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By Mike Larson On February 6, 201808:00 AM Eastern
Just after 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time yesterday, the stock market Flash Crashed ... again!
After falling steadily throughout the afternoon, the Dow plunged an additional 800+ points in a...
On January 24, 2018, the first Weiss Cryptocurrency Ratings were released. Bitcoin got a C+ (“fair”). And many in the crypto community fiercely denounced the grade as overly punishing. This paper...
By Jon D. Markman On February 2, 201802:00 PM Eastern
The digital revolution. Lately, it is a catchphrase for everything techie. But a real revolution is underway. And the battle is for your wallet.
Cash is slowly disappearing. People are...
By Mike Larson On February 2, 201807:50 AM Eastern
Fed fear. It’s so thick on Wall Street you can cut it with a knife.
Some investors are worried about a faster pace of interest rate hikes. Others are worried about the winnowing of central bank...
Wow! What a week! Even before we released our first Weiss Cryptocurrency Ratings last Wednesday, our website got hit by a massive cyberattack from Asia.
(See CNBC’s story about that here.)
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By Jon D. Markman On January 31, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Imagine cities without places to park.
Stop gasping. In the future, there will be no need.
Tomorrow’s megacities will bear only a passing resemblance to today’s. This transformation...
By Sean Brodrick On January 30, 201811:00 AM Eastern
When we compliment someone with a lot of courage, we say he has “big brass ones” or “a lot of brass.”
But what is brass, anyway? There are no brass mines. So how do you get this metal?
The...
By Gavin Magor On January 30, 201807:45 AM Eastern
One of the nation’s leading bank sector experts is long-time analyst Dick Bove. So, I took note of comments he just made. The short version? Just like me, he’s bullish on banks — and especially...
By Mike Larson On January 29, 201807:59 AM Eastern
The digital currency debate is really heating up!
* Heads of state, Treasury secretaries, central bankers, and major financiers all weighed in on cryptocurrencies at the World Economic Forum in...
By Jon D. Markman On January 24, 201802:00 PM Eastern
Imagine never carrying cash again. I know; it’s crazy. Dystopian, even, depending on your point of view.
Last week Alphabet (GOOGL) struck a patent swap deal with Tencent, the Chinese chat,...