Best & Worst ETF Areas of July
Wall Street has been steady in July despite rising coronavirus cases. SPDR S&P 500 SPY (up 5.9%), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF DIA (up 2.5%) and Invesco QQQ ETF (QQQ) (up 7%) all have returned nicely due to fiscal and monetary stimulus,…
Top ETF Stories of July
Wall Street has been steady in July despite the rise in coronavirus cases. SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) (up 5.9%), SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (DIA) (up 2.5%) and Invesco QQQ ETF (QQQ) (up 7%) have all returned nicely due to fiscal and monetary…
Saving the Amazon and sourcing clean water for Navajo Nation
Welcome to Climate Point, your weekly guide to climate, energy and environment news from around the Golden State and the country. In Palm Springs, Calif., I’m Mark Olalde. For months now, we’ve seen clear links between the environment and the…
RBC Taps 3 Stocks to Gain Should Trump Win Re-Election
Our neighbors to the north are taking an interest in the upcoming US elections – which is no surprise, as the US and Canada are each other’s largest trading partners and have a long history of close relations. RBC – the major Canadian international bank…
MA Music Industry Perseveres Amid Coronavirus
YARMOUTH, MA — Boston funk rockers Ripe were starting to gain some serious traction at the beginning of 2020. The band sold out two shows at the House of Blues in Boston and had big plans for the festival circuit this summer. Then the coronavirus…
Cuomo pledges $30 million to N.Y. counties for coronavirus tracing
ALBANY — New York is setting aside $30 million to help counties across the state boost coronavirus contact tracing and combat the flu while scrapping plans for a $3 billion environmental bond. The Restore Mother Nature Bond Act, which was set to be on…
Silver Mining ETF Tops in July: 5 Stock Winners
Global X Silver Miners ETF SIL topped the list of best-performing ETFs in July, gaining 32.6%. Being a leveraged play, metal miners tend to experience more gains than their bullion cousins in a rising metal market. The twin tailwinds of rebounding…
Microsoft Powers Azure Datacenter With Hydrogen Fuel Breakthrough
Microsoft Inc. (MSFT) has announced a development in hydrogen fuel cells by using them to power its Azure datacenter for 48 consecutive hours. Shares were up 1% on July 29 at $203.72. The tech giant says that it has developed a 250-kilowatt fuel cell…
Lakers and Bucks remain on collision course
The NBA resumes play after a four-and-a-half-month hiatus on Thursday night as 22 teams pick up their pursuit of a championship inside the bubble at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Here’s an idea of what to expect from 2020 2.0. What I’m most looking…
What if You Can’t Resell It?
(Bloomberg Opinion) — Would you still buy an electric car if you knew you wouldn’t be able to resell it in the future? That’s the latest hurdle potential buyers are contending with, and it’s bound to become a big driver of demand. The expenses of…