Wall Street pros avoid election bets with race too close to call
In less than a month, Americans will vote in one of the most consequential elections in U.S. history. But on Wall Street things are eerily quiet, as the so-called smart money is reluctant to wager on what’s about to happen.
“Never bet on the flip of a coin,” said George Ball, head of the Houston-b…
Galveston's Street Name Series: G-P and Half Streets
In this episode of the Street Names Series, we explore the origin of Galveston's alphabetical half streets and their unique history. As the city expanded, large outlots were divided into smaller lots, requiring new streets, which led to the creation of half streets like Avenue N ½. We also cover th…
A Shutdown Looms as Markets Move Forward
Watch Tom and Paul LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Bloomberg Surveillance hosted by Paul Sweeney & Alix SteelDecember 20th, 2024Featuring:
Katy Kaminski, Chief Research Strategist at AlphaSimplex, discusses equity, commodity, and dollar outlook for 2025 as well as the potential …
2025 Jan 21 Moving Forward with Young Voices
New York's partisan campaign finance law is one of the worst of its kind. Ryan Silverstein explains how the state's campaign finance rules are being rewritten by those who use them to benefit themselves.
The European Union has long struggled with delays and gridlock that can hamper decision-makin…
Episode 20C - George Ball: 10-Minute Profile
In this episode, we profile a little-remembered diplomat who served as a major voice of dissent against US involvement in the Vietnam War. George Ball was born into an upper-middle class Midwestern family, and he became a prominent Chicago lawyer. He became a political confidant of Illinois Gover…
Episode 110: 1965-07-06 | Thirty-Six Hours and Counting
In this episode of Dearest Suzie, Bill writes on July 6, 1965, after completing a brutal 36-hour stretch of non-stop duty. He’s exhausted, running on fumes, and facing a major disappointment, what should have been a return to Vinh Long has turned into another 30-day extension. Instead of heading ho…
The World at War – Part XII – Lend-Lease and the Arsenal of Democracy
Over the course of WWII, the United States, having no territory attacked or taken save a few islands in the Pacific, managed to supply nearly 50% of Britain’s food, almost all of its petroleum, and upwards of 40% of various strategic raw materials and food stuffs the Soviet Union needed in the…
Seed Giant Burpee Wants Americans To Garden Like It’s 1776
To celebrate the country’s 250th birthday, the 150-year-old seed giant Burpee has been selling seed collections inspired by the gardens of Thomas Jefferson and Martha Washington, giving modern Americans the chance to grow hot peppers, cucumbers and watermelons based on seed varieties that date back…
Randy Long Built His Career Around One Idea: Someone Has to See the Whole Picture When Nobody Else Will
Randy Long, JD, CFP, founder of Build Proof Sell and Long Family Office, walked into a Wall Street brokerage in Newport Beach with no appointment and described a job that had never existed — only to find that the branch manager had a sheet of paper on his desk listing exactly those nine points. Fou…
Some Generic Drugs Are Not Exactly the Same
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Your doctor writes you a prescription for a name-brand drug. Your pharmacist fills the prescription with a generic drug instead. You don’t think twice about it, because you have been assured for years that generic drugs work just as well as their name-bran…
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