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Mourning Our Dead

Last week’s Republican National Convention was a remarkable spectacle – a blatantly over-the-top celebration of the presidency of Donald J. Trump. It reached a crescendo on Thursday night, when the great man heaped praise upon himself before a tightly packed crowd of largely unmasked worshipers that had gathered on the White House lawn. Q2 2020 […]
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Read MoreCoronavirus stimulus checks prospects: White House not going to negotiate further?

Things are looking bleak for the next stimulus checks as there is no agreement yet even as we reach the end of August. Moreover, recent comments from lawmakers cast a gloomy outlook over the prospects of coronavirus stimulus checks in the near future as well. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Coronavirus stimulus […]
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Read MoreBuilding A Budget-Based Business

Are you planning to launch your own business but worried about finances? Many people have successfully started their own one-person or multi-person companies on a shoestring. You can do the same thing by following a few simple rules and keeping your eyes on the prize, as they say. In this case, the prize is long-term […]
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Read MoreWhy Does Net-Net Investing Work?

ValueWalk’s Raul Panganiban interviews Evan Bleker, founder of Net-Net Hunter, and author of “Benjamin Graham’s Net-Net Stock Strategy.” In this part, Evan discusses why buying stocks below net current asset value works, the objections people have with investors, the behavioural gap, the net-net scorecard, and the must haves in a company. See the full transcript. […]
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Read MoreWhy Cryptocurrencies Could Represent the Next Big Investment Push

Cryptocurrencies are a rather new form of investment. The majority of experts consider Bitcoin to represent the first cryptocurrency to come into existence, as its roots can be traced back to 2009. However, this rather youthful market sector has also led to some serious returns over the years. Not that we are witnessing other currencies […]
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Read MoreCalifornia wildfires destroy almost 3,000 structures in August
California’s wildfires have continued to destroy properties over the weekend and while the main blazes are more under control thanks to cooler weather, the costs to insurance and potentially reinsurance markets are on the rise. In our coverage last week we explained that an estimate from Moody’s Investors Service suggested insurance and perhaps reinsurance market…
Read MoreHurricane Laura losses said up to $9bn by KCC, up to $8bn by AIR
Hurricane Laura related industry loss estimates are coming thick and fast today, with catastrophe risk modellers Karen Clark & Company saying to expect a total of close to $9 billion, while AIR Worldwide has said up to $8 billion for onshore property losses only. As ever, it’s a challenge to compare insurance and reinsurance industry…
Read MoreUK winter floods & storms cost re/insurers more than $1bn: PERILS
The insurance and potentially reinsurance market loss from flooding that struck the United Kingdom this February is now estimated to have caused an industry loss of UK £375 million, up 26% from an estimate made in April. Detailed claims data collected from insurers shows that the toll to the industry from severe flooding that struck…
Read MoreTyphoon Maysak could hit South Korea at Cat 3 strength
Typhoon Maysak is strengthening as it heads towards the Japanese Ryukyu Islands, after which it is expected to continue north towards the Busan region of South Korea, with the latest forecasts suggesting sustained winds of as much as 115 mph could be experienced at landfall. It’s the second major typhoon threat for the Korean peninsula…
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