Since the emergence of cryptocurrencies, there have been people who either like digital assets or are critics of this asset class; both have their own specific reasons Cryptocurrencies have brought re...
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Opinion: ‘I feel like I am reliving the summer of 2008.’ Strategist David Rosenberg sees bear market sinking the S&P 500 to 3,300
The U.S. stock and the bond markets are finally in the process of catching up with our views. We always believed these past two years represented a fake bull market built on sand, not concrete. And fr...
The Great Resistance is here. Companies and employees are in a battle of wills over returning to the office.
Amy Faust Liggayu, 32, a market-research project manager based in Tinley Park, Ill., and mother of a 7-month-old son, never imagined she would have a life where she could spend five days a week with h...
4 Lessons To Be Learned (Opinion)
As the stormy waters recede from this month’s crypto market bloodbath, one blockchain network has been washed ashore dead: Terra. The network’s co-founder, Do Kwon, has forfeited any attempt at restor...
Opinion: This plan to tax the ultrarich is much simpler and better than Biden’s idea
President Joe Biden and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) have proposed different ways to tax unrealized capital gains every year. Their shared goal is understandable, with trillions of ...
Corporate Board Diversity Benefits Companies and Stakeholders
Text size It is in the best interest of shareholders for companies to evaluate their board composition regularly, establish policies and processes to ensure board diversity, and disclose the compositi...
‘The capitulation model for biotech is a Category 5 storm, the same as energy in 2020’ — why contrarians say the sector is a buy
If you want to know how much investors hate the biotech sector right now, consider this simple statistic: More than 25% of small biotech companies have stock-market capitalizations that are smaller th...
‘The dip is your friend’: Why some advisers are telling young investors to buy stocks, despite stagflation fears roiling markets
How low can stocks go? This question has made investors nervous, as they fear one bottom after another. The answer: Pick a number. Some analysts say brace for further drops, others expect a bounce. Wa...
Opinion: Bitcoin Is Slowly Establishing Its Truest Form
Over the past few days and weeks, there have been several articles published on Live Bitcoin News discussing companies and enterprises that are saying “yes” to bitcoin payments. Whether they are schoo...
Opinion: The U.S. isn’t headed for recession. Nor will it be consumed by inflationary fires.
“Some say the world will end in fire,” goes a famous Robert Frost line. “And some say in ice.” If ever poetry could explain the stock market, this may come closest to capturing the sour mood that’s ab...
Expert opinion: JPMorgan stock down 30% isn’t ‘that appealing’
For most, JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) trading at its pre-pandemic valuation would look like a treat. But David Wagner, for one, still doesn’t find the stock “that appealing”....
Worried about your investments? Here’s how the smart money made 100% when market gloom was this bad.
The best news for investors that I’ve heard in a long time is that the M.B.A. geniuses who manage the world’s pension funds now hate the stock market with a vengeance. According to the latest comprehe...
You just retired and your target-date fund has plunged. What do you do now?
If you recently retired or are near retirement and you had your money in a target-date fund designed for people retiring about now, bad luck. So far this year, the “target” is you. Morningstar tells m...
‘I partially support my partner of 12 years as his business is, sadly, failing’: I’m 33, and have $300,000 in company stock. Should I sell those shares to pay off my debt of $56,000?
I am 33 years old, I currently make just over $120,000 a year, including an annual bonus, and my company has gifted me with around $300,000 in equity in the firm, although our stock is brand new, so i...
Which of Buffett’s bank stocks might make you the most money?
This is the time of the quarter when investors get to see what changes Warren Buffett and the management team at Berkshire Hathaway have made to the conglomerate’s stock portfolio. The big splash in B...
Opinion: Amazon’s stock price has slumped almost 34% this year. This money manager says it’s a steal and could surge 76% to $3,900 in 2 years
The stock market is a funny place: When great businesses go on sale, most people don’t rejoice. Instead they freak out. This presents an excellent opportunity for long-term investors who keep their wi...
Has Warren Buffett’s Opinion On Bitcoin Changed?
Berkshire Hathaway executives Warren Buffett and his vice chairman Charlie Munger are among many Bitcoin critics. Warren Buffett Is Still Not A Fan Of Bitcoin Buffet pointed out how weak Bitcoin is, ...
Can Litecoin Reenergize Users With New MimbleWimble Upgrade? (Opinion)
Litecoin has launched the new privacy-focused MimbleWimble upgrade. The changes have proliferated across the network for use by LTC wallets and nodes. Will it bring new enthusiasm to the flagging PoW ...
Opinion: 12 stocks to consider for the next leg of the bull market
You may want to wait until the stock market turns up again before expending energy on trying to pick individual companies. That’s because, during bear markets, almost all stocks become correlated with...
This idiot-proof portfolio has beaten traditional stocks and bonds over 50 years
Do you have the right portfolio for your retirement savings? When it comes to long-term investing, the biggest issue — by far — is overall asset allocation: How much to stocks, sectors, assets and so ...
Are We in a Bear Market? Investors Should Stay Calm.
About the author: David Rosenberg is founder and president of Rosenberg Research & Associates. He was formerly chief economist and strategist at Gluskin Sheff + Associates Inc, and chief North Ame...
Feeling seasick? These simple, low-cost retirement portfolios are holding up well
Not everyone is having a terrible year. While stocks and bonds have all plummeted since Jan. 1, a few simple, low-cost, all-weather portfolios are doing a much better job of preserving their owners’ r...
Expert opinion: ‘Google is just outrageously cheap right now’
Apple, Microsoft, and Google – all three still have fundamentals in good shape despite a challenging operating environment. But the one that particularly pops out to Mike Bailey, is Alphabet Inc...
Good news for home buyers? Fannie Mae chief economist says the U.S. housing market has finally turned a corner. Here’s why.
The inventory shortage, high prices and rising interest rates have finally bitten. Single-family home sales fell sharply by 16.6% in April to a seasonally adjusted annualized rate of 591,000, accordin...