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The U.S. stock market is hovering around an all-time and the S&P 500 is up around 19% so far this year. The March 2020 sell-off gave us a glimpse at how swiftly panic and fear can plunge stock prices -- but while the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic continue to ravage our daily lives, small businesses, and many sectors of the economy, the worst seems to be over for the broader market. We don't know when or in what form the next recession will come. But we do know there are different ways to prepare for it today than there used to be. The old tried and true method for weathering a recession is through cash and high-quality dividend stocks with strong balance sheets. This method remains a great option -- but so does investing in bitcoin ( CRYPTO:BTC ) . Here's why bitcoin, the world's best asset over the last decade, is also one of the best ways to combat a recession. Image source: Getty Images. 1. It was built for it Bitcoin was formed in the crucible of the …

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Image source: The Motley Fool. JELD-WEN Holding, inc ( NYSE:JELD ) Aug 2, 2021 , 8:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the JELD-WEN Holding Incorporated Second Quarter 2021 Earnings Call. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Chris Teachout, Director of Investor Relations. Thank you and please go ahead. Chris Teachout -- Director, Investor Relations Thank you. Good morning, everyone. We issued our earnings press release this morning and posted a slide presentation to the Investor Relations portion of our website, which we will be referencing during this call. I'm joined today by Gary Michel, our CEO; and John Linker, our CFO. Before we begin, I would like to remind everyone that during this call, we will make certain statements that constitute forward-looking …

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Image source: The Motley Fool. First Solar ( NASDAQ:FSLR ) Oct 27, 2020 , 4:30 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to First Solar's third-quarter 2020 earnings call. This call is being webcast live on the Investors section of First Solar's website at investor.firstsolar.com. [Operator instructions] As a reminder, today's call is being recorded. I'd now like to turn the call over to Mitch Ennis from First Solar Investor Relations. Mr. Ennis, you may begin. Mitch Ennis -- First Solar Investor Relations Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Today, the company issued a press release announcing its third-quarter 2020 financial results. A copy of the press release and associated presentation are available on First Solar's website at investor.firstsolar.com. With me today are Mark Widmar, chief executive officer; and …

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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin In 1705, the first cargo was sent down the Mississippi: 15,000 bear and deer hides floated through what is now Indiana and Ohio, bound for export to France. Today, the river system in the U.S., managed by the Army Corp of Engineers, continues to play a vital role in trade and is a critical component in the U.S. supply chain. Most of the recent concern for logistics managers has focused on getting high-demand imports of materials and finished goods from Asia into the hands of domestic manufacturers and retailers. However, attention is turning to U.S. exporters struggling to get their products onto the global market. One reason for the struggle is the backup that is building in the inland waterways system that feeds into the Gulf. The U.S. inland waterways system includes roughly 12,000 miles of commercially navigable channels , moving industrial and agricultural products to and from 38 states. The primary inland waterways …

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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the world’s leading art & design museum, recently made a surprising new acquisition: a 600-year-old medieval brooch, found by a metal detectorist in the English countryside. Believed to date from 1400-1450, the brooch is now on display alongside pieces of jewelry belonging to the Queen and Beyoncé. It’s likely to have been made in either France or Germany and is one of only seven the Medieval cluster brooches in the world. The brooch was found on former royal hunting ground in Northamptonshire, England, in 2017 by Justin Owens, who did not initially realize what he had found: “It was a complete surprise. At best, I’d hope to come across a Roman or Medieval hammered coin on a dig, but to find something so rare was a total shock. Now I’ve seen it cleaned up, I can’t believe how exquisite it really is,” he says. The museum acquired the piece via the UK’s National Treasure Act, which …

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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin 18 carat gold Phoenician medallions by Maison Tabbah Tabbah press image As Paris braces for record summer temperatures, locals are preparing to swap burning sidewalks for coastal breezes on the Riviera or closer to home, in Deauville, Normandy. But if you bump into a Parisienne on the beach this summer, she might not be wearing the jewelry you expect. While understated chic will always reign supreme in the city, where discrete day diamonds lift an otherwise somber and neutral-based workaday wardrobe, summer accessorizing is now about the solar glint of layered gold medals, the tutti frutti of multicolored gemstones and far-flung inspiration that makes a bold statement. In Paris, a host of jewelry designers are looking beyond the confines of the city’s well-worn elegance to something altogether more eclectic and open. A seasonal jewelry box update from the French capital, in five pieces. 18 …

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French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled a surreal and spectacular sight in Paris on Sept 16 the entire 50m-high Arc de Triomphe wrapped in fabric, fulfilling the long-held dream of late artist Christo. The imposing war memorial has been wrapped in 25,000sq m (270,000 sq feet) of silver-blue recyclable polypropylene. It is the signature of Bulgarian-born artist Christo, who died last year, and his wife and collaborator Jeanne-Claude. They had dreamt of sheathing the monument since renting a nearby apartment in the 1960s, but neither lived to see their strange vision come to life. "We spare a thought for Christo and Jeanne-Claude," said Macron as he inaugurated the artwork from atop the monument. "They would have been moved since it is the culmination of a 60-year dream," the president said. He was flanked by Paris mayor (and rival for the presidency next year) Anne Hidalgo, as well as former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. Christo wrapped several major public works …

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TECOLUTLA, Mexico (Reuters) -Hurricane Grace battered eastern Mexico with torrential rain and howling winds early on Saturday, causing power outages, flooding and downing trees after becoming one of the most powerful storms in years to hit the country's Gulf coast. Grace was whipping up maximum sustained winds of 125 miles per hour (201 km per hour), a Category 3 storm on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, when it slammed into the coast near the resort town of Tecolutla in Veracruz state in the early morning. Civil protection authorities in Veracruz said Grace had caused power cuts and brought down trees. Video footage and photos posted on social media showed some damage to buildings, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. Television footage showed some flooding in Ciudad Madero in the southern reaches of the state of Tamaulipas near the border of Veracruz. Mexican state oil firm Petroleos Mexicanos's (Pemex) Francisco Madero refinery is in Ciudad Madero. Mexico …

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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday disputed claims by French diplomatic officials that they were blindsided by a security pact under which the U.S. and U.K. will help Australia build a fleet of nuclear submarines, reportedly prompting them to cancel a planned gala. Key Facts Psaki said during a press briefing the U.S. was “engaged, in advance of this announcement, with leaders in France,” adding that French officials “were aware of this announcement.” The remarks came after French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian called the pact, which involves Australia pulling out of a similar deal with France, a “unilateral, brutal, unpredictable decision,” adding that it “looks a lot like what Mr. Trump used to do.” French officials, incensed by the deal, cancelled a gala celebrating the 240th anniversary of a French victory over the British in the Revolutionary War, which was set to occur at …

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