A visual representation of the cryptocurrency Bitcoin on November 21, 2020 in London, England. Jordan Mansfield | Getty Images Bitcoin is still in a stretch of double-digit intraday moves after briefly halving its value last week, and Wall Street strategists say this crazy run won’t be over anytime soon. It’s been a rude awakening for
Though billionaire investor Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, has previously expressed concern about the future of bitcoin, he has also noted that the cryptocurrency earned his respect. Now, he reveals, “I have some bitcoin,” Dalio told CoinDesk during its 2021 Consensus conference. The interview was recorded on May 6
A trader works the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York. Yana Paskova | Bloomberg | Getty Images Payments company Square rose more than 5% in afternoon trading Monday after Bloomberg News reported the payments company could offer savings and checking accounts in the near future. The report said a code
Martin Barraud | Getty Images If you’re retired and worried about how inflation could hit your wallet, there may be strategies you can employ to minimize the impact. One option could be to invest in Treasury inflation-protected securities, or TIPS. Like typical Treasury bonds, they are issued and backed by the U.S. government — which
Birdies shoes sold out in late 2020, leaving the company unable to meet the year-end demand. Source: Bianca Gates As women across the country ditched their heels during the pandemic, shoe company Birdies thrived. The direct-to-consumer brand touts itself as a “stylish flat that’s secretly a slipper.” The result: 300% year-over-year growth in April 2021.
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A Company That’s More Than a Retailer and One of Great Design Target Corporation (TGT) has evolved from just being a pure brick-&-mortar retailer to an omni-channel entity. Shares of Target have risen and outpaced the industry in the past six months. The company has been deploying resources to enhance omni-channel capabilities, come up with
A value needle in a haystack of frothy SPAC valuations
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: Stocks set to rise after last week’s bitcoin-driven swings Bitcoin attempts a positive start to the week after wild plunges New U.S. Covid cases drop dramatically ahead of Memorial Day Judge in Epic Games-Apple case set to grill
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Virgin Galactic (SPCE) – Virgin Galactic soared 20.5% in premarket trading after it held a successful test flight over the weekend of its SpaceShipTwo craft. Virgin’s first manned space flight in more than two years successfully reached space 50 minutes after takeoff from
In this article SPCE VSS Unity reaches the edge of space during its third spaceflight on May 22, 2021. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic shares jumped in premarket trading on Monday, following the company’s successful spaceflight test on Saturday. The launch represented a critical step forward for the space tourism company, as the test had been
A computer generated aerial view of Greater Springfield near Brisbane, Australia. Springfield City Group Travel up the sunny shores of Australia’s Gold Coast, 25 kilometers outside of Brisbane, and you’ll find Greater Springfield, a city that’s different by design. You may never have heard of it. Unsurprising; the city is not yet 30 years old.
The two big pure-play stocks in the streaming TV industry are Roku (ROKU) and Netflix (NFLX). On today’s episode of Full Court Finance at Zacks, we dive into the streaming TV world as we approach a full year of empty movie theaters and a lack of most out-of-home entertainment to see which of the two
New vaccine entrant gets approval before Novavax, while herd immunity ideas put sales in doubt.
Economic forecasts predicting the potential impact of climate change have grossly underestimated the reality and delayed global recovery efforts by decades, according to a leading professor. Mainstream economists “deliberately and completely” ignored scientific data and instead “made up their own numbers” to suit their market models, Steve Keen, a fellow at University College London’s Institute
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE U.S. stock index futures were little changed during overnight trading on Sunday, after the S&P 500 posted its second negative week in a row. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 13 points. S&P 500 futures declined 0.07%, while Nasdaq
Phishing and the season’s latest scams; FBAR whistleblowing returns; best sales-tax questions; and other highlights from our favorite tax bloggers. The fun’s back in ‘refund’ Don’t Mess with Taxes (http://dontmesswithtaxes.typepad.com/): The good word on processing returns — and the even better news about refunds — from the Office of Management and Budget, leaked first by
Nobel prize-winning economist Robert Shiller is worried a bubble is forming in some of the market’s hottest trades. He’s notably concerned about housing, stocks and cryptocurrencies, where he sees a “wild west” mentality among investors. “I haven’t done that in print. I’ve been saying that,” the Yale University professor told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Friday.
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Ben Rains looks at the market’s movement and fundamentals over the last several weeks. The episode then explores two highly-ranked stocks that fit under the broader technology umbrella, Micron (MU) and Align Technology (ALGN), to see if investors might want to consider buying them on the dip amid the recent selling. (0:45) – Market Update: