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For active traders who like to spend time buying and selling around seasonal events, the next few weeks are Market Timing Heaven. Friday is a Triple Witching day, the quarterly expiration of individual stock options, index options on the S&P 500, and index futures on the S&P 500. The week after September’s Triple Witching is notoriously volatile—probably even more so this time. following the Federal Open Market Committee meeting on Wednesday. The volatility is encapsulated in one of the more sustainable seasonal trades: sell Rosh Hashanah (which starts Friday at sunset this year), buy Yom Kippur (September 25). Traders sell…
After spending the late summer in a picturesque town in the Pacific Northwest, I’m eager to get home to California and enjoy the sun and warm weather. But it’s not just the climate that I miss. There is something wonderful about our diverse landscape. The drive past Mount Shasta and into the Central Valley always stirs my heart. And I love the spirit of California, with its diversity of people, cuisine and cultures, as well as its fascinating Gold Rush history. The state always beckoned me, so much so that when I was offered a job in Orange County in…
New Delhi, India – Ayesha is seven months pregnant and has been inconsolable for four days. The 29-year-old is oblivious to her own well-being and has stopped eating well as she grieves the loss of her husband, Nurul Hassan, who was killed after a Hindu mob attacked a mosque in Pusesavali village in Satara district of Maharashtra had attacked. “My whole world collapsed when I saw my son’s lifeless body on the bed. At that moment I couldn’t believe what was happening before my eyes,” Hassan’s father Mohammad Liyaqat told Al Jazeera by phone. Hassan’s father Muhammad Liyaqat outside a…
Maybe we should give up our opinion of Primetime Kirk. The idea that Kirk Cousins shrinks when the lights go out on national television may be outdated. His record still isn’t great in prime time, with the Minnesota Vikings lose to the Philadelphia Eagles, 38-24, on Thursday evening, but Cousins performed stronglyMahomes or pain? Who will win NFL MVP? | Agree to disagreeThe Vikings QB led a spirited comeback in the second half by throwing three touchdowns on their last four rides. He was 18-27 with 244 yards passing and no interceptions after halftime. Unfortunately for the Vikings, they lost…
Hello and welcome to my Prada TED talk. If someone asked me to make a list of the things I think about every day, Prada would definitely be on it. Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons are magicians and I would happily buy anything they designed if I had a bottomless bank account. Nevertheless, I occasionally invest in Prada (usually accessories or shoes) and I find it extremely difficult to choose between the offers this season.If you’re like me and watch the images from the Prada runway until the collection debuts, you know how fun it is to watch the pieces…
You probably know the name of your utility company, essentially the company that sends you an electric bill every month. But if you’re like most people, you probably don’t remember much about how the tool works. However, there is one distinction you should probably become familiar with: whether you live in a regulated or deregulated utility market. The difference between the two models has major implications for how you get your electricity and, most importantly, how much it costs.Here’s what experts have to say and what you need to know about regulated versus deregulated utilities, and how to navigate both.Regulated…
Southern charm got messy at the end of season 8 — and when season 9 premiered on Thursday, September 14, some of the cast was still at odds. AND stars Shep Rose’s relationship drama with ex Taylor-Ann Green took center stage during the season 8 reunion, which aired in October 2022, after she accused Shep of cheating with “300 whores.” When Shep reunited with Taylor to film the Season 9 premiere — which took place in January — he insisted that he wanted Taylor to be happy. However, Taylor was unwilling to forgive and forget. The former couple weren’t the…
Ford Motor Co. Ford Motor Co. is engaged in the production, distribution and sale of cars. It operates through the following segments: Ford Blue, Ford Model E and Ford Pro, Ford Next and Ford Credit. The Ford Blue, Ford Model E and Ford Pro segment includes sales of Ford and Lincoln vehicles, service parts and accessories, along with the associated costs of developing, manufacturing, distributing and servicing the vehicles, parts and accessories . The Ford Next segment focuses on autonomous vehicle development costs and related businesses, equity ownership in Argo AI and other mobility companies, and investments. The Ford Credit…
An explosion in a shipping container at the world’s largest rail yard prompted evacuations in western Nebraska on Thursday due to toxic smoke released when one of the chemicals on board caught fire. An explosion occurred around noon in an intermodal container on a rail car at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, although it was not clear what caused the explosion, railroad spokeswoman Robynn Tysver said. No one was injured and no cars derailed. Authorities evacuated everyone within a mile of the explosion on the west side of the railroad property because of smoke, and US Highway 30…
Senator Mitch McConnell ignored Senator Mitt Romney’s advanced warning about the threat of violence on January 6, 2021, including talk about Romney himself. Mitt Romney warned McConnell of the coming violence on 6/1. In an excerpt from McCay Coppins’ upcoming biography titled Romney: a reckoning , it has emerged that Romney received advance warning from Angus King that the Pentagon has received reports of right-wing extremists planning threats of violence on June 1, including storming the Capitol, gunrunning, bombs and “attacking the traitors in Congress responsible for this travesty. Romney’s name has been popping up in some scary corners of…