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The Fed Gives In, but Not Enough for Wall Street July 31, 2019 Great Stuff Wall Street Needs a Bigger Pacifier Do any of you have kids? I have two. That period around age 3 to 4 is just hell. They ask for everything under the sun and cry when they don’t get it — or even when they do get it. That is the perfect analogy for Wall Street […]
$5 Billion: Facebook’s Price for Your Privacy July 24, 2019 Great Stuff The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) just smacked Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) in the face. The world’s largest social media company must shell out $5 billion in the biggest penalty the FTC has ever handed down. Why the big penalty? Remember Cambridge Analytica? You knew that wasn’t going away. The FTC is penalizing Facebook for how […]
The $1 Billion 5G Deal With Intel Won’t Save Apple July 23, 2019 Great Stuff We get some interesting mail here at Great Stuff. You never know what’s going to show up in the GreatStuffToday@banyanhill.com inbox. I’ve seen everything from stock advice to insults to poetry. After last week’s Reader Feedback issue, I received a rather interesting question from Edward M.: In 30 years of financial writing, an economics writer […]
Ignore the “Experts”: We’re in a Bear Market July 22, 2019 Stocks, U.S. Economy, Winning Investor Daily Every analyst agrees a bear market is defined as a 20% decline from a high. But in old books, the definition of a bear market is more detailed.
The Next Uber: Mini-IPOs Open to All Investors, Not Just the 1% July 19, 2019 Government & Politics, Investment Opportunities, Winning Investor Daily A decade ago, the biggest venture deals on the planet, such as Uber, Lyft and Slack, were only available to Silicon Valley insiders.





