Month: May 2020

It’s hard to imagine being paid to borrow money or penalized for saving. But the economic shock from Covid-19 may call for drastic measures. Up until this point, the Federal Reserve has never brought its benchmark rate into negative territory and, according to Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, the Fed is not considering going to negative interest rates now.  “The
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In new guidance, the SBA has quelled some of the anxiety about the necessity certification for PPP … [+] loans, hopefully encouraging more small businesses to seek crisis aid. Getty The Paycheck Protection Program provided under the CARES Act has given needed funding for small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it has also raised
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Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have announced additional relief options for homeowners struggling due to … [+] the COVID-19 pandemic. SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have announced additional relief options for homeowners struggling due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  According to announcements from the two companies this afternoon, homeowners in forbearance
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People in cars participate in a protest against the coronavirus shutdown in front of State Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin, on April 24, 2020. KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI | AFP via Getty Images The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down the state’s stay-at-home orders during the coronavirus pandemic as “unlawful, invalid and unenforceable” after finding the state’s health commissioner
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Getty Images Market dislocations triggered by the coronavirus crisis have sent more capital into Chinese stocks — and some strategists see this as part of a longer-term trend. “We’re finding that a lot of foreign managers globally (are) reshuffling their holdings in this turmoil,” Todd Willits, head of flow tracking firm EPFR, said in a phone interview in late April.
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Bill Miller, founder of Miller Value Partners, disagreed Wednesday with the assessment made by other major investors about the market’s valuation being too high.  “If you look at the overall market … we’re trading around 17 times the consensus on bottom-up earnings for 2021, which is about the average for the last five years,” Miller
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A view of new York State Department of labor office in Flushing Queens during coronavirus pandemic on April 12, 2020. (Photo by John Nacion/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto Democrats want to give Americans larger unemployment checks until next year. Certain workers — particularly those in lower-paying industries like accommodation and food services — stand to benefit
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Offices of Cutera Inc. in Brisbane, Calif. Google Earth The largest public companies that tapped the government’s emergency relief fund for small businesses nearly all had ready access to other forms of capital, according to a CNBC analysis of filings. Even amid the upheaval caused by the coronavirus pandemic, these companies raised millions of dollars
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Joe Biden Talks About the Coronavirus in Washington, US Barcroft Media via Getty Images A Federal Rent and Mortgage Bailout: Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, called for sweeping housing relief and a federal rent bailout. Appearing on Good Luck America, Snapchat’s daily political show, Biden was asked if the federal government should be
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Investors and health officials appear to grow increasingly worried about a potential second wave of Covid-19 cases and further economic downtown, as states and foreign governments move ahead with lifting restrictions. Stocks sold off on Tuesday, with the Dow shedding roughly 400 points in the final hour of trading and the Nasdaq Composite and S&P
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Billionaire investor David Tepper said the stock market is one of the most overpriced he’s ever seen, only behind 1999. Before Wednesday’s sell-off, it was “maybe the second-most overvalued stock market I’ve even seen,” Tepper said Wednesday on CNBC’s “Halftime Report.” “I would say ’99 was more overvalued.” “The market is pretty high and the Fed has
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By Monica Cardoza, Next Avenue Contributor Teresa Brown, of Rooster Ridge Farms, says she’s not going for the ‘mega-flower farmer thing’ Courtesy of Teresa Brown With a growing demand for local, sustainably grown fresh-cut flowers, some people with a love of gardening have found second careers as flower farmers. “The DNA’s already there,” says Debra
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