By Mike Larson On December 15, 202004:03 PM Eastern
“I almost could cry talking to you now ... I feel like I didn’t just get a vaccine, I got a shot of hope.”
That’s what Maggie Hagan, a doctor in Wichita, Kan., said earlier this week when she...
By David Dittman On December 15, 202004:01 PM Eastern
Bitcoin, the world’s first and biggest cryptocurrency, recently surpassed its all-time high in terms of market capitalization, according to coinmarketcap.com.
And it came pretty close to...
By Jon D. Markman On December 15, 202003:16 PM Eastern
Stocks caromed higher this afternoon as another company sought approval to distribute its COVID-19 vaccine candidate while Wall Street heard word of movement toward a deal by lawmakers to issue...
By Sean Brodrick On December 15, 202002:30 PM Eastern
I have some trades for you today. First, let’s look at some market drivers.
The prospect of additional stimulus, lower yields and a potentially more dovish outlook from the Fed on Wednesday is...
By Jon D. Markman On December 15, 202009:28 AM Eastern
It was October 2018 when I first wrote about Inseego (Nasdaq: INSG), a maker of telecommunication devices. At the time, the company had inked a big deal to supply fifth-generation wireless modems...
By Mike Larson On December 15, 202008:00 AM Eastern
As I write, millions of doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are making their way around the world. By airplane. By truck. By the hands of thousands of delivery workers.
Hundreds of locations will have...
By Jon D. Markman On December 15, 202006:28 AM Eastern
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Publication Note: Thanks for letting me take a few days off to attend my son’s wedding in Austin, Tex. The guest list had been slashed from 120 people to 11 due to virus fears, but the...
By Jon D. Markman On December 14, 202003:10 PM Eastern
Stocks swirled Monday as COVID-19 vaccinations began in the U.S., a step Wall Street anticipates will help curb infections and support labor and economic growth.
The Standard & Poor’s 500 index,...
By Martin D. Weiss, Ph.D. On December 14, 202001:41 PM Eastern
Free markets and the freedom of expression often make strange bedfellows.
Take Bitcoin, for example.
So many famous people have falsely declared Bitcoin’s “demise” in recent years that there’s...
By Jessica Borg On December 13, 202008:00 AM Eastern
This coming year couldn’t be more exciting for one relatively young industry. Select cannabis stocks will continue to soar as more states around the country loosen restrictions on marijuana use.
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