What Is Amazon Mechanical Turk?
Amazon Mechanical Turk is a micro-tasking platform that pairs company's needing small tasks completed with freelancers looking for extra cash. Here's how it works.
Amazon Mechanical Turk is a micro-tasking platform that pairs company's needing small tasks completed with freelancers looking for extra cash. Here's how it works.
When Costco lists gold bars for sale online, "they're typically gone within a few hours and we limit two per member," its CFO told investors.
What should we make of today’s market conditions? Investors have started digesting how the Federal Reserve’s ‘higher for longer’ interest rate policy will impact the economy, and they’re not pleased with the prospect. Other challenges on the horizon include an increasing probability of a government shutdown as Congress grapples with partisan disagreements over annual budget resolutions, declining consumer confidence as worries mount, and a sharp surge in oil prices on the commodity trading floor
With WTI crude oil prices spiking 4% today and currently near $94 a barrel it's noteworthy that several Zacks Oils and Energy sector stocks are standing out with stellar dividend yields and the ability to benefit from the surging commodity price.
My wife and I are elderly. I have an individual retirement account (IRA) worth about $100,000, and we have a trust set up through our children to protect our assets. If one or both of us have to go into … Continue reading → The post Ask an Advisor: Can a Nursing Home ‘Take Our IRA?' My Wife and I Are Elderly. We Have a $100K IRA and a Trust to Protect Our Assets. appeared first on SmartAsset Blog.
Warren Buffett isn't known for being a big real estate investor, but he has invested in real estate investment trusts (REITs) in the past and reaped significant rewards. For instance, Buffett's company Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK) used to own shares of STORE Capital Corp., a REIT specializing in single-tenant operational real estate (STORE). In September 2022, STORE Capital announced that it would be acquired by Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and Oak Street in an all-cash transactio
The housing sales slowdown will last awhile, as no one is selling their home unless they absolutely have to, according to Redfin's CEO.
Can investors realistically time the market to maximize returns, especially over the long term? According to a recent study from Charles Schwab, perfect market timing is practically impossible. The firm’s research showed that most investors are better off investing as soon as possible using a buy-and-hold strategy rather than trying to predict short-term peaks and […] The post Forget About ‘Timing the Market’: Schwab Research Reveals the Optimal Way to Invest appeared first on SmartReads by Smar
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A market rally attempt is underway, barely, but don't get excited. Tesla fell as Deutsche Bank sees trouble beyond Q3 deliveries.
The combination of multiple challenges has created an environment that "rhymes with 2008," JPMorgan's chief market strategist writes.
NextEra Energy subsidiary, NextEra Energy Partners, LP, significantly reduced its distribution growth outlook, blaming Federal Reserve moves to fight inflation, and shares of both plunged.
Stocks have suffered a rough September, with the S&P 500 dropping from 4,516 at the month's start to 4,275. Look out below?
U.S. crude oil inventories fell by more than 2 million barrels last week, hitting their lowest since 1985. That could have far-reaching implications on oil prices and, by extension, prices at the gas pump.
Ams-Osram shares fell by almost a fifth after it revealed plans to raise more than €2 billion through a capital increase, new bonds, and the sale of part of its semiconductor business.
Fiscal fourth-quarter revenue at chip maker Micron falls sharply from a year earlier, Peloton stock surges after signing a five-year partnership with Lululemon, GameStop names Ryan Cohen as president and CEO, and Nike and CarMax are scheduled to report earnings Thursday.
Ford Motor's decision to hit the brakes on a planned $3.5 billion battery plant in Michigan highlights a challenge for Tesla's growing crowd of rivals in the U.S. market: Tesla is pushing most of them into unprofitable, low-volume niches. Global automakers are launching scores of new electric vehicles in the United States, and pouring billions of dollars into new EV and battery plants. On a brand-by-brand basis, Tesla outsold its next 19 competitors by 10 to one or more during the first half, according to S&P Global Mobility data.
Oil majors appear poised for a possible promotion amid the current market correction, with U.S. crude oil prices rising further above $90 per barrel and oil majors ExxonMobil, Chevron and BP near buy points.
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