If you want to lose weight, you may be better off hitting the gym at the start of the day. That’s the finding from a new study published in the research journal Obesity. The study examined data from more than 5,000 participants in a 2003-06 U.S. health survey and looked…

Stock Market Seasonality Provides Reliable Clues for the Rest of 2023 The last 21 months has been a financial “roller coaster”! Many of the broader stock market benchmarks finished September with mediocre results for 2023 and nowhere near their all-time highs set in 2021. Beleaguered investors are looking for time-tested…

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Key News Asian equities started the week mixed but mostly lower overnight following a down week on Wall Street. China’s improving economic data and significant US diplomatic overtures have so far gone largely unnoticed by foreign investors. This is partly since global markets appear to be in a risk-off phase…

Climate change used to be a space in which businesses were excited to get involved. But nowadays, many executives tell me they’re afraid of being branded “greenwashers.” It’s a risk to company reputation they might not feel is worth the trouble.Activists are the pulse of the climate-change movement. But their…

Recap from August Picks The Exec Comp Aligned with ROIC Model Portfolio (-0.8%) underperformed the S&P 500 (+1.4%) from August 16, 2023 through September 12, 2023. The best performing stock in the portfolio was up 8%. Overall, 5 out of the 15 Exec Comp Aligned with ROIC Stocks outperformed the…

When it comes to stuff I think about, here’s a short list: Why can’t I get a decent piece of pizza in New York City anymore? (I blame the dollar-slice industry.)  Which Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is his crowning achievement? (I’ve become convinced it’s “Evita,” not “Phantom of the Opera”…

We are coming up on a seasonal turning point in the stock market. October is special for three reasons: It is the month when history’s most spectacular market crashes have occurred, most famously in 1929 and 1987. Yet it is actually, on average, a pretty good month. Based on historical…

It was past midnight when Alessandra Millican and a friend entered the Bellagio hotel room that was costing them hundreds of dollars a night, but unexpected noises made them stop cold.“We started hearing grunts,” she said. “It’s somebody waking up — we were halfway through the room and we realized…

The Fed may quickly subdue inflation, or it may fail. Here are some devices to protect your retirement savings in case of failure. By William Baldwin, Senior Contributor Inflation is here to stay for a while. At 3%, a moderately pessimistic estimate of where it will settle, it doubles the…