Manufacturers around the world are contending with weakening demand as the economic outlook for the industry darkens. Factories in the United States and across the eurozone reported a decline in new orders for manufactured goods in May as they worked through their backlog of orders, according to recent business surveys…

Watch full video on YouTube

In the midst of the SEC’s crypto crackdown and the growing uncertainty in the cryptocurrency market, Cardano has caught the attention of investors. Founder Charles Hoskinson’s recent efforts to bridge the gap with the XRP community have sparked discussions about the future of Cardano (ADA). As the community eagerly watches these developments,…

Watch full video on YouTube

Introduction Over the past few years I have written numerous articles on Plaza Retail REIT (OTC:PAZRF) (TSX:PLZ.UN:CA), a Canadian REIT focusing on commercial real estate in the Eastern part of the country. I picked up the debentures at the height of the COVID crisis at a yield to maturity of…

Illumina chief executive Francis deSouza has resigned following a bruising proxy battle with activist investor Carl Icahn over the future of the world’s biggest gene sequencing company.Illumina said on Sunday that the company’s board of directors had accepted deSouza’s immediate resignation and begun a search for a replacement. DeSouza will…

The evidence in the indictment against Donald Trump for his alleged mishandling of classified documents after leaving office can seem “jaw-dropping”. The case marks the first time a former president has been indicted in federal court and just the second time a former president had been indicted anywhere (after Trump…

Wall Street in May restarted its commercial-real estate debt machine after activity recently ground to a halt, with the hitch that it’s now more expensive for landlords to afford financing. Goldman Sachs analysts pegged the average coupon on new loans from Wall Street to finance hotels, shopping centers and other…

Hello! This week’s ETF Wrap takes a look at tech-fund demand and performance while highlighting several AI-themed ETFs that have attracted inflows this year.Please send feedback and tips to [email protected] or [email protected]. You can also follow me on Twitter at @cidzelis and find me on LinkedIn. Isabel Wang is on Twitter at @Isabelxwang. Sign…

Dear MarketWatch,  We have a family home that is nearly 100 years old. My partner and I bought the home from our family for a discounted price, thinking we would build a new home on the property.  We started the new build process in early 2020 and then the pandemic…