A microbe factory could more than halve a mission’s payload weight.We’ve all had trouble squeezing our luggage down to the allowed weight for a flight. But for a trip to Mars that problem is magnified. The NASA rule-of-thumb is that for every kilogram to be launched into space, you need 99 kilograms of fuel and rocket to get it there. […]
The Budapest Stock Exchange restored limited trading rights in the derivatives section for Quaestor Securities. The brokerage may only close positions, the bourse said. On Tuesday, the BSE suspended Quaestor’s trading rights after the National Bank of Hungary partially suspended the brokerage’s licence. Later in the day, the central bank and financial market watchdog put an oversight commissioner in charge […]
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Companies trying to decide whether it’s worthwhile to create a friendly workplace could do well to consider this: Companies that employees report to be a good place to work have significantly outperformed the S&P 500 over the past six years.The data comes from Glassdoor Inc., an online job and company information website, which solicits employees to post anonymous reviews of […]
“The Fed is out of control,” exclaims David Stockman – perhaps best known for architecting Reagan’s economic turnaround known as ‘Morning in America’ – adding that “people don’t want to hear the reality and the truth that we’re facing.” The following discussion, with Harry Dent, outlines their perspectives on the looming collapse of free market prosperity and the desctruction of […]
While conflicting economic data leaves hope for both buills and bears, Alan Greenspan warns that, unlike Yellen, “US economic growth is not strong.” He then slays another pillar – suggesting the exuberant job growth is anything but (as he focuses on weak productivity as he pinpoints entitlements as “crowding out capital investment” in America. The maestro then breaks the golden […]
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Flickr / Marcello Maria PeronginiGoldman Sachs’ Chris Mischaikow is out with a review of the last six months of big moves in equity, currency, and bond markets.And over the last six months, the biggest driver of moves in the stock market has been, well, nothing obvious.Mischaikow writes that between August and January, “Moves in equities often […]
Indexes had very nice action in the back half of the week and Friday’s 0.41% gain for the S&P 500 and 0.75% rally in the NASDAQ only added to that theme. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras agreed to meet with representatives from the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund, ahead of Monday’s key Eurogroup meeting […]
VIDEO UPDATE: Market analysis looking at long term charts, movers on the day, and analysis of 50 stocks with setups and buy points.A relatively quiet session for the indexes after last week’s fireworks as the market saw a small gap down at the open followed by a small rally and then a late day selloff. The S&P 500 fell 0.42% […]
Jeff Sprecher, chief executive of the US exchanges operator, acknowledged the fragmented, regulated world of equities trading was not “ever going to be wildly profitable”, but added the value of the NYSE lay in its listings franchise and data business.”I don’t know why we would get rid of that. I think our shareholders want to participate in the earnings growth […]
Russian stock market hits 3.5 yr highPublished time: February 06, 2015 09:35Edited time: February 06, 2015 12:38Get short URLRIA Novosti/Sergey KuznecovTagsInvestment, Markets, Russian economyThe ruble-denominated MICEX index has gained 2.38 percent reaching 1,736, its highest level since July 2011. Markets rallied on rising oil prices, after Brent reached $58 per barrel.Calm took over the index after the initial spike, and […]
