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By Jon D. Markman On October 11, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Stocks were back in rally mode this week after President Trump promised to give a boost to trade talks by meeting with a top Chinese official. In front of his meeting with Vice Premier Liu He...
By Juan M. Villaverde On September 25, 201910:10 AM Eastern
In Part 1 of this series, I explained the powerful potential of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) to create the financial world of the future. In that scenario …
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By Jon D. Markman On July 19, 201902:00 PM Eastern
DataTrek Research analysts observe that many investors are mystified as to why the Federal Reserve would want to cut near-term interest rates in the midst of a strong U.S. economy.
They argue...
By Jon D. Markman On May 17, 201902:00 PM Eastern
The extreme -2.5% setback to U.S. markets to kick off this week set off a ton of alarm bells among the sort of quantitative analysts who help us understand current events through the prism of past...
By Jon D. Markman On March 13, 201904:44 PM Eastern
Most consumers don’t know it, but they are pawns in a larger debate over privacy.
The popularity of Foursquare — a mobile app that lets users “check in” to locations and recommends other local...
By Jon D. Markman On March 8, 201904:00 PM Eastern
Despite a bumpy week, the major indexes are off to their best start to a year in about three decades, up 10% across the board.
So far it looks like stocks are taking a breather within a sturdy...
By Jon D. Markman On March 6, 201902:00 PM Eastern
Tesla (TSLA) shares are out of favor, again.
This time, it’s because the electric car/solar power/save-the-planet company is beginning to be valued like an automaker.
The transformation began...
By Dr. Bruce Ng On January 23, 201908:55 AM Eastern
When we first gave Bitcoin a “C+” rating, Bitcoin lovers fumed with anger.
Even when we explained precisely why — high investment risk and lagging technology — they still weren’t very happy.
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By Juan M. Villaverde On December 12, 201808:55 AM Eastern
Some people think that, to divine the destiny of crypto, all they have to do is track market cap. “If market cap is going up,” they say, “that must mean the space is growing. If it’s going down,...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On December 3, 201807:55 AM Eastern
Last year was great for Bitcoin. This year was terrible. But what about next year?
This coming Wednesday, Dec. 12, we will hop online and give you the answer — along with 8 bold forecasts for...