: Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is writing to Attorney General Merrick Garland to question the legitimacy of special counsel Jack Smith’s continued probing of former President Donald Trump. Gaetz, one of Trump’s closest allies in Congress, asked Garland for ‘any written authorization’ or other documentation regarding Smith’s continued efforts despite his case against the ex-president getting thrown out by a ...
Good morning and welcome to this week’s Flight Path. Equities flashed an uncertain “Go Fish” bar at the end of the week as the markets became even more unsettled. Treasury bond prices remained in a “Go” trend and saw that trend was strong for almost all of last week. U.S. commodity index remained in a “NoGo” painting strong purple bars the ...
Any strategy that trades stocks needs some sort of market timing mechanism to identify bull and bear markets. Typically, stock strategies are fully invested during bull markets because risk is acceptable. Strategies move to cash during bear markets because risk is above average. Preserving capital during bear markets is important to long-term outperformance (see SystemTrader). Here is a simple idea ...
Nearly two million self-employed workers in the UK are facing a looming pensions crisis due to inadequate savings, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned. The latest report reveals that only 500,000 self-employed individuals earning more than £10,000 annually are contributing to a pension, leaving 1.8 million without any pension savings. This marks a significant decline in savings rates ...
Vice President Harris finally added policies to her campaign website for the first time since President Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed her in the presidential race 50 days ago. The website breaks Harris and her vice-presidential running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’ policy proposals into four sections: ‘Build an Opportunity Economy and Lower Costs for Families,’ ‘Safeguard ...
Britain’s exporters are feeling increasingly ill-equipped to seize international opportunities, according to the latest annual research commissioned by the Department for Business and Trade. The survey of 3,000 businesses with revenues exceeding £500,000 found that only 18% considered themselves experts in exporting last year, down from 24% the previous year. This is the lowest level recorded since Britain’s Trade and ...
Sir Rocco Forte, the luxury hotelier behind Rocco Forte Hotels, has criticised the current government’s “anti-growth” policies, warning that they are pushing Britain back to the economic challenges of the 1970s. Forte, whose business includes the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh and Brown’s in London, claimed that policies “based on socialism” are driving away investment and threatening the country’s economic growth. ...
Emily Ekins A new Cato Institute survey of 1,500 Americans conducted by YouGov in the crucial swing states of Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin finds exhaustion with the current course of US foreign policy. Most say the US is “too involved” in world affairs and global conflicts (WI: 53%, PA: 50%, MI: 52%); majorities say US foreign policy does not put ...
The House Democrats on the Foreign Affairs Committee released their own memo on President Biden’s chaotic 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan after committee Republicans released a report criticizing the president for what went down at the time. Texas Rep. Mike McCaul, the Republican chair of the committee, released a GOP-led report disputing Biden’s claims that his hands were tied to the ...
Let’s say your business is growing fast. You are now faced with the challenge of handling large amounts of data. How do you process this data quickly and securely? Should you use the power of cloud computing, or should you bring data processing closer to where it is created with edge computing? Choosing between edge computing and cloud computing depends ...