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Eastman Kodak Co’s $765 million loan agreement with the U.S. government to produce pharmaceutical ingredients has been put on hold due to “recent allegations of wrongdoing,” the U.S. 8 more words

Eastman Kodak’s $765 million U.S. loan agreement on hold after recent allegations — Financial Post

Twitter Inc has held preliminary negotiations about a potential combination with TikTok, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing sources. Read More

Twitter, TikTok held preliminary talks about potential combination – WSJ — Financial Post

PARIS — French wine production is likely to rise this year and harvesting could start early after warm weather, the country’s farm ministry forecast, just as Italy and France try to curb premium output to support prices. Read More

Grape expectations as France forecasts more wine to flow in 2020 — Financial Post

The gap in the U.S. jobless rate between whites and Blacks widened for a third straight month in July, making the gulf between the races the widest in more than five years, Labor Department data released on Friday showed. Read More

U.S. Black-white unemployment rate gap widens again in July — Financial Post

Gold dipped nearly 2% on Friday, snapping its record-breaking rally, after a slightly better-than-expected U.S. jobs report boosted the dollar, but a worsening pandemic kept prices on track for their longest streak of weekly gains in about a decade. Read More

Gold’s record breaking rally halts as dollar strengthens — Financial Post

So, in the fall you sign up for college. You decide to take Economics as an elective and learn about stocks. You heard your classmates talking about Tesla and like the idea of investing in the company because – Elon Musk. The price of everyone’s favorite stock, Tesla, is around $1,500.00. At this time you are idea rich and cash poor. What is a future million to do? Thanks to the latest investment craze you can own a share of the “Elon.” No longer do you need to purchase an entire share of a share. The free market is here to solve your small purse issue with the advent of fractional-shares Go to your favorite brokerage such as Fidelity or Robinhood and buy a part of Apple (AAPL) for as little of a few dollars. The advantage to the new or smaller investor is the ability to join the market party.

As with anything you must weigh the risk and reward of your decision. In future post we will discuss the idea of purchasing fractional shares. Today, start with the WSJ article.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-and-tesla-take-off-as-small-investors-embrace-fractional-share-trading-11596715201?mod=markets_lead_pos5  

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