U.S. stocks slumped Friday as the coronavirus epidemic emanating from China raised new concerns about travel, trade and expectations for global economic growth. A busy week for U.S. corporate earnings reports also was preoccupying investors. Shares of Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, +8.45% jumped after delivering strong quarterly results following Thursday’s close. What are major indexes doing? […]
A monthlong bout of coronavirus has ravished China, claiming hundreds of lives and sickening thousands but the Asian influenza also has infected the stock market and other assets, chilling bullish sentiment for the moment and stoking uncertainty at a period of lofty valuations. Here are some of the assets and sectors that the novel coronavirus […]
Sometimes, the stuff that people say about early retirement (and early retirees) is terrible. It is assumed that early retirement is the end of productive life and that unless we’re swimming in millions in cold hard cash, early retirement will eat us alive. Today, it is my distinct honor and pleasure to debunk five of […]
An American couple have now both died from injuries sustained last month in a volcanic eruption in New Zealand, according to authorities. New Zealand police said Thursday that Pratap Singh, 49, died at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland from the burns he suffered in the volcanic eruption on New Zealand’s White Island on Dec. 9, 2019. […]
Joshua Vallow and Tylee Ryan National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Doomsday prepper Lori Vallow, who is said to believe she’s “a god,” missed a judge’s deadline to turn over her missing children to the state of Idaho. Tylee Ryan, 17, and J.J. Vallow, 7, have not been seen since September. Vallow’s biological grandparents […]
WASHINGTON — Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., announced Thursday night he will vote against calling witnesses to the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump, likely ending the last real suspense of the trial and opening the door for a speedy conclusion Friday or Saturday. “There is no need for more evidence to prove that the president […]
For the second time in as many days, Chief Justice John Roberts rejected a question submitted by Sen. Rand Paul during the impeachment trial of President Trump. “The presiding officer declines to read the question that was submitted,” Roberts said Thursday after silently reading the notecard the senator from Kentucky sent to his desk. Paul, […]
Humans are dreadful at assessing risks. We ignore the familiar dangers of day-to-day living — like driving on the highways — but obsess over rare and distant threats to our well-being — such as the current boogeyman, the coronavirus outbreak in China, which has killed more than 150 people in China and sickened more than […]