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https://www.investopedia.com/news/gold-stocks-are-poised-big-breakout/
Gold Stocks Are Poised for a Big Breakout
Gold Stocks Are Poised for a Big Breakout After a lengthy bear market, the prospects for beaten-down gold stocks are starting to look promising. Joe Foster, head of Morningstar’s top ranked equity precious metals fund VanEck International Investors Gold fund, cites geopolitical risk, uncertainty around the Trump presid...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/goldman-sachs-cryptocurrency-patent-setlcoin-crypto-settlement-system/
Goldman Sachs Secures Patent for Crypto Settlement System
Goldman Sachs Secures Patent for Crypto Settlement System Goldman Sachs may be the next big bank to become involved in the world of cryptocurrencies. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent for the investment bank on July 11, entitled "Cryptographic currency for securities settlement." News of the paten...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/google-searches-bitcoin-down-75/
Google Searches for 'Bitcoin' Down 75%
Google Searches for 'Bitcoin' Down 75% Comparing the price of bitcoin at the beginning of 2018 with early June, it's easy to see that the digital currency has lost a good deal of its sparkle. In the first few days of the year, the price of BTC climbed above $17,000 briefly. As of this writing, it's hovering above $7,00...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/google-spend-12-billion-remain-apple-safaris-2019-default-search-engine-gs/
Google to Spend $12 Billion to Remain Apple Safari’s 2019 Default Search Engine: GS
Google to Spend $12 Billion to Remain Apple Safari’s 2019 Default Search Engine: GS Global tech titan Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) pays smartphone maker and fellow Silicon Valley FAANG peer Apple Inc. (AAPL) to remain the primary search engine for iPhones, iPads, and Macs. Goldman Sachs estimates that Google currently pays ov...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/hedge-fund-elliott-management-calls-cryptocurrencies-one-most-brilliant-scams-history/
Elliott Management Calls Cryptocurrencies a Scam, Bubble and Fraud
Elliott Management Calls Cryptocurrencies a Scam, Bubble and Fraud O human folly, thy name is bitcoin! At least that might be the takeaway from hedge fund Elliott Management's latest letter to clients. In a creative January missive that is equal parts critical about the hyperbole associated with cryptocurrencies and ad...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/hedge-funds-could-fall-victim-sec-cryptocurrency-crackdown/
SEC Targets Cryptocurrency Hedge Funds In Probe
SEC Targets Cryptocurrency Hedge Funds In Probe Cryptocurrency investors and enthusiasts have waited with apprehension as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has weighed its options regarding the prominent new industry. The SEC has led an ongoing examination of digital currencies as a group. In the proces...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/historic-korean-pact-recorded-blockchain/
Historic Korean Pact Recorded On Blockchain
Historic Korean Pact Recorded On Blockchain The two Koreas created history last week by coming together for the Inter-Korean Summit to discuss ways to end the war between them. Now that piece of history has been recorded for posterity on Ethereum. (See also: Why North Korea and South Korea Are Separated). According to ...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/history-impact-investing/
A History of Impact Investing
A History of Impact Investing Impact investing is a major topic on investors’ radar screen, boasting huge growth, and widespread acceptance among those seeking to align their portfolios with their personal values. But impact investing has always been more than a fad. Key Takeaways Socially responsible investing’s ori...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-are-disputes-smart-contracts-resolved/
How Are Disputes In Smart Contracts Resolved?
How Are Disputes In Smart Contracts Resolved? The implementation of smart contracts in business is expected to speed up transactions and enable digitization of a wide variety of physical assets, such as oil and gold. But the legal and regulatory underpinnings of smart contracts are still shaky and rife with their own s...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-bitcoin-works/
How Bitcoin Works
How Bitcoin Works How exactly to categorize Bitcoin is a matter of controversy. Is it a type of currency, a store of value, a payment network or an asset class? Fortunately, it's easier to define what Bitcoin actually is. It's software. Don't be fooled by stock images of shiny coins emblazoned with modified Thai baht s...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-blockchain-changing-energy-industry/
How Blockchain Is Changing the Energy Industry
How Blockchain Is Changing the Energy Industry Even as other industries are swept up in waves of disruption unleashed by technology, the energy industry has been slow to embrace change. But the introduction of blockchain promises to speed things up and radically transform the industry's processes and markets. As of thi...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-blockchain-revolutionizing-content-distribution/
How Blockchain is Revolutionizing Content Distribution
How Blockchain is Revolutionizing Content Distribution The revolutionary technology blockchain began with cryptocurrencies like bitcoin but has since expanded beyond the worlds of finance and banking. With a slew of new businesses and applications built on the technology, these industries now represent a mass decentral...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-can-i-get-free-cryptocurrency-airdrop/
How Can I Get Free Cryptocurrency From an Airdrop?
How Can I Get Free Cryptocurrency From an Airdrop? In the cryptocurrency space, already prone to extreme levels of interest by digital money enthusiasts, some of the most-hyped events are airdrops. An airdrop is an event in which a cryptocurrency developer issues free coins or tokens to a user base, sometimes as a resu...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-celgenes-big-acquisition-could-fire-its-stock/
How Celgene's Big Acquisition Could Fire Up Its Stock
How Celgene's Big Acquisition Could Fire Up Its Stock (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager. He and his clients own shares of CELG.) Celgene Corp. (CELG) made a big splash in the acquisition arena when it announced it would purchase Impact Biomedicines, a privately h...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-chip-stocks-may-get-killed-trade-war/
How Chip Stocks May Get Killed By a Trade War
How Chip Stocks May Get Killed By a Trade War With trade tensions mounting, the latest bombshell out of Washington is a rumor that the Trump administration may prohibit U.S. companies from selling semiconductors to China, Barron's reports. The short-term fallout may include a retaliatory cutoff of key supplies and comp...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-cloud-may-boost-video-game-stocks/
How The Cloud May Boost Video Game Stocks
How The Cloud May Boost Video Game Stocks The cloud computing revolution is boosting the future prospects of leading video gaming stocks, such as Activision Blizzard Inc. (ATVI), Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) and Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (TTWO), according to Barron's. By hosting games in the cloud, rather than ha...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-coinmarketcapcom-contributed-recent-cryptocurrency-price-crash/
How CoinMarketCap Contributed To Cryptocurrency Price Crash
How CoinMarketCap Contributed To Cryptocurrency Price Crash Part of the reason for the recent crash in cryptocurrency markets was CoinMarketCap.com’s decision to exclude South Korean exchanges from its listings. The website, which is also among the most-visited sites in the world, is regularly consulted by investors fo...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-did-ripples-price-perform-2017/
How Did Ripple's Price Perform in 2017?
How Did Ripple's Price Perform in 2017? While 2017 was a big year for cryptocurrencies, Ripple seems to have flown under the radar to a certain extent. Certainly, the digital currency has its share of investors and enthusiasts. As of this writing, with a global market cap of more than $43 billion (according to coinmark...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-get-established-cryptocurrency-miner/
How to Get Established as a Cryptocurrency Miner
How to Get Established as a Cryptocurrency Miner Although the process by which new cryptocurrency tokens or coins are generated is called mining, it bears little resemblance to the work done by those who physically mine for precious metals like gold. The comparison does hold, however; digital currency miners use comput...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-keep-your-miota-safe/
How To Keep Your IOTA Cryptocurrency, MIOTA, Safe
How To Keep Your IOTA Cryptocurrency, MIOTA, Safe IOTA, a cryptocurrency platform for the Internet of Things ecosystem, was in trouble recently after hackers stole passwords for user wallets and decamped with $4 million worth of coins. The theft generated headlines, and critics were quick to pounce on IOTA and called i...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-many-people-work-coal-industry/
How Many People Work in the Coal Industry?
How Many People Work in the Coal Industry? August 2016: the crowd is buzzing, bristling with video-ready smartphones, waiting to catch Candidate Trump's big entrance. Hard rock is blasting, and a clutch of ecstatic travel agents is waving signs emblazoned "TRUMP," peppered with clever slogans. They go wild when he take...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-moviepass-makes-or-doesnt-make-money/
How MoviePass Makes (or Doesn't Make) Money
How MoviePass Makes (or Doesn't Make) Money When MoviePass, the subscription service that for a time offered users the ability to see one movie per day in theaters, announced in August of 2017 that they would be dropping their price from $45 per month to just $9.95 per month, it sent shockwaves through the entertainmen...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-much-does-us-trade-mexico/
How Much Does the U.S. Trade With Mexico?
How Much Does the U.S. Trade With Mexico? Former president Donald Trump has drawn intense criticism from many in the international community for his protectionist stance and strict adherence to an "America First" agenda when it comes to trade. Among other concerns for the Trump administration, one of the primary target...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-sec-regs-will-change-cryptocurrency-markets/
How SEC Regs Will Change Cryptocurrency Markets
How SEC Regs Will Change Cryptocurrency Markets A major reason for the phenomenal growth of cryptocurrency markets in recent years has been the absence of regulation. That might change soon. Increasingly, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is providing broad hints of its intent to regulate the space. For...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-spotify-ceo-daniel-ek-got-rich/
How Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Got Rich
How Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Got Rich Swedish-born serial entrepreneur Daniel Ek joined the tech world's billionaire club after his on-demand music streaming platform, Spotify Technology SA (SPOT), hit the public markets in a direct offering in April 2018. The founder and CEO of the world's leading music streaming servi...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-steve-wozniaks-bitcoins-got-stolen/
Steve Wozniak: Bitcoin Scammer Stole My Cryptocurrency
Steve Wozniak: Bitcoin Scammer Stole My Cryptocurrency Apple Inc. (AAPL) co-founder and technology czar Steve Wozniak said his bitcoins were stolen through a cryptocurrency credit-card scam. Wozniak (a.k.a. "the Woz") made the surprising revelations at the Economic Times' Global Business Summit in India. (See also: Bit...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/how-us-government-handles-its-stash-bitcoins/
How The US Government Handles Its Massive Stash Of Bitcoins
How The US Government Handles Its Massive Stash Of Bitcoins The federal government's relationship with bitcoin has generated numerous headlines over the years, which is surprising, considering that the U.S. government is one of the largest holders of bitcoins. The bitcoins are typically sold off in public auctions cond...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/ibm-launches-stablecoin-backed-fdicinsured-banks/
IBM Launches Stablecoin Backed By FDIC-Insured Banks
IBM Launches Stablecoin Backed By FDIC-Insured Banks Big Blue is helping launch a stablecoin – coins that are pegged to fiat currencies – cryptocurrency. IBM Corp. (IBM) has partnered with Stellar, a blockchain that shares technology with Ripple, and Stronghold, a startup, to launch USD Anchor. Coins of USD Anchor are ...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/ibm-traders-see-stock-plunging-20/
IBM Traders See Stock Plunging 20%
IBM Traders See Stock Plunging 20% (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager.) International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) could be set to fall nearly 20% based on trading in the options market and an analysis of the stocks current trading patterns. Shares of the stock s...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/icebacked-bakkt-will-begin-trading-bitcoin-futures-dec-12th/
ICE-Backed Bakkt Will Begin Trading Bitcoin Futures On Dec. 12th
ICE-Backed Bakkt Will Begin Trading Bitcoin Futures On Dec. 12th Bitcoin futures trading on Bakkt, the new platform announced by the Intercontinental Exchange in August, will begin on December 12, according to a recent notice issued by its owner. Each contract on the platform will consist of one bitcoin. The minimum ti...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/ico-initial-coin-offering/
6 Unique ICOs to Look at Right Now
6 Unique ICOs to Look at Right Now ICOs, or initial coin offerings, are now old news. Just months ago, the novelty of crowdfunding via the blockchain and a booming cryptocurrency market was enough to attract new investors, but things have changed. Previously, startups with little to offer the marketplace but a decentra...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/ico-security-playbook-5-steps-ensure-success/
ICO Security Playbook: 5 Steps to Ensure Best Practice
ICO Security Playbook: 5 Steps to Ensure Best Practice Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies have revolutionized the way companies raise capital. Instead of having to pitch venture capital firms and sacrifice equity, control, and autonomy during the fundraising process, startups can now access the financing needed...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/ico-tokens-are-securities-former-cftc-chief/
ICO Tokens Are Securities: Former CFTC Chief
ICO Tokens Are Securities: Former CFTC Chief Gary Gensler, former chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), jumped into a contentious cryptocurrency debate yesterday at the MIT Blockchain conference by declaring that tokens for ethereum and Ripple may be classified as securities. “There’s a stro...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/if-you-invested-100-ripple-january-2017-what-would-you-have-now/
If You Invested $100 In Ripple In January 2017, What Would You Have Now?
If You Invested $100 In Ripple In January 2017, What Would You Have Now? In the fast-moving world of virtual currencies, it seems there is always at least one currency that's making major moves. Bitcoin and ethereum both saw their values skyrocket in 2017, largely on the strength of newfound investor interest in the cr...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/imf-chief-suggests-imfcoin-cryptocurrency-possibility/
IMF Chief Suggests IMFCoin Cryptocurrency as Possibility
IMF Chief Suggests IMFCoin Cryptocurrency as Possibility A global digital currency might be a future possibility at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). At the Bank of England forum last week, IMF Director Christine Lagarde hinted at the development of a digital currency, similar to the bitcoin, for the organization'...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/impact-trumps-h1b-visa-crackdown-5-charts/
The Impact of Trump's H-1B Visa Crackdown in 5 Charts
The Impact of Trump's H-1B Visa Crackdown in 5 Charts President Donald Trump signed the "Buy American, Hire American" executive order in April 2017, and we've seen companies, employees and students adjust to a new climate. The order directs the Department of Homeland Security to help ensure H-1B visas used by employers...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/improving-earnings-will-push-stock-prices-higher/
Improving Earnings Will Push Stock Prices Higher
Improving Earnings Will Push Stock Prices Higher (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager.) The stock market closed out a rough week on March 23 with the S&P 500 Index down by nearly 6%, the worst five-day run in almost two years. But despite the decline, the picture fo...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/intel-traders-bet-stock-will-jump-7/
Intel Traders Bet Stock Will Jump 7%
Intel Traders Bet Stock Will Jump 7% (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager.) Intel Corp.'s (INTC) stock remains nearly 8% off its high in June, when news of CEO Brian Krzanich's resignation sent the chipmaker's stock plunging. That news overshadowed the company's upd...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/intel-traders-bet-stock-will-rise-more-15/
Intel Traders Face Big Losses As Chipmaker's Stock Drops
Intel Traders Face Big Losses As Chipmaker's Stock Drops (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager.) Intel Corp. (INTC) options traders were betting this morning that the stock would jump nearly 16% by the middle of May. An analysis of the technical trading patterns also...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/irs-says-fewer-100-people-have-reported-bitcoin-holdings-so-far/
Few Reporting Bitcoin Holdings on Taxes: Credit Karma
Few Reporting Bitcoin Holdings on Taxes: Credit Karma Credit Karma Tax, the tax prep branch of the popular credit score site, said April 13 that fewer than 100 of the 250,000 most recent tax filers through the service have reported cryptocurrency transactions. One of the biggest questions this tax season has been the i...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/japans-biggest-bank-releasing-its-own-cryptocurrency-march/
Japan's Biggest Bank Is Releasing Its Own Cryptocurrency In March
Japan's Biggest Bank Is Releasing Its Own Cryptocurrency In March Japan’s largest bank is hopping onto the cryptocurrency bandwagon. According to reports, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. (MTU) is planning to release its own coin by March 2018. The MUFG coin will have parity with the Japanese yen and will be rolled ...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/kim-jong-un-responsible-bitcoin-price-gains/
Is Kim Jong Un Behind Bitcoin Price Gains?
Is Kim Jong Un Behind Bitcoin Price Gains? Is North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un behind bitcoin's wild price swings? That's what some observers suggest. Some of the biggest news in the cryptocurrency space is the spectacular recent price spikes of bitcoin and other digital currencies. Bitcoin climbed by about 20 times i...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/largest-cryptocurrency-hacks-so-far-year/
The Largest Cryptocurrency Hacks So Far
The Largest Cryptocurrency Hacks So Far One of the most recent hacks in the digital currency space, the attack on South Korea's Bithumb exchange, saw thieves nab $30 million in stolen digital tokens. This was one of the largest thefts of its kind this year, but it is far from the only one. Indeed, even as cryptocurrenc...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/linkedin-delist-nyse-dec-19-lnkd-msft/
LinkedIn to Delist from NYSE Dec. 19 (LNKD, MSFT)
LinkedIn to Delist from NYSE Dec. 19 (LNKD, MSFT) With its $26.2 billion blockbuster acquisition by Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) – announced six months ago – officially closed on Thursday, not only is it time to say goodbye to LinkedIn Corporation (LNKD) as a standalone company, it's also time to bid farewell to its ti...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/litecoin-future-cryptocurrency/
Is Litecoin The Future of Cryptocurrency?
Is Litecoin The Future of Cryptocurrency? Despite bitcoin’s relative youth at just under 10 years old, its fervent popularity has spawned a cryptocurrency revolution and several competitors. An influx of new money from both retail investors and institutional entities means that these alternative cryptocurrencies, or “a...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/majority-us-states-are-still-acknowledge-cryptocurrencies/
More US States May Roll Out Cryptocurrency Regulations
More US States May Roll Out Cryptocurrency Regulations Cryptocurrencies were originally meant to be stateless entities, not beholden to the legal frameworks of any state or country. Practical reality is different, however. Traction for cryptocurrencies has brought increased government censure and cynosure. Indifference...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/mcdonalds-stock-may-fall-9-after-earnings/
McDonald's Stock May Fall 9% After Earnings
McDonald's Stock May Fall 9% After Earnings (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager.) McDonald's Corp. (MCD) continues to struggle, with the stock down by more than 10% from its January highs. Options traders in the stock are betting it gets even worse, falling by roug...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/micron-options-traders-bet-stock-will-rise-14/
Micron Options Traders Bet Stock Will Rise 14%
Micron Options Traders Bet Stock Will Rise 14% (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager.) Micron Technology Inc. (MU) shares have soared over the past three years with the stock jumping 350%. But the stock has hit a bit of rough patch having fallen by about 20% from its...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/micron-technology-stock-may-have-bottomed-out/
Micron Technology Stock May Have Bottomed Out
Micron Technology Stock May Have Bottomed Out Micron Technology, Inc. (MU) shares may have completed a corrective pattern that could now yield a rally in excess of 20%, lifting the memory giant back to March and May resistance. More importantly, that buying impulse could mark the last stage of a larger-scale trading ra...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/microsoft-quietly-releases-gamechanging-ethereum-proofofauthority-azure/
Microsoft Quietly Releases Game-Changing Ethereum Proof-of-Authority on Azure
Microsoft Quietly Releases Game-Changing Ethereum Proof-of-Authority on Azure This potential bombshell story has gone largely unnoticed by the crypto community. Microsoft announced the launch of Ethereum Proof-of-Authority on Azure. However, the lack of fanfare around the announcement shouldn’t be mistaken as indicativ...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/microsoft-unveils-azure-blockchain-workbench-tools/
Microsoft Unveils Azure Blockchain Workbench Tools
Microsoft Unveils Azure Blockchain Workbench Tools As a growing number of businesses and developers embrace blockchain technology, technology leaders are offering new tools allowing the blockchain technology to be used simply and efficiently. (See also, Can Decentralized, Blockchain-based Internet Become A Reality?) Az...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/microsoft-working-netflix-video-games/
Microsoft Working on a ‘Netflix for Video Games’
Microsoft Working on a ‘Netflix for Video Games’ Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) could see a major boost from a new business division focused on getting a whopping 2 billion gamers around the world to use its cloud service. Last week, The Verge reported that the Redmond, Washington-based tech titan is launching an entirely new ...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/microsofts-stock-may-soon-face-sharp-declines/
Microsoft's Stock May Soon Face Sharp Declines
Microsoft's Stock May Soon Face Sharp Declines (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager.) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) may have just entered dangerous waters, with its stock breaking two critical technical support levels. That could result in shares falling by nearly 9 percen...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/millennials-are-risk-averse-and-hoarding-cash/
Millennials Are Risk Averse and Hoarding Cash
Millennials Are Risk Averse and Hoarding Cash The young and the restless aren't that way anymore. The latest generational studies show that millennials are increasingly risk averse, hoarding cash instead of making investments, even more than older generations. That comes as a surprise, as traditionally older generation...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/millennials-struck-out-stock-picks-2017-1/
Millennials Struck Out With Stock Picks in 2017
Millennials Struck Out With Stock Picks in 2017 While stocks finished out 2017 hitting new records, Millennials still aren't sold on the stock market. As for those in the tech-savvy generation who have decided to give trading a try, data suggests that they aren't very good at it. A recent Bankrate survey indicated that...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/mining-bitcoin-21-miles-above-earth/
Mining Bitcoin From 21 Miles Above the Earth
Mining Bitcoin From 21 Miles Above the Earth Bitcoin is reaching for the stars, literally! Though the most popular cryptocurrency has had its fair share of extreme highs and lows in terms of its valuation in recent times, a promotional activity by a Bitcoin mining firm called Miner One successfully managed to place a b...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/moneytap-connect-60-japanese-banks-ripple/
MoneyTap To Connect 60 Japanese Banks with Ripple
MoneyTap To Connect 60 Japanese Banks with Ripple With the leading Japanese fund transfer platform MoneyTap officially launching its dedicated web portal, the development opens the doors for connecting several Japanese banks through the Ripple-based solution. While the Ripple-powered MoneyTap app was announced in March...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/more-half-top-100-cryptos-have-no-utility-report/
More than Half of Top 100 Cryptos Have No Utility: Report
More than Half of Top 100 Cryptos Have No Utility: Report Less than 50% of cryptocurrencies provide any real value or any useful function to the users, a research report by Invest in Blockchain claims. Among the top 100 most valuable cryptocurrencies (by market capitalization) covered in the study, only 36 were found t...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/musks-boring-co-wants-tariff-break-trump/
Musk's Boring Co. Wants a Tariff Break From Trump
Musk's Boring Co. Wants a Tariff Break From Trump The Boring Co., Elon Musk’s tunneling company, is looking for break from tariffs imposed by the Trump White House. Citing a letter the company wrote to government officials in late July, Bloomberg reported that the Boring Co. wants an exclusion from tariffs for parts in...
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Netflix Breakout May Boost Stock 11% Short Term
Netflix Breakout May Boost Stock 11% Short Term (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager. He and his clients own shares of NFLX.) Netflix Inc.'s (NFLX) stock has fallen by 17% since reporting disappointing second-quarter results. But an analysis of its technical chart i...
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Netflix Briefly Surpasses Disney, Comcast
Netflix Briefly Surpasses Disney, Comcast It has been an eventful week for Netflix Inc. (NFLX), as it took giant strides to become the largest media company in the world. On Wednesday, its market capitalization surpassed that of Comcast Corp. (CMCSA), and on Thursday it managed to beat The Walt Disney Co. (DIS) in mark...
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Is a Netflix Debt Bubble Coming?
Is a Netflix Debt Bubble Coming? When it comes to streaming content, Netflix Inc. (NFLX) is by far the largest player thanks to its 104 million subscribers, a 25% increase from just a year ago. While shares are up more than 40% so far in 2017, there are growing concerns among some investors about the company’s debt loa...
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Netflix Options Traders Are Looking for a Big Rebound
Netflix Options Traders Are Looking for a Big Rebound (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager. He and his clients own shares of NFLX.) Options traders are betting shares of Netflix Inc. (NFLX) rebound by more than 10%, by the middle of June. It would take the stock to ...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/netflix-seen-rising-40-more-global-growth/
Netflix Seen Rising 40% On International Growth
Netflix Seen Rising 40% On International Growth (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager. He and his clients own shares of NFLX.) Netflix Inc. (NFLX) stock seems to be on an unstoppable upward trajectory, rising 10-fold in five years and up 53% so far in 2018, having fu...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/netflix-will-be-cash-flow-positive-5-years-moodys/
Netflix Will Be Cash Flow Positive in 5 Years: Moody's
Netflix Will Be Cash Flow Positive in 5 Years: Moody's Moody's Investors Service upgraded Netflix Inc.'s (NFLX) credit rating by one notch on Wednesday after predicting that the streaming giant’s growing subscriber base and gradual price increases will help it become cash flow positive in approximately five years. The ...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/new-tech-bubble-threatens-massive-losses/
A New Tech 'Bubble' Threatens Massive Losses
A New Tech 'Bubble' Threatens Massive Losses Tech startups are drawing bucket loads of investor capital, but prospective returns are plummeting. When reality finally sets in, a crash is inevitable, various observers warn. As Keith Wright, an instructor of accounting and information at the Villanova University School of...
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Next Target for Lobbyists: SEC Best Interest Rule
Next Target for Lobbyists: SEC Best Interest Rule Now that the Department of Labor’s (DOL) fiduciary rule is officially dead, attention has now turned to the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed rule package, Regulation Best Interest. The same lobbyists that successfully blocked the fiduciary rule are now ...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/next-warren-buffett-curse-real/
The 'Next Warren Buffett' Curse Is Real
The 'Next Warren Buffett' Curse Is Real Spare a thought for Allan Mecham. At first glance it's hard to feel sorry for the head of Arlington Value Management who, at 34 years old, logged a 400% return over the 12 years to 2011. He did it without an MBA, or even a college degree. No Manhattan office either (try Salt Lake...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/nikes-stock-may-fall-10/
Nike's Stock Seen Ready For a 10% Pullback
Nike's Stock Seen Ready For a 10% Pullback (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager.) Nike Inc. (NKR) shares have been on a tear since mid-October, rising by over 30 percent, compared to the S&P 500 which has increased by only 8 percent. But the sprint higher is showing...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/novartis-spin-eyecare-unit-buy-back-5b-shares/
Novartis to Spin Off Eye-Care Unit, Buy Back $5B in Shares
Novartis to Spin Off Eye-Care Unit, Buy Back $5B in Shares Novartis AG (NVS) shares rose 3.04% in morning trading in Zurich after the Basel, Switzerland-based pharmaceutical company announced plans to spin off its Alcon unit and repurchase up to $5 billion in stock. The decision to turn Alcon, a manufacturer of surgica...
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Nvidia's Soaring Stock Is Leaving S&P 500 In The Dust
Nvidia's Soaring Stock Is Leaving S&P 500 In The Dust (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager.) Nvidia Corp.'s (NVDA) rebound has dramatically outpaced the market in recent days, and the bulls just keep getting even more bullish. The options traders in Nvidia stock app...
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Nvidia's Breakout Seen Fueling 14% Stock Gain
Nvidia's Breakout Seen Fueling 14% Stock Gain (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager.) Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) continues to be one of the hottest stocks around, with the shares up nearly 155 percent over the past 52 weeks. But since January 29, Nvidia's stock has stalled,...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/nxp-faces-more-steep-declines-without-qualcomm/
NXP Faces More Steep Declines Without Qualcomm
NXP Faces More Steep Declines Without Qualcomm (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager. He and his clients own shares of NXPI.) NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NXPI) stock may be an early casualty of the trade war brewing between the U.S. and China. Regulators in China have s...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/nxp-stock-seen-falling-amid-qualcomm-deal-concern/
NXP Stock Seen Falling Amid Qualcomm Deal Concern
NXP Stock Seen Falling Amid Qualcomm Deal Concern (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager. He and his clients own shares of NXPI .) Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) has been trying for months to close its proposed $44 billion acquisition of NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NXPI). But trad...
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The Online Broker Race to Zero Fees
The Online Broker Race to Zero Fees JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) launched its online investing platform, You Invest Trade, which allows commission-free trading of stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and options, in 2018. When yet another brokerage launched a service that offered free trading, the buzz about the race ...
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Oprah's Weight Watchers Stake Worth Half a Billion
Oprah's Weight Watchers Stake Worth Half a Billion Weight Watchers International, Inc. (WTW) broke out above 2011 resistance last week, lifting to an all-time high at $95.62. Oprah Winfrey sold about 2 million of her 7.5 million shares in March 2018, netting around $110 million, while her remaining stake of 5.5 million...
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Peering Into the New Communications Services Sector
Peering Into the New Communications Services Sector Last year, Standard & Poor's (S&P) and MSCI Inc., two of the largest providers of indexes for use by issuers of exchange-traded funds (ETFs), said that the telecommunications sector was getting a new look. S&P Dow Jones Indices confirmed Thursday that the Communicatio...
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A Penalty-Free Way to Get 529 Money Back
A Penalty-Free Way to Get 529 Money Back One of the rules governing 529 savings plans—which parents typically use to help pay for a child’s college education—is that when the earnings on those contributions are not used for qualified education expenses, they are subject to taxes and a 10% penalty. Happily, it turns out...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/peter-thiel-believes-bitcoin-may-be-outs/
Peter Thiel Believes Bitcoin May Be on the Outs
Peter Thiel Believes Bitcoin May Be on the Outs The founder of PayPal Inc. (PYPL) believes that bitcoin could become less prominent in our daily investing and transacting. Peter Thiel, the billionaire entrepreneur and venture capitalist, expressed his belief that there is a 50% to 80% chance that bitcoin's price will d...
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Peter Thiel Donates $250K to 'Trump Victory'
Peter Thiel Donates $250K to 'Trump Victory' Venture capitalist Peter Thiel was a talking point when he vociferously backed Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential elections, but the Facebook Inc. (FB) board member and PayPal Holdings Inc. (PYPL) co-founder, who donated $1.25 million to the president's campaign, has ...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/pgs-battered-stock-ready-10-rebound/
P&G's Battered Stock Ready for 10% Rebound
P&G's Battered Stock Ready for 10% Rebound (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager.) The Procter & Gamble Co.'s (PG) stock has been walloped in 2018 with shares tanking by over 20%, badly trailing the S&P 500's gain of 1.6%. But now some options traders see shares of t...
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Pot Stocks Surge on Heels of Midterm Election Results
Pot Stocks Surge on Heels of Midterm Election Results Cannabis stocks reached new highs in pre-market trading Wednesday morning after voters in Michigan legalized the recreational use of marijuana. Michigan is the latest addition to a growing roster of states that have voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuan...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/president-trumps-trade-war-causing-spike-bitcoin-price/
Is President Trump's Trade War Causing A Spike In Bitcoin Price?
Is President Trump's Trade War Causing A Spike In Bitcoin Price? For a long time, gold has been considered a safe haven in times of crisis and uncertainty. The precious metal’s immutability and scarcity have made it an instrument of choice for institutional and retail investors during financial instability. But that co...
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Are Bitcoin and Crypto Prices Totally Dependent On China?
Are Bitcoin and Crypto Prices Totally Dependent On China? Last year, it banned initial coin offerings. This year, the government there has directed state officials to conduct an “orderly removal” of bitcoin miners from their territories. So, is the price of cryptocurrencies totally dependent on China? That may seem lik...
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Public, Private, Permissioned Blockchains Compared
Public, Private, Permissioned Blockchains Compared Over the past several years, blockchains have evolved in a variety of flavors depending upon their build and configuration. The content stored on the blocks of the blockchain as well as the activities performed by the various participants on the blockchain networks can...
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Qualcomm Poised For 20% Drop After Broadcom Deal Halted
Qualcomm Poised For 20% Drop After Broadcom Deal Halted (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager. He and his clients own shares of NXPI.) Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) shares fell more than 4 percent after news broke that President Trump would block Broadcom's $117 billion acqui...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/qualcomm-options-traders-looking-13-decline/
Qualcomm Options Traders Looking for 13% Decline
Qualcomm Options Traders Looking for 13% Decline (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager. He and his clients own shares of NXPI.) Options traders are betting Qualcomm Inc.'s (QCOM) recent declines aren't over and that shares will fall nearly 13% from its current price ...
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Qualcomm Sinks On Job Cuts, Roadblock to NXP Deal
Qualcomm Sinks On Job Cuts, Roadblock to NXP Deal Shares of semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm Inc. (QCOM) crashed nearly 5% on Thursday, bringing its year-to-date (YTD) loss to a painful 17.9%, sharply underperforming the S&P 500's 0.7% gain in 2018. (See also: JPM Warns Customers Against Tech Stocks.) The San Diego-...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/qualcomm-stock-seen-falling-16-profits-plunge/
Qualcomm Stock Seen Falling 16% as Profits Plunge
Qualcomm Stock Seen Falling 16% as Profits Plunge (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager. He and his clients own shares of NXPI.) Qualcomm Inc.'s (QCOM ) stock has fallen by nearly 9% thus far in 2018—but worse, shares remain over 15% off their January highs. Options ...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/qualcommbroadcom-deal-will-not-happen-option-trades-show/
Broadcom's Bid For Qualcomm Will Fail, Traders Indicate
Broadcom's Bid For Qualcomm Will Fail, Traders Indicate (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager. He and his clients own shares of NXPI.) Options traders are betting that Broadcom Ltd. (AVGO) and its CEO Hock Tan will not succeed in the company's proposed $120 billion a...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/really-longest-bull-market-history/
Is This Really the Longest Bull Market in History?
Is This Really the Longest Bull Market in History? Oh, how we love records! In sports and money, records are our obsession and our aspiration. The record investors were talking about in the third week of August 2018 was whether this bull market ranked as the longest in history. Many people were ready to crown it as suc...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/rebounding-china-internet-etf-may-have-more-room-run/
Rebounding China Internet ETF May Have More Room to Run
Rebounding China Internet ETF May Have More Room to Run It is hard to ignore an obvious theme among emerging markets stocks this year. Weakness in Chinese equities is dragging on major developing world benchmarks, such as the MSCI Emerging Markets Index. Chinese internet and technology names are primary culprits. Last ...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/red-hat-why-stock-comeback-kid/
Red Hat: Why This Stock Is The Comeback Kid
Red Hat: Why This Stock Is The Comeback Kid It took nearly two decades, but Red Hat Inc. (RHT) shares are trading at levels not seen since 1999. Shares of the Linux- and cloud-based software company jumped by nearly 10 percent after it reported revenue and EPS that easily beat analyst expectations for the fiscal first ...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/ripples-xrp-vs-ethereums-ether-which-cryptocurrency-will-win/
Ripple's XRP Vs. Ethereum's Ether: Which Cryptocurrency Will Win?
Ripple's XRP Vs. Ethereum's Ether: Which Cryptocurrency Will Win? Ripple’s XRP briefly overtook Ethereum’s ether over the weekend to become the world’s second most valuable cryptocurrency. A 7% surge in XRP’s value on Sunday morning boosted its value to $24.6 billion, enough to leapfrog ethereum’s ether which had a mar...
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The Rise of the Crypto Hedge Fund
The Rise of the Crypto Hedge Fund Hedge funds have long been a popular choice for risk-averse investors and rely on the fund’s visionary founder and teams of analysts to guide their money in the right direction. Whether led by Ray Dalio, George Soros or another famous mogul, the best funds constantly seek out the next ...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/robinhood-selling-order-flow-generate-revenue/
Robinhood Selling Order Flow to Generate Revenue
Robinhood Selling Order Flow to Generate Revenue A Seeking Alpha report alleges that no-fee broker Robinhood is selling order flow to high-frequency trading (HFT) firms for more than 10 times as much as it pays to other discount houses for the same service. The financial site's review of the broker's recent SEC filing ...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/rokus-battered-stock-may-rebound-12/
Roku's Battered Stock May Rebound 12%
Roku's Battered Stock May Rebound 12% (Note: The author of this fundamental analysis is a financial writer and portfolio manager.) Roku Inc.'s (ROKU) stock has been battered in 2018 with shares down by 33% since peaking around $55 back in early January. Shares are surging today by over 4%, to about $37.90, and the stoc...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/rolling-bear-market-will-paralyze-stocks-years-morgan-stanley/
'Rolling Bear Market' Will Paralyze Stocks for Years: Morgan Stanley
'Rolling Bear Market' Will Paralyze Stocks for Years: Morgan Stanley U.S. stock investors should brace for a market that will be paralyzed for several years in a narrow trading range, according to one team of analysts on the Street, and as reported by CNBC. Investors are already in the midst of a "rolling bear market" ...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/running-full-bitcoin-node-investors/
Running a Full Bitcoin Node for Investors
Running a Full Bitcoin Node for Investors The value of a cryptocurrency is only as secure as its network. Within the context of bitcoin, this security translates to validated and verifiably true transactions in the nodes operating in its network. But validating transactions in each node within bitcoin is a time- and re...
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https://www.investopedia.com/news/russia-criminalize-bitcoin-use-money-substitute-putin-roll-out-laws/
Russia to Criminalize Bitcoin Use as Money Substitute: Putin to Roll Out Laws
Russia to Criminalize Bitcoin Use as Money Substitute: Putin to Roll Out Laws Russian president Vladimir Putin is a bitcoin skeptic who wants cryptocurrency regulations in place “by July 1," according to the official government publication Parlamentskaya Gazeta. The regulations are part of the Digital Assets Regulation...