by JD Lasinger | Jun 15, 2016 | Featured Posts
Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy is apparently generating quite a stir in Wall Street. A recent article on Bloomberg quoted Citigroup and Barclays saying that one of the tools available to investors who want to hedge against a potential Trump presidency, is to...
by JD Lasinger | Jun 14, 2016 | Featured Posts
In one of the greatest tech deals in history, Microsoft has offered $26.2 billion dollars to buy the up and coming professional social media platform LinkedIn. This is the most recent acquisition in a long line of Microsoft corporate purchases that include messaging...
by JD Lasinger | Jun 13, 2016 | Market News
Major Events of Last Week The global financial markets came under stress towards the end of last week amid declining oil prices and disturbing global growth issues. Investors became increasingly perplexed by geopolitical developments, such as a possible British exit...
by JD Lasinger | Jun 9, 2016 | Featured Posts
Over the last few days, the price of oil has been advancing. A variety of factors have been pushing oil prices higher. A weakening US Dollar, stronger demand and supply crunches from various parts in the world, have helped buoy the bruised commodity. Amongst the many...
by JD Lasinger | Jun 8, 2016 | Featured Posts
Markets are taking the half glass full point of view on the economy. After disappointing May job reports, a Fed rate hike was inevitably delayed. As a result, markets are soaring knowing that they will continue to have access to cheap money at least in the short term....
