published Dec 24, 2018, 12:00:15 AM, by Mark Gilbert(Bloomberg Opinion) — It’s almost 80 years since Fred Schwed’s book “Where are the Customers’ Yachts?” lifted the lid on Wall Street’s propensity to enrich itself at the expense of its clients. A new study suggests that the most lucrative investment a fund

published Dec 26, 2018 7:55:35 PM, by Christopher Anstey (Bloomberg) — Asian stocks climbed on Thursday after the biggest rally in U.S. equities since 2009 offered relief from this month’s wrenching global market downturn. Japanese benchmarks jumped well over 3 percent and Australian shares advanced more than 1 percent as

published Dec 26, 2018 7:37:43 PM, by Abhishek Vishnoi, Min Jeong Lee, Matthew Burgess and Livia Yap (Bloomberg) — Some Asia equity traders greeted U.S. stocks’ best rally since 2009 — and subsequent strong gains in Japanese shares — with conviction that this is more a turning point than a

published Dec 25, 2018 8:49:40 PM, by Sarah Ponczek (Bloomberg) — U.S. stock-index futures extended their losses, signaling that the benchmark for American equities could enter a bear market when cash markets reopen on Dec. 26. March contracts on the S&P 500 Index slipped 0.4 percent as of 10:48 a.m.

published Dec 23, 2018 5:07:18 PM, by Saleha Mohsin and Ros Krasny (Bloomberg) — Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called top executives from the six largest U.S. banks over the weekend, he said Sunday on Twitter, a move that followed heavy losses in the stock market last week and a partial

published Dec 23, 2018 6:28:28 PM, by Vildana Hajric and Elena Popina (Bloomberg) — U.S. stock futures were mixed, signaling the S&P 500 may get a reprieve from a months-long rout as investors speculated the chaos gripping Washington won’t spill over into the economy. Contracts on the S&P 500 retreated

published Dec 20, 2018 8:21:34 PM, by Tom Schoenberg, Chris Dolmetsch and Jennifer Epstein (Bloomberg) — The U.S. Justice Department announced indictments accusing Chinese officials of coordinating a decade-long espionage campaign to steal intellectual property and other data from dozens of companies, drawing a strong denial from China. Two Chinese

Close to 60% of young adults lack confidence in themselves for a number reasons.  20% of college age women have eating disorders. All of these awful statistics fall in that category of feeling like they do not measure up. This is common for young adults, however the long term affects of

published Dec 20, 2018, 6:00:00 PM, by Danielle Bochove(Bloomberg) — U.S.-China trade tensions weighed on copper miners in 2018 as fears of a global economic slowdown overshadowed other fundamentals. Meanwhile gold producers struggled as bullion lost its safe-haven luster until late in the year. What’s ahead in 2019? We asked four

published Dec 20, 2018, 7:22:50 PM, by Tony Capaccio(Bloomberg) — The U.S. plans to withdraw 7,000 troops from Afghanistan, about half the number that are currently there, according to a U.S. defense official.  Reports of the move come one day after President Donald Trump said he would withdraw U.S. forces from