Chip Stocks Enter Intermediate Correction

The PHLX Semiconductor Index (SOX) bounced at strong support on Friday and added to gains in Monday’s session, closing back above the 200-day exponential moving average (EMA). Even so, the index has now entered a long-term sell cycle that predicts relative weakness into the third quarter, raising the odds that the pullback from recent highs has just begun. As a …

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Top 8 times a series was changed because of the fans

Fans have much more power than they imagine, we could see it with Dexter fans who brought back their series not phew for a final season 10 years later. By complaining on social networks or boycotting TV channels, fans can claim anything and everything. And it happens a little too often that they win. 1. Stranger Things writers changed the …

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Construction Interest Expense Definition

What Is Construction Interest Expense? Construction interest expense is an interest that accumulates on a construction loan used to construct a building or other long-lived business asset. Typically, interest paid on a loan is immediately expensed and is tax deductible but that isn’t always the case. For example, construction interest expense that is incurred during the period up until the …

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Top 30+ most searched spelling questions on Google

The French language is very sneaky. Every day, through the writing of our tops, we ourselves have to consult Google (yes yes, I say “Google” and then? what are you going to do?) to check the spelling of a word. It is clear that even after the thousandth time, we still do not print the correct spelling of a word, …

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Definition, How It Works Vs. Royalty, and Examples

What Is a Licensing Fee? A licensing fee is a sum of money paid to another entity for a certain right. For example, individuals or companies may pay licensing fees to a government agency for the right to perform professional services or engage in a particular line of business. In other instances, individuals or businesses pay licensing fees for the …

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Top 10 most dangerous toys of the last 10 years

December 24 is fast approaching, the elves are busy at the North Pole, and Santa Claus is already starting to fill his basket for his annual tour! Oh oh oh ! Too nice, all that, but BE CAREFUL all the same! It could be that one or two malicious (or just a little drunk) elves have messed up making the …

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Robinhood suffers major outages during wild market swings

Robinhood customers could only sit by and watch as the DJIA posted its biggest one-day point increase in history on March 2. Many of those customers are new to trading since the brokerage launched to the public in late 2014, and found themselves unable to log in, trade, or access their accounts as markets surged for the first day following …

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11 things to know about the protests in China, this is a big first

For the past few days, news in China has been on the front page of our media. And for good reason: the uprising taking place in this country, subject to censorship and under the authority of a dictator, is something unprecedented. What’s going on ? Why are the people rising up? What are their demands? What position is the government …

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What Is Yield To Call? Definition and How It’s Calculated

What Is Yield To Call? Yield to call (YTC) is a financial term that refers to the return a bondholder receives if the bond is held until the call date, which occurs sometime before it reaches maturity. This number can be mathematically calculated as the compound interest rate at which the present value of a bond’s future coupon payments and …

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