Traders on the floor of the NYSE, March 25, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures were little changed Sunday evening as investors look ahead to a series of key economic reports and continue to keep a close...
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Silver Prices Remain Capped as Markets Are Subdued
Key Insights Silver prices stabilized near 25.50 amid winding down conditions ahead of the weekend The dollar eased due to aggressive rate hike expectations U.S. Benchmark Treasury yields surged amid ...
Why Investing in China Keeps Getting Harder
China’s stock market has more than its share of intrigue of late. From fears over a former CEO’s sudden disappearance in the case of Alibaba (BABA) – Get Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Report...
Don’t Book Your Money for a Cruise on This Stock
The cruise industry is working its way back from devastating pandemic shutdowns. But many of the financial moves made by cruise operators to survive the pandemic have changed the character of the com...
Apple and Google criticize the new EU Digital Markets Act that will radically change the way they have operated for the past 20 years
A new landmark EU law that will force Big Tech to open up their services and level the digital playing field has been criticized by Apple and Google. The new Digital Markets Act, passed into law late ...
Goldman, BofA See Fed Going Big on Rate Hikes
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made clear in a talk this week that he’s open to 50-basis point increases in interest rates, if necessary. The Fed is reacting to rampant inflation, with consume...
Britain to reveal stablecoin regulation plans, sources say
A visual representation of Bitcoin. Edward Smith | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. government will soon reveal plans to regulate the cryptocurrency market, focusing on a fast-growing type of token know...
The Stock Market Has Been Ripping. Three Reasons It Can Keep Gaining.
Text size Higher oil prices are adding to the inflation that is forcing the Fed to raise interest rates. Here, an oil pump jack in Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images It might seem like a head-scratcher th...
Why the Postwar 1940s May Tell Us More About Our Inflation Than the ‘70s
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size As inflation stirs, economists have fixated on the 1970s. That’s a mistake, says Guggenheim’s chief investment officer, Scott Minerd, who believes the causes of t...
Coinbase Adds Custody Support for 12 Altcoins As Crypto Markets Bounce Back
Leading US-based crypto exchange Coinbase is adding to its burgeoning arsenal of digital assets by extending custodial services to a dozen altcoins. Coinbase says it’s adding 12 new virtual assets to ...
Larry Fink says globalization is over — Here’s what it means for the markets
BlackRock founder Larry Fink declared that the Russia-Ukraine war is bringing the era of globalization to an end, but investors should keep in mind that the global economy and the financial system can...
UAE Venture Capital Firm Launches $100 Million Seed Fund for Blockchain and Crypto Projects – Emerging Markets Bitcoin News
Cypher Capital, a United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based venture capital (VC) firm, has announced the launch of a $100 million seed fund that will primarily avail funding to decentralized finance (defi), ga...
Stock Market Gets Boost From Bond Selloff. Time to Sell the Rip?
Text size NYSE The Federal Reserve is talking tough about fighting inflation—and the stock market loves it. Don’t expect equities to be so relaxed if Powell & Co. act on their words. The S&P 5...
Cramer’s Mad Money Recap 3/25: Dave & Busters, Micron Technology, Walgreens
Even if we get more inflationary data next week, stock prices could still head higher, Jim Cramer told his Mad Money viewers Friday. That’s because an aggressive stance on inflation from the Fed...
Surging Stock Markets Turn a Blind Eye to Fed at Their Own Risk
(Bloomberg) — Neither war, disease nor inflation are proving capable of preventing American stocks from doing what they’ve almost always done for 13 years: go up. How policy makers devoted to ge...
Venezuela’s Sunacrip Launches Petro-Based Gift Card Market and Exchange – Emerging Markets Bitcoin News
Sunacrip, the Venezuelan cryptocurrency watchdog, has announced a set of improvements to its Petroapp wallet, allowing Venezuelans to use the petro (PTR) for new functions. The app now has an embedded...
How Putin’s War Made These 3 Fertilizer Producers Hot Stocks
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size Since Russia invaded Ukraine, shares of Saskatoon, Canada’s Nutrien , the Western Hemisphere’s top fertilizer maker, have climbed 37%. The Energy Select Sector SP...
Why Housing May Not Get as Hammered as Usual in This Rate Hike Cycle
Traditional home buyers are sure to be pinched by rising mortgage rates, but better-financed investors could keep prices rising. Here, a home for sale in Houston last summer. Brandon Bell/Getty Images...
Mortgage Rates Rose Even Higher. Here’s How Much More You’d Pay Now.
New-home sales fell in February due, in part, to the effects of rising mortgage rates on affordability. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Text size Mortgage rates climbed past 4% last week—and their rapid ...
Bitcoin Prices Are ‘On the Verge of a Major Breakout’
Text size The prices of Bitcoin and other digital assets rise Friday. Dreamstime Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies moved higher on Friday, boosted by the return of risk appetite among investors and a...
Joby Reports a Profit From No Sales. The Stock Is Soaring.
Text size Courtesy Joby Aviation Electric air taxi maker Joby Aviation managed to produce a profit in the fourth quarter even though it doesn’t have any sales just yet. Shares were rising sharply Frid...
Recent Report Shows Increasing Activities on Bitcoins Leverage Markets and Whales – crypto.news
Earlier today, Cryptoquant reported that Bitcoin’s estimated leverage ratio just hit an all-time high. Santiment later released a report showing that BTC whale addresses have increased amid the Russia...
Alaska Air Is Converting 2 More Boeing Jets Into Freighters. Here’s Why.
Text size Alaska Air sees capacity rising by 1% to 3% in 2022 compared to 2019. Photograph by Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images Alaska Air Group unveiled plans Thursday to convert two Boeing 737-800 pass...
Lessons from the 1970s for Today’s Markets Turmoil
Text size President Gerald Ford, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and Vice President Nelson Rockefeller at the White House in Washington, D.C. in 1975. National Archives/AFP via Getty Images About t...