Author: super@dmin

Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday after a report suggested that the leaders of China and the U.S. could be endorsing a trade deal in weeks.

Index provider MSCI Inc. said it would quadruple the contribution of mainland Chinese companies’ to its benchmarks, a move that makes shares in Shanghai and Shenzhen all but unignorable for many international investors.

Although the idea that cryptocurrencies will overthrow incumbent payment systems might seem far-fetched to most, according to one payments expert it is a scenario that crypto-skeptics shouldn’t dismiss.

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan warned Thursday that the $1 trillion deficit will breed inflation in the economy.

Independent thinking is in short supply, but that’s what’s required to be objective in the U.S. stock market.

Bridgewater founder Ray Dalio downgrades his expectations for a recession hitting the U.S. before 2020 to a roughly one-in-three chance, citing the Federal Reserve’s firepower as a reason for optimism.

U.S. dollar pares some of its earlier losses after fourth-quarter economic growth is stronger than expected.

Death by e-commerce has been exaggerated — these stores are thriving amid the internet onslaught.

The number of elder financial exploitation claims between 2013 and 2017 totaled more than $6 billion, says the CFPB.