The stock market has been on quite the rollercoaster of late, thanks to news headlines. But investors seem to have shrugged off the past weekend’s geopolitical tensions, at least for now. On Tuesday, we saw a surge of enthusiasm. Investors were diving back into stocks and selling off their oil and precious metals holdings. Last week, oil prices spiked amid ...
Sports merchandising giant Fanatics is aiming to build a training camp for athletes to prepare them for life off the field. More than two dozen NBA, NFL and NHL players participated in the company’s Athlete Immersion Program this past weekend as part of Fanatics Fest in New York City. The program included three days of workshops on business, entrepreneurship, tech ...
The Oklahoma City Thunder earned the NBA championship. They made it through the fierce gauntlet that is the Western Conference and then needed seven games to beat the Indiana Pacers, one of the hardest-playing teams in the league. The Thunder put together a 68-win regular season and were favorites to win the title even though they had never advanced beyond ...
An earthquake that rattled Las Vegas on July 5, 2019 suspended play for the night at NBA Summer League. Hours later, another seismic event altered the direction of the NBA in ways that were not immediately recognized. The Oklahoma City Thunder traded Paul George to the Los Angeles Clippers for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, and the focus of the deal was George ...
It’s not like this is now-or-never for the Atlanta Braves. But as the season nears the halfway point, this coming week should shed a little more light on exactly what they are. The Braves finally showed a semblance of consistency recently, winning three straight series for just the second time all season, even sweeping their National League East rival New ...
Halcones Precious Metals Corp. (TSX-V: HPM) (the ‘ Company ‘ or ‘ Halcones ‘) announces it has granted a total of 3,500,000 stock options (‘Options’) to purchase common shares of the Company to certain officers, directors and consultants pursuant to the Company’s Stock Option Plan. Such Options are exercisable into common shares of the Company at an exercise price of ...
Oil prices plummeted over 6 percent on Monday (June 23) as Iran launched a missile strike on a US military base in Qatar in retaliation for American airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. Reuters reported that Brent crude futures dropped US$4.90, or 6.3 percent, to settle at US$72.19 per barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude slid US$4.60, or 6.2 ...
An escalating conflict between Israel and Iran drew military inolvement from the US over the weekend, marking a significant ratcheting up of tensions in the region. On Saturday (June 21), US B-2 bombers flying out of Whiteman Air Base and a US submarine stationed in an undisclosed location launched strikes against three sites in Iran. The targets were Iranian nuclear ...
The US Federal Reserve has removed reputational risk from its examination programs in supervising US banks. Following the elimination of the factor, the US Fed has joined the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to ease requirements for banks to dabble in cryptocurrency offerings. Federal Reserve The post Just In: Federal ...
Strategy’s Michael Saylor recently tweeted “At this rate, $IBIT is destined to be first in flows.” His prediction suggests BlackRock Bitcoin ETF could overtake all other funds in capital inflows by year-end. IBIT Rises Rapidly but Still Trails VOO’s Dominance in the ETF Sector Meanwhile, traditional market leader Vanguard’s S&P 500 ETF (VOO) currently holds The post Michael Saylor Predicts ...
Bitcoin price has showed strong recovery on Monday following sharp weekend dips, after US President Donald Trump made a public call for de-escalation in the Middle East. His post on Truth Social declared that the situation with Iran may be stabilizing and that the U.S. had effectively countered the threat. His comments came shortly after The post Bitcoin Price Jumps ...
A 27-year-old bride was shot to death as she left her wedding celebrations in a small French village in the early hours of Sunday. Authorities have not released the woman’s name. Her husband, 25, and a 13-year-old child were also seriously wounded in the attack, which took place at 4.30 a.m. local time (10.30 p.m. ET Saturday), according to a ...