A California-based digital-asset specialist has purchased 2,500 barrels of new Kentucky whiskey, betting that the barrels will increase in value by three to five times over the course of the aging process.
After a riot rocked the Capitol on Wednesday, some investors were left contemplating what it meant for U.S. financial markets as the pre-eminent safe haven in the world.
U.S. equity-indexes clinch a fresh round of records Friday, to close out a volatile first week of 2021, with President-elect Biden’s promise of more financial aid for Americans offsetting a report showing the first monthly job losses since April amid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said that he couldn’t “do anything” about it, laying the blame on what he called the “press-fueled” coronavirus pandemic.
A list of Trump administration officials who are quitting in the wake of the violent protests on Capitol Hill is growing, and includes the first lady’s chief of staff as well as a top official who dealt with China.
A major chunk of trading in euro-dominated shares has been moving from London to European continental exchanges since the beginning of the week, after the U.K. left the European Union single market.
“U.S. Capitol under siege” blasted The Times, in the U.K., with a separate piece suggesting “Donald Trump has disgraced tradition and that will be his lasting legacy.”