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Stock Options Watch: POT, CHRW, HD 26 Aug 2013 | 11:24 pm
POT – Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Inc. – Options activity on Potash Corp on Monday morning suggests some traders are positioning for shares in the name to continue to rebound in the near term....
4-D Printing: The Solution to a $350 Billion Problem? 26 Aug 2013 | 08:16 pm
You’ve heard about 3-D printing technology. It’s poised to revolutionize the future of manufacturing globally. We call it the “Click, Print Anything Revolution.” But do you know about 4-D printing? 4-...
Young Adults’ Awareness of Insurance Exchanges 26 Aug 2013 | 06:57 pm
Health insurance exchanges, one of the two major mechanisms (along with expanded Medicaid coverage) for uninsured individuals to purchase insurance under Obamacare, are scheduled to become available o...
Use and Abuse of Qualified Retirement Plans 26 Aug 2013 | 06:33 pm
Qualified retirement plans can be a minefield for people who intend to use them for something other than accumulate assets for retirement. I’ve lately listened to pitch artists who claim that setting ...
Will the Fed Taper or Not? 26 Aug 2013 | 06:10 pm
World markets are mixed this morning but generally little-changed. The big economic event over the weekend was the annual monetary policy summit in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where many world policy leade...
Durable-Goods Orders Drop Off Cliff 26 Aug 2013 | 05:34 pm
The economy might never look better for those involved in crony, rent-seeking pursuits. For the rest of us, continued belt tightening is the order of the day. With wages remaining stagnant, we now get...
Onyx (ONXX) Gets Acquired for $125 a share 26 Aug 2013 | 01:32 pm
Amgen Inc. (AMGN) has agreed to pay $10.4 billion in cash to acquire Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc. (ONXX), the companies said in a statement late Sunday. Under terms of the agreement, Amgen will pay $125 ...
Syria: All the Options are Terrible 25 Aug 2013 | 04:13 am
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, has been very negative about any US military involvement in Syria. The military takes this position when either (1) it truly believes th...
What is Shadow Banking? 24 Aug 2013 | 10:17 pm
There is much confusion about what shadow banking is and why it might create systemic risks. This column presents shadow banking as ‘all financial activities, except traditional banking, which require...
The Real Reason College Costs So Much 24 Aug 2013 | 08:46 pm
I firmly believe that economic freedom is only achieved by navigating one path, that being, education. To that end, I applaud President Obama and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan for their efforts t...
