Michael Papandrea, a Long Island native now residing in Frankfort, Illinois, has made a name for himself by transforming outdoor spaces into breathtaking retreats through his company, The New Lawn Guy. With a meticulous eye for detail and a creative approach honed over decades, Michael has become a trusted expert in crafting landscapes that balance beauty, functionality, and sustainability. His ...

In this video, Mary Ellen highlights how select M7 stocks, mostly TSLA, propped the markets up while some sectors continued to trend lower. She reviews how to find entry points in winning stocks, and also discusses why Small Caps are falling. This video originally premiered December 13, 2024. You can watch it on our dedicated page for Mary Ellen on StockCharts TV. New ...

Two Chinese spies and a Chinese national who was charged for disseminating child pornography were part of a White House prisoner swap as Biden’s presidency nears the end. On Nov. 22, Biden granted clemency to Yanjun Xu, Ji Chaoqun and Shanlin Jin.  Their releases were part of a prisoner swap that returned three wrongfully detained Americans from Chinese custody: Mark ...

President-elect Trump on Friday posted a message on his Truth Social account that contrasted his 2023 mugshot with his Time magazine cover. Trump was named Time’s Person of the Year this week, which included a cover and an in-depth interview as he prepares to take office for the second time.  ‘How it started, how it’s going,’ Trump wrote with his ...

Washington, D.C.-area restaurants once again will not be free from politics as the Trump team prepares to settle into the nation’s capital for a second term.  Food workers inside the Beltway are prepared to refuse service and cause other inconveniences for members of the incoming Trump administration, but this is not the first time the administration and allies will have ...

Left-wing nonprofit ProPublica is facing renewed scrutiny after an email exchange related to its recent unpublished story on Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth was released on Thursday. A media firestorm began earlier this week when Hegseth revealed on X that ProPublica, which he called a ‘Left Wing hack group’ was planning to publish a ‘knowingly false report’ that he was ...

Russia on Friday continued for the third year in a row with its primary winter strategy to pummel Ukraine’s power grid as freezing conditions settle ahead of the winter months in a ‘massive blow’ to the country’s largest energy company.  Moscow’s forces fired some 90 missiles, including cruise missiles, and 200 drones in one of the largest mass attacks on ...

In recent interviews for my Market Misbehavior podcast, I’ve asked technical analysts including Frank Cappelleri, TG Watkins, and Tom Bowley what they see happening as we wrap a very successful 2024.  With the Nasdaq 100 logging about a 30% gain for 2024, it’s hard to imagine that incredible bullish continuing into 2025.  But it is definitely possible! Q4 has seen ...

Mustafa Akyol A new review of my recent book, The Islamic Moses, was published today in Religion & Liberty Online, a publication of the Acton Institute: “Recovering Islam and Judaism’s Shared Golden Age.” The writer, Farah Pandit, is a young Pakistani journalist who is currently a PhD student at Boston University. He rightly notes that my book highlights the much-forgotten ...

Stephen Slivinski I don’t like the Elf on the Shelf. For those not in the know (or who don’t have kids), the Elf on the Shelf is a small, plush creature you place somewhere in your home—on a shelf perhaps—in advance of Christmas that is purported to be Santa’s eyes and ears on the scene, reporting back to him all ...