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By The Weiss Ratings Team On January 24, 201807:00 AM Eastern
Dear Friends,
Wow! What a day! After a cyberattack last night, we’re seeing a barrage of criticism on the Web, especially from disappointed Bitcoin and Ripple fans.
Understood! Many see...
By Gavin Magor On January 23, 201808:00 AM Eastern
If you had to make a bet, and you knew that 37 times out of 39 you would win, how much money would you wager? After all, this isn’t a coin flip, some 50/50 probability game. This is tossing the...
By Jon D. Markman On January 19, 201802:00 PM Eastern
It is happening. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are crashing.
Well, sort of.
This week Bitcoin sank below $10,000. It’s down from $21,000 a month ago, in a perfect storm of investor...
By Jon D. Markman On January 12, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Cryptocurrency prices kicked off 2018 with a fantastic run-up. But now, cryptocurrency infrastructure is under attack from the powers-that-be. As a result, digital coins everywhere are...
By Gavin Magor On January 9, 201808:00 AM Eastern
Investing in bank stocks should be a straightforward decision. If you know the cost of money and you know how a given bank operates, the result is “automatic” profits (in theory). The first data...
By Jon D. Markman On January 5, 201802:00 PM Eastern
There is a new way to get rich. It is as simple as creating digital money.
Chris Larsen, the co-founder of Ripple — a real-time, digital payment network — is now the fifth-richest person in...
By Jon D. Markman On December 29, 201702:00 PM Eastern
Trading near $14,000, Bitcoin is up 1,500% this year. And still, most investors would be hard-pressed to explain the monetary unit in a paragraph or two.
Cryptocurrencies are decentralized,...
By Gavin Magor On December 19, 201708:27 AM Eastern
The Federal Reserve just made its third interest rate hike this year, and the fifth since our long, slow recovery began back in 2009 (Seems like yesterday, but that was eight years ago!) More...
By Remi Lukosiunas On November 28, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Times are good for banks right now. The industry is booming, loan losses are low, and profits are strong. But it wasn’t too long ago that banks were failing left and right, the government was...
By Remi Lukosiunas On November 21, 201707:00 AM Eastern
Just like banks, credit unions are growing these days … and doing so safely. That’s because favorable regulatory changes, overall economic stability, and low unemployment are boosting loan demand...