Michael Kern

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Contributor since: 21 Feb 2018

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• COVID Report Cards Will Brand Businesses Forever

  Published 02 April 2020 | viewed 6,203 times

  In the time of coronavirus, companies will be closely scrutinized for how they treat their workers, and it’s the first time in recent history that…

• Trump Wants Another $2 Trillion Economic Intervention

  Published 31 March 2020 | viewed 2,250 times

  As the United States continues to grapple with a growing number of coronavirus cases, President Donald Trump is calling on yet another trillion-dollar spending plan…

• How Much Does Your Social Security Number Cost? $4 On The Dark Web

  Published 29 March 2020 | viewed 11,873 times

  The sale of American social security numbers through dark channels is a booming business that rakes in millions upon millions for criminals.  It costs only…

• Violating Quarantine? Big Brother Is Watching

  Published 25 March 2020 | viewed 2,481 times

  Social distancing is harder than you might think for some. Divorce filings are surging presumably because married couples aren’t used to spending this much ‘quality…

• 3 Industries Soaring During The Coronavirus Crisis

  Published 22 March 2020 | viewed 4,923 times

  Covid-19 is proving to be this year’s black swan, spreading fear and gloom and crippling thousands of businesses as evidenced by the epic stock market…

• 5 Stocks To Ride Out A Pandemic

  Published 17 March 2020 | viewed 5,260 times

  Earlier this week, stocks felt their steepest losses since the 1987 market crash as the Dow plunged almost 3,000 points, marking the second-worst day in…

• Dow Drops 1,800 Points As The Fed Slashes Interest Rates To Zero

  Published 16 March 2020 | viewed 4,507 times

  The Federal Reserve took yet another bold action on Sunday evening, announcing that the central bank would be slashing interest rates to zero percent. But…

• Can Disney Bounce Back From Massive Coronavirus Loss?

  Published 15 March 2020 | viewed 4,818 times

  You know it’s bad when Disney closes its doors.  Between 16 million and 18 million people visit the Disneyland Resort each year, or 44,000 daily…

• $1.5 Trillion Fed Intervention Fails To Halt Market Meltdown

  Published 12 March 2020 | viewed 2,649 times

  The Federal Reserve took drastic action on Thursday as the stock market meltdown accelerated, pledging to inject as much as $1.5 trillion into U.S. markets…

• Space Robots Could Help Colonize Mars

  Published 09 March 2020 | viewed 4,824 times

  Mars, aka the Red Planet, is a freezing, faraway, uninhabitable planet that has fascinated the human race for centuries--and for good reason. After all, our…

• Fed Cuts Benchmark Rates Amid Coronavirus Panic

  Published 03 March 2020 | viewed 2,034 times

  After a harrowing week for stock markets, things seem to be turning around. On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped by just over 1200…

• Airlines Flatline, But Space Industry Soaring

  Published 01 March 2020 | viewed 2,575 times

  At a time when airlines are canceling routes and countries are issuing travel bans related to the coronavirus, why not space travel? That’s one sector,…

• The Market Goes Mental Over Coronavirus Crisis

  Published 27 February 2020 | viewed 2,700 times

  Welcome the worst week for stocks since the financial crisis. The market is human, so its response is often irrational, and as another 1200 points are…

• Markets Crumble As Coronavirus Panic Peaks

  Published 24 February 2020 | viewed 2,900 times

  The coronavirus isn’t a pandemic--yet, but market fears are knocking on the door of epidemic panic, nonetheless, with the Dow opening Monday morning nearly 1,000…

• Want A Job? Forget About A Bachelor’s Degree

  Published 19 February 2020 | viewed 3,399 times

  Despite the exorbitant--and rising--costs of American higher education, those dollars aren’t necessarily translating into better-paying jobs.  In some cases, that means that you might end…

• What The T-Mobile Takeover Of Sprint Really Means For Markets

  Published 13 February 2020 | viewed 3,342 times

  Despite fears of higher prices and job cuts, a judge has approved T-Mobile’s takeover of Sprint, saying it isn't likely to substantially lessen competition. Thus…

• The Politics Of Love In The Digital World

  Published 09 February 2020 | viewed 4,959 times

  It’s the height of efficiency: Campaign while you date, and kills two birds with one stone, making the most of popular dating apps during an…

• Is Bitcoin Heading To $400,000 Or Zero?

  Published 05 February 2020 | viewed 8,829 times

  Bitcoin could reach $400,000 by 2030 and be worth a whopping $8 trillion, by some predictions, or this digital glass house could just implode in…

• The Survival Of A $2.7 Trillion Market Rests On This Tiny Niche

  Published 27 January 2020 | viewed 11,398 times

  The space race has begun. Private companies have exploded, soaring beyond multiple billion-dollar valuations seemingly overnight. Some of the hottest tech companies on the planet…

• The Lucrative New Tech Hijacking Your Privacy

  Published 20 January 2020 | viewed 4,069 times

  We’ve come a long way from being able to superimpose Trump’s hair on our own heads. We’ve also come a long way from wearing masks…