South Africa's Biggest City Faces Total Infrastructure Collapse

Earnings Drive Both Bull & Bear Markets Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, “Earnings drive market outcomes. In 151 years, every single 20% market decline was accompanied by a double-digit earnings decline, with zero exceptions.” Every few months, a new reason to sell arrives. Capital spending is too high. The deficit is unsustainable. Oil just broke out. The conclusion attached to each is always the same: investors are about to lose half their money. I’ve watched that warning recycle for three decades, and it’s a smoke detector that goes off every time somebody makes...

Five Tax Moves To Make Before December 31 That Most People Miss Authored by Peter Daisyme via Due, Every January, I hear the same regret from friends and colleagues: "I wish I had known about that before the year ended." Tax planning has a hard deadline, and most of the best strategies expire on December 31 with no extensions, no exceptions, and no do-overs. Five Tax Moves to Make Before December 31; Image Credit: Pexels I used to be one of those people who did not think about taxes until I sat down...

Pentagon Urged No Resumption Of Strikes As Iran Grew More Effective Tracking US Air Ops: NYT President Trump had on Monday announced he agreed to pause planned Iran strikes, which were supposedly going to resume Tuesday, because UAE & Saudi Arabia asked him to as they said the sides are getting close to a deal. However, Pentagon officials have told The New York Times they urged halting of strikes because of intelligence shows Iran has grown more effective at tracking US air operations and strengthening its air defenses, making the potential...