Earlier this summer, a stock market purchase made by Senator Thomas Carper raised the eyebrows of many. In a filing disclosure made in July, Senator Thomas Carper of Delaware revealed that he had ...
Apple is currently the most valuable company in the world, with a market cap that sits at nearly $3 trillion. It's hard to imagine, a little over 25 years ago, that a $150 million investment in th...
It can sometimes be hard to believe, given the way that he left office, that Richard Nixon was one of the most popular US Presidents in history at one point. Case in point: the 1972 US Presidentia...
Ahead of the April 26th decision from the CMA (Competition and Markets Authority), the market was pretty confident that they were going to sign off on the deal. With the European Union rumoured to...
There have been some lopsided US Presidential elections over the years, as well as a number of very close contests. This speaks to the polarized nature of the United States, as it is nearly imposs...
Berkshire Hathaway's cash pile is finally dropping, as Warren Buffett has finally found something appetizing to spend the money on: Short-term U.S. Treasury Bills If you check out the most recen...
In a parallel universe somewhere, Yahoo! is one of the most valuable companies in the world. Instead, in this universe, Yahoo! went out with a whimper, selling for a measly (relatively speaking) $...
The NFL and President Donald Trump have a strained relationship, to put it mildly. During his time in the White House, President Trump called for a "boycott" of the NFL due to the national anthem ...
If you want to know everything that was wrong about the "dot-com boom" in the late 1990s, look no further than Etoys.com. Etoys.com epitomized everything that was wrong about the "dot-com boom". ...
What is a recession? For the vast majority of the world, a recession is defined as at least two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth. Last week, however, the Biden Administration went on...
On Friday afternoon, Elon Musk and his team of lawyers officially called off his planned takeover of Twitter. While he was mingling with other billionaires at the Sun Valley Conference, Elon Musk ...
In order to be eligible for run for the White House, a potential candidate must satisfy a number of criteria, including being at least 35 years of age. Ron DeSantis is currently the betting favori...
The betting and prediction markets can give us tremendous insight as to what might happen in any upcoming major political event. There was over half a billion dollars bet on the 2020 US Presidneti...
CDPQ, aka Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, is Canada's second largest pension fund. The fund, which was founded in 1965, manages total assets of over $400 billion. L...
The record for highest-ever gasoline prices in the United States belongs to 2022. With the average price of a gallon of gasoline recently ticking over $5/gallon in the country, we are officially i...