opinion – matinvaramin

Opinion: Say good-bye to the Power 5; it’s now all Big Ten and SEC

July 1, 2022 admin No Comments

Ever since the Supreme Court ruled against the NCAA in an antitrust case in 1984 and invalidated its national television contracts, college sports programs have been realigning among athletic conferences in search of larger television contracts. Athletic conferences used to be based on geographic proximity and academic affinity. Why, after all, if schools really cared…

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Opinion: Here’s how a company can really boost shareholder value and its growth rate – especially in a bear market

July 1, 2022 admin No Comments

In bear markets, winnings tend to go to investors who focus on fundamentals, not fads, and who pick stocks based on traditional business principles rather than the latest experimentation in finance or society. Many stock investors are sidelined today, facing crushing losses in crypto or tech, and a general bruising across equities. They’re confused by…

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Opinion: A Google engineer said an artificial-intelligence program came to life. This is why that couldn’t happen

June 30, 2022 admin No Comments

News that resembles the plot of the 2013 sci-fi movie “Her” has made rounds in the media. Google engineer Blake Lemoine risked his career to try and prove to his peers and general public that LaMDA, the algorithm he was working on, had somehow become sentient. Lemoine was allegedly reprimanded by the tech giant for…

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Opinion: Sell Exxon Mobil and other energy stocks before these headwinds hit prices once again

June 29, 2022 admin No Comments

Energy stocks have been the star investment this year. Now it’s time to sell them and electrify your portfolio before investors once again focus on the industry’s long-term headwinds. There are a host of headwinds that could threaten the surge: rising recession risk, consumer backlash from the high price of gasoline, and the push to…

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Opinion: The invasion of privacy just went one step further in the US without anyone noticing

June 29, 2022 admin No Comments

In January 2021, an unclassified memo revealed that the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), a military-intelligence unit of the US government, buys huge amounts of commercially available smartphone data and uses it to spy on Americans and track their movement history. By using publicly disclosed data, the DIA – and other agencies – can circumvent laws…

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Opinion: Who’s who of chip and tech companies band together to pass mega-semiconductor bill in Congress

June 29, 2022 admin No Comments

More than 120 companies including Intel, Nvidia and Texas Instruments recently signed a letter urging Congress to accelerate negotiations to get a bill passed that would massively scale chipmaking in the US. The group of A-list companies, which also includes Amazon AMZN and Microsoft MSFT, design, manufacture or provide critical infrastructure to the semiconductor industry….

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‘We shouldn’t have to be doing this’: North Dakota’s only abortion clinic has one month to pack up and move to Minnesota – and raises 815,000 on GoFundMe

June 29, 2022 admin No Comments

After 21 years at its current location in downtown Fargo, ND, Red River Women’s Clinic will be moving to Moorhead, Minn. The new location is a 15-minute drive away across the Red River, which forms the state border between Minnesota and North Dakota. Last Friday, the US Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade…

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This veteran money manager has seen it all. And these 19 dividend stocks pass his rigorous quality screen right now.

June 29, 2022 admin No Comments

Lewis Altfest’s time in the finance industry spans seven decades. He has some words of advice for investors who aren’t used to stomach-churning stock-price moves. Altfest founded Altfest Personal Wealth Management in 1983 after working as a general partner and director of research Lord Abbett & Co. Before that, he was an analyst for several…

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Opinion: Early retirement in 3 steps: Follow the ‘Cashing Out’ couple’s road map to financial freedom

June 29, 2022 admin No Comments

A couple of months ago, our five-year-old son was relieved to find out that he could have two best friends. For weeks he’d been stuck in an innocent adolescent triangle where both kids wanted him to be their exclusive bestie. They would pull his arms at the playground and he would come home agonizing about…

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My friend spends a couple of days a week at my house cleaning, cooking and caring for my child. We both work remotely. I pay her $ 100. Am I taking advantage of her?

June 29, 2022 admin No Comments

I’m a working-from-home mom and my supervisors have no intentions of bringing me back to the office at this time. In order to actually get work done, I have pieced together childcare using the help of family and friends. I have one friend who has really gone above and beyond to adjust her own flexible…

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