Many US taxpayers wait until the last minute to file their returns. If that is your plan, then now is the time to get on with it. With the April 15 filing deadline 9 days away, you cannot afford to stall on your taxes any longer. Here are some tips for tackling that return now […]
FLASH: Asia accounted for over 50% of that turnover According to The Federation of the Swiss Watch Industry FH, Swiss watch exports in Y 2018 grew 6.3% Y-Y to CHF 21.2-B. Although the value of exports was up, the total number of watches exported declined by 2.3% to 23.7-M items there were 570,000 fewer timepieces […]
The Latest on Britain’s exit from the EU Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is suggesting it may be possible to give Britain more time to leave the European Union if it comes up with a good strategy, saying a no-deal BREXIT would be bad for everyone. Chancellor Kurz is quoted by Germany’s Welt am Sonntag newspaper […]
Dog Friendly Places to Vacation USA Human travelers occasionally need some motivation to take an adventure vacation with their dogs. So, sometimes humans need a weekend or vacation to let loose, put the Keys in the ignition and set off on a road trip with the dog in the back seat and not on the […]
F1: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2018 Times from Friday’s Practice $RACE Valtteri Bottas topped the time-sheets in FP2 at the 2018 Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Friday, pushing Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen into 2nd by 0.044 secs. Mr. Bottas’ lap time of 1 min, 37.236 secs had him finish 0.192 ahead of 3rd-fastest Daniel Ricciardo and 0.207 […]
Maintaining Your Weight During the Holidays The days are shorter and festive music is filling the air, there can be no doubt that the Holidays are just ahead. And, of course, the closer we get to the Holidays, the harder it is to stick to our fitness and weight maintenance and loss goals. As the […]
Social Media Can Increase Loneliness For the billions of young people who seek community and connection on social media, new research warns their search may be in vain. Instead, spending too much time on Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram may actually increase the risk of depression and loneliness. So concludes a small analysis that tracked the […]
On Living Life Stress Free We are living in an era where political turmoil, death, anger, and sadness are the realities in this world. In times such as these stress levels can continue to rise, and the stress path is way of silent killers including heart disease and cancer. In order to avoid these realities […]
Use Light Exposure to Fight Jet Lag Exposure to light leads to advances or delays in your circadian rhythm, known as phase shifts, which can cause the symptoms of jet lag to disappear Exposure to light leads to advances or delays in our circadian rhythm, known as phase shifts, which can cause the symptoms of […]
Coffee Around the World Since coffee beans were discovered in Kaffa, Ethiopia, to its popularization in Yemen, where it got its start as a brewed beverage, coffee has become the most celebrated social drink in the world. Whether you prefer a cup of strong black, a diary-infused local specialty, or a spicy creation, coffee drinkers […]
F1: Ferrari’s (NYSE:RACE) Qualify 1-2 for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza $RACE Ferrari Locks Out the Front Row: Kimmi on the Pole, Seb Along Side The final race of the European portion of the 2018 F1 season comes this weekend with the Italian Grand Prix at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. Recent history at Monza, […]
F1: Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) Out Paced by MercedesAMG in Final Qualifying at Spa $RACE 2018 Belgian F1 Grand Prix Saturday’s Qualifying Lewis Hamilton takes the Pole in the last secs at Spa MercedesAMG’s Lewis Hamilton looking to increase his 24-point world championship lead over Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel as F1 returns in Belgium Mr. Vettel remains bullish […]
Be Open to Nature, It is Really Healthy A huge study involving data from more than 140 studies and 290-M people revealed that exposure to green-space, defined as open, undeveloped land with natural vegetation, led to significant health benefits Reductions in diastolic blood pressure, you know the bottom number, salivary cortisol, a physiological marker of […]
Mindfulness, the Path to Greater Success Concentration Becomes Power, Power Becomes Success Mindfulness is practiced by being mindful of whatever we do. It is the basic practice of creating a focused awareness in the Now. Most people are preoccupied with memories of the past, existing in a dream-like a state where we are not connected […]
Consider this…should we believe “this time is different?” $DIA, $GLD, $SLV, $USO Here’s a BEV chart for the Dow Jones going back to January 1982. The BEV plot fell to its -25% line (Dow Jones 777) in August 1982. This was a historic bottom; after it nothing would ever be the same again for the […]
Rolex, the World’s Largest Swiss Luxury-watch Brand A Brief History of Rolex The precursor to Rolex was founded in London by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis in Y 1905, with the Rolex Watch Company established in Y 1919 when operations were moved to Geneva, the company is HQ’s in Geneva today. The Rolex brand limits […]
Production ‘Hell’ Continues at Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) $TSLA, $F Tesla Inc.’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Model 3 production ‘Hell’ delays are now being dubbed a “time shift,” by its CEO, Elon Musk. “You’ll definitely get your car,” Mr. Musk, 46 anni, said in a TV interview Thursday. “It’s a 6-9 month time shift. That’s literally it, and three of […]
Sebring: Spirit of Daytona on the Pole This is the 1st pole for Spirit of Daytona Racing since switching to the Cadillac prototype platform and comes 1 year after Tristan Vautier managed a 1st place start at Sebring in the GTD class. “We just got the car in early December,” Mr. Vautier told the motorsport […]
USD & Gold: The Bulls Vs The Bears $USD, $EUR, $GLD The notion of repeated cycles is timeless, it is how the ancient people perceived time: not as linear sequence of events, but as replaying patterns of Dark and Golden Ages. Those of us that Chart the Market view it as struggle between The Bulls and The […]
What We Do in Life is Within Our Control: Success Vs Failure Most people wait and wish for Luck, to be successful you have to make your own Luck in real time. That is if you want to become the kind of person equipped with the skills and abilities to do brilliant things. People who […]
Super Blue Blood Moon And Lunar Eclipse on 31 January The phenomenon of a Blue Moon, Supermoon and total Lunar Eclipse has not occurred in the United States in more than 150 years. A spectacular lunar event — a blue moon, supermoon and total lunar eclipse causing a “blood” moon on the same night — […]
Highly Successful People Remove Catalysts for Failure There are 2 Key mental shifts that occur in the lives of all highly successful people. Many make the 1st, not all make the 2nd. Both shifts require mental stretching from conventional and societal ways of thinking, these shifts require people to unlearn the negative programming from their […]
The ‘Wolf Moon’ Brings in the New Year on 1-2 January The 1st of 2 January 2018 full moons falls on the evening of 1 January 2018, for most of the Western Hemisphere and on 2 January for the Eastern Hemisphere. This supermoon, know as the Wolf Moon comes only 4.5 hours after the moon reaches lunar perigee the moon’s closest […]
It is Time for USAG Sessions to ‘Pack it In’ Saturday, former House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz called for US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to be removed from office, saying that may be a cure for the “deep systemic problems” in the Department of Justice (DOJ). “It pains me to say this a little […]
Saudi Crown Prince Voted Time Person of the Year The Crown Prince received significantly more votes than any other leader Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, 32 anni, has been voted Time magazine’s person of the year for Y 2017 in an online reader poll. Monday, the magazine wrote that the Saudi royal, who replaced former Crown […]
The Once Mighty Time, Inc. Gobbled Up By GOP Backed Cash $MDP, $TIME, $TWX Des Moines, Iowa based Meredith Corp. (NYSE:MDP) agreed to acquire Time Inc. (NYSE:TIME) for $2.8-B including debt, swallowing the once-mighty home of Fortune and Sports Illustrated after the internet age wreaked havoc on the most prestigious magazine titles. The 18.50/share offer […]
Minimizing Flight Fatigue, aka ‘Jet Lag’ Flight fatigue, aka Jet Lag, time zone change syndrome or desynchronosis, occurs when travel across time zones disrupts the internal human body clock, resulting in the following mental, emotional and physical symptoms: 1. Daytime sleepiness and lethargy followed by nighttime insomnia 2. Anxiety, irritability, confusion and poor concentration 3. Constipation […]
You and the US Stock Market: Big Q’s & A’s $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX The US and global stock markets have hit record highs this year, as investors celebrate their gainers. But the record do not seem instilling a sense of excitement in everyone. Some investors are nervous, certain that a major correction is overdue, […]
Bill O’Reilly Back at Fox News, ‘I have enjoyed my Summer off’ Bill O’Reilly’s Accuser Arrested for False Allegation of Crime Tuesday, Bill O’Reilly returned to Fox News for the 1st time since his April ouster, declaring his almost 21 years as the face of the network’s prime-time lineup was “far and away the best […]
Keep Knowledge Coming into Your Life Ben Franklin said: “An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” Investing in Knowledge, some things to do Naps: Naps can dramatically increase learning, memory, awareness, creativity, and productivity. Pulling from the results of more than 10 years of experiments, nap researcher Sara Mednick of the University of California, […]
Get Smart, Learn to Say “I Don’t Know” There is an legend in which Socrates, the Greek philosopher, is recognized by Pythia, the Oracle of Delphi, as the wisest man alive. It is notable for Socrates’ response: “I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.” I believe […]
That Perfect Idea is Not Perfect, Start Now, Perfect it Later Perfect ideas do not exist because, until you put them into the real world, they’re just concepts. In the real world your idea will get beat up a 1000X until it hardly resembles whatever it is at the start. r People get caught up […]
Washing Your Hands, Hot or Cold Water Works You do not need to scald your hands to get rid of germs, for effective hand hygiene, water temperature matters less than time, new research states. The finding runs counter to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines recommending that food establishments and restaurants deliver water at […]
Market Finished at Record Highs, as The Trump Rally Extends $DIA, $SPY, $QQQ, $VXX Highlights of April’s US Employment Report The unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped to 4.4%, the lowest since May 2007, the US Labor Department data showed Friday The Spare capacity in the labor market is quickly disappearing, indicating that lackluster wage growth should […]
Sell in May, Go Away, Fact or Fiction $SPY With April in the scrapbook, we have entered into the seasonally weak 6-month period of the year. And the debate over the Wall Street axiom “Sell In May And Go Away,” starts again. The data […]
Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) Betting on Risky Production Methods $TSLA, $F, $VLKAY Tesla’s (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO, Elon Musk has taken many risks with “way out” technology in his company’s cars on the way to passing Ford (NYSE:F) market value. Now Mr. Musk is pushing the boundaries in the factory that makes his EVs (electric vehicles). Conventional automakers test […]
Commentary: Paul Ebeling on Buying Vintage & Classic Ferraris $RACE For the last 50 years+ that I have attended to Concours d’Elegance’s, Historic Racing events and Classic Car exhibitions I have seen the most beautiful beautiful cars, and now the passion for automotive masterpieces and the art that it represents is stronger than ever, especially […]
Sunday We Greet Daylight Savings Time, Yes! Sunday, most of our nation, sans Arizona and Hawaii, will greet dailylight savings time (DLS) by losing an hour of sleep. DSL officially begins at 2:00a: Spring forward, remember? Arizona and Hawaii do not participate. The Big Q: Why? The Big A: Because each state is free to […]
Some Mistakes New Traders Make With Technical Analysis “The best technical indicator the trained Eye.” Many traders rely so much on technical indicators that they forget that all if the indicators are derived from price, so when you are using indicators you are adding an extra layer of analysis between you and the price. Each […]
The Winners of this Year’s Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève Annually in Geneva, CH, a panel of 28 judges from watchmaking, jewelry, luxury retail, and the press gather to determine which are the best timepieces of the year. The watched considers for the Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève are in12 categories, from sport to artistic watches to the […]
Making Creativity Part of Daily Life Creativity is a skill to be learned, practiced, and developed. The more we make creativity part of our daily life, the more it will grow. The Big Q: So how do I make creativity part of my daily life? The Big A: Below are some suggestions, get started on […]
Does Your Brain Get in the Way of Savvy Money Decisions? When it comes to money, many people make bad decisions. That is not because contributing to a 401(k) requires a PhD economy, it is often because the human brain is hard-wired to prioritize short-term money gains Vs long-term benefits. “Traditional economic theory suggests that […]
When Dogs Meets, Do it Right, Avoid a Dogfight Each and every day our dogs have plenty of opportunities to make new acquaintances aka meet other dogs. The difference between those meetings being pleasant or aggressive lies with how we owners approach dog-to-dog introductions. Unlike people, who walk right up to one another, look each […]
The World is Just a “Click” Away, Surviving the Information Overload The world being just a click away is indicative of a shift that technology delivers us today. Our ability to cut through time and break down geographical boundaries has made our interactions with people and information faster and virtually instantaneous. But, have we learned […]