They call him ‘The Phenomenon’. When the gun goes off and the outcome unfolds - there isn’t a gap he can’t seem to close for victory. Such is the predicament facing anyone competing with the great Michael Phelps - the greatest Olympic swimmer in American history. In 2008, the gap seemed ‘unclosable’ during the 100-meter butterfly. In a finish close enough to give anyone cardiac...
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Striking Trading Gold Part-Time: How to score consistent profits as a part-time trader with a full-time job It happened purely by accident. On the morning of January 24th, 1848, James Marshall was checking out the stream below his sawmill and saw ‘shiny flecks’. They weren’t huge and could have been easily missed. They were bright and brittle, yet malleable. He tried them...
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April 10th, 1989. The swing was as smooth as silk. Cool as the other side of the pillow. Ken Griffey Jr. belted his first homer in the majors. To watch it was to see greatness in the making. A legend unfolding. And not just baseball greatness. The whole package. The fans. The money. Life in the big show of major league baseball. And despite the pressure... Despite the...
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Filthy lies about chart patterns that you need to know. After years of suspicion, he finally got caught. Red-handed. In the act. Where? On the toilet. Such was the recent fate of grandmaster chess player Igors Rausis. Evidently, he snuck away during a game to use his phone to simulate his next best move. Apparently the pressure from his chess match was getting to the...
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The stock market was split on Monday despite better-than-expected economic news concerning durable goods. The report showed orders surged 1.8% in August after rising 0.5% in July.The small-caps and the blue-chips showed strength while Tech was weighed down by the 10-year Treasury yield with the rate topping the 1.5% mark. The broader market was slightly weak as Wall Street fretted over this...
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The stock market set another round of record highs on Thursday following better-than-expected jobs data and a boost in energy stocks. Specifically, initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 14,000 to 340,000, the lowest level since mid-March 2020. Meanwhile, the energy sector jumped over 2% while reversing most of the losses suffered during the previous three sessions as a sharp...
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