Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. made headlines last November when he announced he would be converting his 2021 salary into bitcoin. The problem for Beckham: that bitcoin BTCUSD, -0.41...
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Tesla, AT&T, Apple, Microsoft, Visa, and Other Stocks to Watch This Week
Text size Uncredited It will be a packed week of fourth-quarter earnings releases, with more than 100 S&P 500 companies scheduled to report. IBM and Halliburton are Monday’s highlights, followed ...
Bitcoin drops below $40,000 as global market selloff spreads to cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin prices were trading at levels not seen since August, pushing below a key support level on Friday, as a selloff of perceived riskier assets spread to cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin BTCUSD, -6.06%, t...
Amazon Scraps Plan to Stop Accepting Visa’s U.K. Credit Card
Text size British shoppers will continue to be able to shop on Amazon with their Visa credit cards. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Amazon.com will continue to accept Visa credit cards in the U.K., the e...
‘We absolutely believe Ether’ surpassing bitcoin’s total market value ‘can happen this year,’ says ETF expert: ‘The bull case is an Etherum ETF in 2022’
Hello there! The Invesco QQQ Trust QQQ is up over 2% so far this week. That is not where many investors would have bet that the popular exchange-traded fund would be trading now based on the wild acti...
PayPal faces ‘muted’ year ahead, analyst warns in downgrade
Shares of PayPal Holdings Inc. are off 1.4% in Wednesday morning trading after Jefferies analyst Trevor Williams cut his rating on the stock to hold from buy, warning that the company faces a “muted” ...
The IRS will ask every taxpayer about crypto transactions this tax season — here’s how to report them
Cryptocurrencies, also known as virtual currencies, have gone mainstream. That’s for sure. For example, you can use bitcoin BTCUSD, -0.21% to buy a Tesla TSLA, -6.75% and to buy or pay for lots of oth...
Bitcoin and Other Cryptos Are Stabilizing. The Miners Look Like Value Plays.
Text size Dreamstime Bitcoin and other cryptos were trading higher on Tuesday, showing signs of stability after one of their longest losing streaks since 2018. Bitcoin was pricing around $42,900, up 2...
Opinion: Four reasons why value stocks are poised to outperform growth in 2022 — and 14 stocks to consider
Investing is all about being in tune with the trends. Here’s one to be aware of for 2022: Value stocks will most likely beat their growth counterparts. The trend is already under way. Consider: * The ...
Opinion: Citadel’s $1.15 billion cash infusion isn’t a bailout but the final test of Ken Griffin’s ‘Death Star’
When you add more than a billion dollars’ worth of liquidity to a market maker that already executed more than one of every four trades in the U.S. markets on a daily basis, while simultaneously givin...
Bitcoin Price Falls to 3-Month Low. Has It Fallen Too Fast?
Text size Bitcoin Dreamstime Bitcoin declined to three-month lows on Friday as minutes of the latest Federal Reserve meeting raised the possibility the central bank could boost interest rates as soon ...
Bitcoin Tanked After the Fed Minutes Were Released. Here’s Why.
Text size Proponents of Bitcoin argue that its limited supply should make it an inflation-proof asset akin to gold. Dreamstime Bitcoin slid sharply after the Federal Reserve released minutes of its De...
The $2 Trillion Cryptocurrency Market Is Drawing Interest From Investors, Scrutiny From U.S. Regulators
WASHINGTON—As cryptocurrencies go mainstream, prices for bitcoin and other digital tokens are often displayed on cable-news tickers and finance apps as though they were just like regular stocks, bonds...
Weekend reads: Your money and how to invest in 2022
Happy New Year! As 2021 ends, we once again hope for the new year will bring a pandemic recovery. Here are some looks ahead at what may affect financial markets, companies and even you in 2022. Turn a...
These S&P 500 stocks have cratered, but analysts think 12 can turn it around with rebounds of up to 70%
A period of high inflation and rising interest rates has taken out shares of companies with rich valuations. Then there’s the stubborn coronavirus, with variants raising infection rates and causing st...