One word … META. Ask most millennials and Gen-Zers the meaning and answers will flood in. Formerly known as Facebook, Meta (NASDAQ:META) is the name for the bigger umbrella owning and operating Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and now Threads. Its infamous CEO Mark...
Brieanna McCutcheon
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August 8, 2023
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I was born in the 1950s, a decade dominated by thousands of WWII servicemen marrying and starting families in the creation of the largest demographic in history, the "Baby Boom Generation." The 1950s saw Elvis Presley dominate the entertainment industry with ten #1 hits a...
Streetwise Reports
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April 22, 2020
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Rodney Dangerfield Wikimedia Commons In March 1967, for most of the adult population in North America, the most popular comedians were almost all television series personalities, such as Carol Burnett, Buddy Ebsen and Dick Van Dyke. ...
Streetwise Reports
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May 5, 2020
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Investors were a-buzz over Tesla’s ( NASDAQ: TSLA ) “Battery Day” events this week and the tech company’s latest offerings. While its so-called new type of battery cell and vehicle models left audiences feeling rathe...
Stockhouse Editorial
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September 23, 2020
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As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information How high's the water, mama? Five feet high and risin' How high's the water, papa? Five feet high and risin' Well, the rails are washed out north of town We ...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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September 6, 2019
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In mid-August, a ground-breaking ceremony of sorts took place in Edmonton for the Trans Mountain Pipeline project . Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi picked the yard of pipeline contractor SA Energy to announce that Trans Mountain Corp. is moving forward to constr...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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October 25, 2019
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Gold’s safe haven status was tested this week, as Iran countered the assassination of its top military commander with missile strikes against two Iraqi bases housing US troops. On Tuesday night Tehran fired over a dozen missiles at the Al-Asad airbase and E...
Richard (Rick) Mills
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January 10, 2020
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It is a common thing for any established industry to be dominated by several large companies. There are eBay and Amazon for eCommerce, Facebook and Snapchat for social media, Uber and Lyft for transportation, etc. Beating such competitors is a tough challenge every ...
Alexey Chalimov
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March 18, 2020
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The Weekly Missive, which usually arrives over the weekend (sometimes on Friday, sometimes on Sunday) was delayed this weekend for one reason: I had to change it. I started out last week with an idea that was leaning in the direction of full-on capitulation in the sen...
Streetwise Reports
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June 24, 2020
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As I sit here on a Thursday evening, contemplating the logic behind my most recent additions to a highly tentative short position on the SPY:US (the exchange-traded fund [ETF] tracking the S&P 500), I am doing everything in my power to not take my quote machine and proj...
Streetwise Reports
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June 30, 2020
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