Ratings agency S&P Global has reportedly knocked down the credit rating of Coinbase (COIN) after the crypto exchange revealed its financials for the second quarter of this year. According to Seeki...
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High-yield credit trading veteran with 30 years experience explains why Bitcoin is more scarce than gold
The financial markets continue to debate the viability of Bitcoin (BTC) and gold, with proponents of cryptocurrencies suggesting that the flagship digital asset might flip the precious metal. Besides ...
The New EV Tax Credit Won’t Cover All Teslas and Other Cars. How It Will Work.
New electric-vehicle tax credits depend on where the cars are assembled, what the EVs cost, and how much money buyers make. Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images Text size The Inflation Reduction Act shou...
Wells Fargo reportedly planning retreat in mortgage business
Wells Fargo is planning a retreat in its mortgage activities, according to a published report. Bloomberg News, citing unnamed sources, reported the number-one mortgage originator of commercial banks i...
‘I fear that between the two of us, that’s not enough.’ We want to quit working in 10 years, but only have about $175K saved. Do we need professional help?
Some things to consider if you’re thinking about hiring a financial adviser. Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I’m 54 years old and have an IRA account with $27,000 in it, but it’s been decreasing ov...
If you really want to be rich, you need to do this, says Mark Cuban
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Advertising Week New York Uncredited Recently, we came across a simple piece of money advice from billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban on his Maverick blog that we felt r...
Inflation Reduction Act would send $80 billion to the IRS. Tax experts say it may not be enough to help the backlogged agency.
For roughly a year, Jonathan Baer watched a paper folder full of tax-related paperwork slowly grow as he chronicled his effort to claim his 2020 tax refund. The attempts included upwards of 40 phone c...
VinFast says pre-orders “will get a $7,500 rebate,” federal tax credit or not
We wrote that the Vietnamese EV car company Vinfast is bringing its EV companies to the US. Since then, congress announced it is making changes to the $7,500 federal electric vehicle tax credit, meani...
Anshu Jain, former Deutsche Bank CEO in its trading heyday, dies at 59
Anshu Jain, Cantor Fitzgerald’s president and former CEO of Deutsche Bank from 2012 to 2015, died Saturday five years after being diagnosed with duodenal cancer, Bloomberg and Reuters reported. He was...
Public Pension Systems Join Those Stung by Crypto Crash
Listen to article (2 minutes) Among the investors who bet on cryptocurrency over the past year are pension funds that manage public workers’ retirement savings. Now those funds are navigating the cras...
Applied Blockchain Refinances $15M Credit Facility from a North Dakota-based Bank
U.S. bitcoin mining company Applied Blockchain, Inc has announced that it has entered into a credit agreement with a North Dakota-based bank for a $15 million loan that will expand its crypto mining o...
Don’t Trust This Stock Market Rally. Strategists See More Trouble Ahead.
Text size Only 30% of the indicators that typically light up before market bottoms are triggered today, according to Bank of America. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images The S&P 500’s 15% summer bou...
9 Chip Stocks That Look Like Buys
Text size Nvidia now expects July quarter revenue to be $6.7 billion, up only 3% from the year-ago period. The company had previously forecast $8.1 billion in revenue. Dreamstime These are troubling t...
6 Software Stocks to Buy and 4 to Sell, According to an Analyst
What’s next for enterprise software stocks? That depends which ones you pick. Guggenheim Partners analyst John DiFucci launched coverage of the group late Thursday, with some thoughts on where to plac...
Three Chinese corporate giants are leaving the New York Stock Exchange
Three state-owned Chinese corporate giants announced plans Friday to remove their shares from the New York Stock Exchange, adding to a growing financial separation between the biggest global economies...
It’s a Tom Jones rally but it may be overbought, say analysts
The latest action in stocks may be a concern for the bulls. The S&P 500’s initial surge on Thursday to fresh three-month highs fizzled as the session wore on. The “peak inflation rally” faded. Fut...
Rivian, Illumina, Toast, and More Stock Market Movers Friday
Text size Rivian, the maker of electric trucks, maintained its production estimates for the full year. Courtesy Rivian Stock futures rose Friday amid more signs that inflation in the U.S. has been coo...
Have stocks bottomed? Not until this ‘gorilla’ in equity markets budges, warns BofA
Households, not hedge funds or major corporations, represent the biggest class of owners of the U.S. stock market. That matters because households, the “placid gorilla” in U.S. stocks, haven’t cut and...
Don’t Trust This Stock Rally. Strategists See More Trouble Ahead for S&P 500.
Text size Only 30% of the indicators that typically light up before market bottoms are triggered today, according to Bank of America. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images The S&P 500’s 15% summer bou...
Oil prices are down, but energy companies’ earnings estimates keep rising — these stocks are cheap
Oil prices have fallen from a peak earlier this year. But energy companies’ earnings estimates have kept rising on stronger demand and low capital spending. Below is a screen of large-cap oil stocks a...
Why home prices can stay high, complicating the Fed’s battle against inflation
Sky-high housing prices still threaten to complicate the Federal Reserve’s inflation fight, even as America’s market for single-family homes shows signs of cooling in response to sharply higher intere...
Stocks rally like it’s ‘mission accomplished’ — but investors urge caution as Nasdaq enters bull market
Investors might want to keep their guard up as the stock market continues its rally. “The market has kind of gone back to sleep” in appearing to think, “all right, mission accomplished, inflation’s in...
‘I’m in a very lucky position’: I will receive a $300,000 inheritance. Should I pay off my mortgage or invest the money?
I currently owe $300,000 on my house with a 2.5%, 30-year mortgage. I am maxing out my retirement accounts — IRA and 401(k) — and looking to retire in less than 10 years. I will receive an inheritance...