by Deisy Buitrago, Marianna Parraga
CARACAS/HOUSTON (Reuters) - Venezuela is investigating Rafael Ramirez, a once powerful oil minister and former head of state oil company PDVSA, in connection with an alleged $4.8 billion Vienna-based corruption scheme, the state prosecutor’s office announced on Friday.
Prosecutor Tarek Saab said Ramirez and at least...
Eddie Ghabour, co-owner of Key Advisors Group, LLC, discusses with Kurt Schemers on Traders Nation® the fundamentals behind what he feels will be the longest economic expansion in American history under President Trump, tax relief, and trillions of dollars that are pouring back into the economy.
Sam McElroy, Co-Founder of, “@Financial”, discusses with Kurt Schemers and Don McKelvey on Traders Nation® a recent survey by, John Graham, a finance professor at Dukes Fuqua School of Business. It’s surveyed that 82 percent of Chief Financial Officers (CFO) believe a recession will hit by the start of...
Raghee Horner, futures and trading expert at Simpler Trading, discusses with Kurt Schemers on Traders Nation® how OPEC has agreed to hike oil output, but, the price per barrel of oil continues to rise. And, since the United States started producing greater numbers of output, will this help lessen...
John Grace, Founder and President of, Investors Advantage Corp, updates with Kurt Schemers and Don McKelvey on Traders Nation® about a tax bill floating around by top US Housetax writer, Representative Kevin Brady. Portions of the bill relate directly toretirement plans and IRS reform.
Grace discusses Individual Retirement Accounts(IRA) and...
U. S. consumer confidence rose more than expected in October to the highest in almost 17 years as Americans grew more confident about the economy and job market, according to figures Tuesday from the New York-based Conference Board.
Jumps in the Conference Board’s measures of the present sentiment and expectations...
By Ryan Vlastelica - Markets reporter
The month of May is set to be a positive one for the U.S. stock market, bucking a seasonal tendency for weakness and potentially giving historically minded investors reason for optimism since June usually isn’t a good time for stocks either.
According to the Stock...
Danielle Shay, Director of Options and Trader Specialist, at Simpler Trading, updates with Kurt Schemers and Don McKelvey on Traders Nation® of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) $5 billion stock buyback program after negative news reports wiped an astonishing $50 billion worth of market value. Was the announcement coincidental to...
By SallyFrench for MarketWatch
Social media editor & Drone Reporter
Where are the million-dollar property listings? Odds are high you’ll find them in Washington, D.C., California and Hawaii, all where more than 13% of the homes are worth at least $1 million.
Overflow Data analyzed data from the 2016 American Community...