How are you? It’s been quite a year. It’s one year since the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus public-health emergency a “pandemic.” Looking back, we can see how far we have come, and how we have already begun the return to a kind of normality, a New Normal. In …
Read More »Earnings Results: Verizon reports ‘clean’ earnings but analysts see uncertainty ahead
Verizon Communications Inc. shares gained Friday after the company posted results that analysts called “clean” and “reliable.” The wireless operator topped both revenue and adjusted earnings expectations for the June quarter even as both dipped from a year ago as the company felt the effects from COVID-19. In particular, Verizon’s …
Read More »Key Words: ‘Black Swan’ author says if investors don’t use a ‘tail hedge,’ he recommends ‘not being in the market’—‘We’re facing a huge amount of uncertainty’
“ ‘If you don’t have a tail hedge, I suggest not being in the market we’re facing a huge amount of uncertainty.’ ” That’s “Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable” author Nassim Nicholas Taleb offering his view on the risks swirling in the market and a growing lack of clarity …
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