After finishing in the black on Friday, markets started this week with additional gains – although year-to-date the S&P 500 has slipped back into the bear territory. The recent high volatility comes in the wake of the Fed’s interest rate hike last week, and the intention to keep rates high as it battles to curb … Read more
Until recently, the skin of the pirarucu, the largest fish in the Amazon, had no commercial value Until recently, the skin of the pirarucu, the largest fish in the Amazon, had no commercial value Sometimes you start something and have no idea where it will lead. So it was with Eduardo Filgueiras, a struggling guitarist … Read more
Pooja Hegde shared this picture. (courtesy: hegdepooja) If you love going to beach destinations, you will be able to relate to Pooja Hegde‘s latest post. The Housefull 4 actress seems to be revisiting her travel albums and guess what? She has successfully found a jaw-dropping picture. In the throwback gem, Pooja Hegde, dressed in printed … Read more
Considering the tough macro environment and its impact on the markets, investors can be forgiven for some indecision when it comes to choosing stocks right now. But there are clues, hints that will point out the right stocks, even in an unsettled market. The simplest move, of course, is to look for quality stocks that … Read more
After diving into the warm sea off the coast of northern Bali, Indonesia, Made Partiana hovers above a bed of coral, holding his breath and scanning for flashes of movement. Hours later, exhausted, he returns to a rocky beach, towing plastic bags filled with his exquisite quarry: tropical fish of all shades and shapes. Millions … Read more
Everyone is hoping the market might be bottoming and by the recent actions of Bank of America clients, some evidently think the lows must be in sight. Last week, BofA customers splashed out $6.1 billion on US stocks, in what amounted to the third largest inflow since 2008. While the bank has stated it is … Read more
Rich and ecologically diverse, the waters around the Galápagos Islands have attracted local fishermen for centuries. Now these waters face a much larger, more rapacious hunter: China. The Galápagos are part of Ecuador. And yet each year, growing numbers of Chinese commercial ships, thousands of miles from home, fish here, at times right on the … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS – A popular Minneapolis restaurant closed this weekend after a stomach-churning discovery went viral. A video appeared to show a rodent in a bin of rice inside Stella’s Fish Café in Uptown. RaLasia Wright captured the video at about 2 a.m. Saturday when she and her friends walked by the restaurant and saw the … Read more
Ready to go bottom fishing again? Any good angler can tell you that there’s plenty of good eating just waiting at the bottom of the creek, or the pond, or the lake. The same concept also holds for stocks – investors can always find some quality equities down at the market bottoms. Stocks get down there … Read more
In her outstretched palms, 49-year-old Nilanthi Gunasekera holds her family’s last remaining handful of dried fish – a reminder of Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis in decades. She is just one of the millions of Sri Lankans battling a calamitous decline in living standards, as they find themselves forced to skip meals, ration out medicines … Read more