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By Jon D. Markman On August 15, 201801:55 PM Eastern
In dystopian science fiction novels, the powers-that-be know everything. Data from billions of sources gets silently collected, neatly collated and then stored in omnipotent networks.
The New...
By Juan M. Villaverde On August 15, 201807:55 AM Eastern
Last week, an insightful email hit my inbox with a bang. It delivered a story of widespread crypto market manipulation.
To paraphrase …
Big-money whales sell off their crypto to buy Tether....
By Mike Larson On August 15, 201807:55 AM Eastern
Exactly one week from today, I’ll be flying out west to speak with hundreds of investors just like you at the MoneyShow San Francisco. I hope you’ll have the chance to join me. The conference runs...
By Jon D. Markman On August 13, 201801:55 PM Eastern
It is called the last mile, and it’s crucial to the future of all commerce. Yet most investors have never heard of it. There lies an opportunity.
Last week, Bloomberg ran a story about a startup...
By Tony Sagami On August 13, 201807:55 AM Eastern
There’s a huge obstacle keeping cryptocurrencies from becoming a mainstream investment. That is, the inability of large institutional investors to find a third-party custodian to hold it for...
By Mike Larson On August 10, 201807:55 AM Eastern
I bet that Warren Buffett had a huge smile on his face last week. I say that because Buffett’s investment franchise, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 240 million shares of Apple (AAPL). And it pocketed...
By Mike Larson On August 8, 201807:55 AM Eastern
All tech, all the time. That’s what most of the financial news coverage is about these days. Heck, even as I was writing this piece a CNBC segment called “The Next Big Tech Names” was running on...
Monero, Dash, Zcash and similar coins use advanced mathematics to protect the privacy of transactions, and the technology underlying these specialized coins can be very beneficial.
It could help...
By Tony Sagami On August 6, 201807:55 AM Eastern
On July 26, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission again rejected an application from the Winklevoss twins to launch a new Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF).
When the news hit the tape,...
By Jon D. Markman On August 3, 201802:52 PM Eastern
It is Economics 101. The best business model involves strong sales and high profit margins. Sadly, the combination almost never happens.
Apple (AAPL) almost got there in the past quarter. The...