By Jon D. Markman On July 9, 201902:50 PM Eastern
Stocks are chopping around today as investor sentiment was buoyed on tech stocks but bummed by new evidence of fallout from the U.S.-China trade war.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down...
By Sean Brodrick On July 9, 201901:46 PM Eastern
Gold is consolidating recent gains, at the same time that stocks are under pressure, too. That’s okay. We’re riding big trends, and short-term noise doesn’t bother me at all. Indeed, it could lead...
By Jon D. Markman On July 9, 201906:28 AM Eastern
Stocks retreated on Monday as investors initially backed away from hopes that the Federal Reserve would aggressively cut interest rates, and then swooned on aggressive downgrades of key stocks and...
By Jon D. Markman On July 8, 201901:57 PM Eastern
Stocks are retreating today as investors backed away from hopes that the Federal Reserve would aggressively cut interest rates to boost the economy.
Major U.S. stock indexes hit record highs...
By Tony Sagami On July 8, 201912:56 PM Eastern
Bitcoin peaked at $19,783 on Dec. 17, 2017.
It's now trading well below that peak, but up sharply — more than 250% — from its December 2018 low of $3,122.
Investor interest in...
By Juan M. Villaverde On July 8, 201911:07 AM Eastern
Some are calling Facebook's Libra a “cryptocurrency.”
But that label doesn't quite fit, as the fundamental defining principle of cryptocurrencies is decentralization. And Libra defies that...
By Juan M. Villaverde On July 5, 201904:00 PM Eastern
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Sell XRP. Buy ADA. Hold all else.
Short-term warning: Bitcoin is trading right at
the borderline between parabolic surge...
By Tony Sagami On July 4, 201908:00 AM Eastern
Happy Fourth of July! I have always loved this holiday. In fact, my two favorite childhood holidays were Christmas and Independence Day.
Christmas, of course, meant presents. But...
By Juan M. Villaverde On July 3, 201903:21 PM Eastern
Within just the last couple of weeks, so much has been said and written about Facebook’s Libra, it’s making a lot of people very dizzy.
But, as often happens in the crypto world, much of it is...
By Juan M. Villaverde On July 3, 201901:01 PM Eastern
Happy early Independence Day!
Although the cryptocurrency markets never sleep, the U.S. markets are closing early today and will remain closed through tomorrow’s Fourth of July holiday.
The...