We live in the digital age. Most of us make money working on computers, whether in an office or, nowadays, at home. So it’s easy to forget that the world runs not only on ones and zeroes or words in the ether. It runs on stuff. Actual, physical stuff.
With the valuation of bitcoin picking up once again, adoption of the Lightning Network, a second layer protocol built on the Bitcoin blockchain and a radical solution to Bitcoin’s scaling limitations, is surging as well.
Software stocks have powered the markets higher over the past couple of weeks. Among the biggest gainers have been cybersecurity specialists such as Palo Alto Networks (PANW), which has become popular amid the recent surge in cyberattacks.
While investors wait for the 2021 Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium later this week, there will be no shortage of retail earnings to parse through, not to mention today’s Flash PMI readings for the U.S.
When assessing the recent movements and tumultuous swings in the stock market, it seems there continues to be a persistent back-and-forth between price and value.
After reporting $1.6 billion in net profit in the June quarter, the major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global looks more confident in its future growth strategies, including global expansion.
Over the last 18 months, global M&A has taken one roller coaster of a ride – dropping during the early days of the pandemic, only to soar to new highs as vaccines rolled out and restrictions eased.
This week, a report from The New York Times rocked the retail industry: The story said that Amazon (AMZN), the undisputed leader in U.S. e-commerce shopping, had finally eclipsed Walmart (WMT), the decades-long Goliath of retail shopping, in terms of total sales.
Yesterday’s show will have achieved exactly what Elon Musk wanted it to. It has bought the company millions, if not billions, of dollars’ worth of free airtime while at the same time making Tesla seem like a cool, fun place to work.
Energy stocks are poised for another lower start, pressured by further weakness in the crude complex and the broader index futures as Fed taper fears and the spread of the Delta variant weighed on investor sentiment.
Weighing on stocks is the July Fed FOMC minutes that suggest the Fed could start to dial back its monetary policy support while surging delta variant cases are leading a growing number of companies to push back the return to office
Today, there’s a federal office that certifies consumer products containing THC, even though other parts of the federal government still think THC is a crime.
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are novel inventions that do not fit neatly within financial regulatory frameworks, given its short history and unprecedented structure.
Facebook is on the verge of playing a key role in America's financial system through the launch of a digital wallet called Novi, which permits people to transfer and receive money around the world cheaply and in most cases, for free, according to David Marcus, the chief of Facebo
Today, among the underlying components of the NYSE, we saw unusual or noteworthy options trading volume and activity in AT&T, Macy's, and Bath & Body Works
Beyond Meat’s recent earnings report tells us a lot about how America eats and what changed after our lengthy spell of eating at home due to the pandemic.