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Investors should recognize at least two things about funds that purport to be defensive or low volatility.

COVID-19 has changed digital adoption rates: ecommerce businesses saw a decade’s worth of market penetration happen in just three months at the start of the pandemic, and today every business leader knows they need to meet their customers online in order to compete.

In much of the press, fears of inflation seem to make the headlines. Will the massive government stimulus in response to the COVID-19 pandemic lead to wheelbarrows full of money being required to buy a loaf of bread?

In late 2017, a blockchain-powered cat-centric collectibles game named Cryptokitties almost brought the entire Ethereum network to a standstill due to its sudden and surprising success.

What business leaders call “customer loyalty” is actually something very different: instinctive brand preference

Some say that the trouble with the U.K. stock market is that it doesn’t offer much opportunity to invest in up and coming technologies, market disruptors, or companies with a large digital footprint. 

The point I made yesterday was that unless something dramatically changes, investors should be buying the dips.

Daily energy market commentary provided by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions Advisory Services' Energy Team.

Weighing on equities is renewed concern surrounding the pace of the global economic recovery as the Delta variant continues to spread.

The ESG movement has rapidly grown, from an increase in ESG reporting to the expansion of sustainability-focused bonds. At Nasdaq, we recognize this Era of Impact, as forward-looking companies leverage ESG to unlock the opportunities of tomorrow.

In the beginning there was blockchain, and it was good. It opened the door, and let the rays of light of a new decentralized digital economy shine in. However, the wider we pushed that door open, the less bright that light shined.

This pattern of a sharp selloff and equally sharp recovery has been quite common lately, and not just on intraday charts. It has a fractal nature to it, too.

MetaMask broke 5 million monthly active users for the first time in April. This serves as one of many indicators that cryptocurrencies and the ecosystem built around them are gaining momentum. 

Daily energy market commentary provided by Nasdaq Corporate Solutions Advisory Services' Energy Team.

Investors and traders alike will be waiting to dissect the minutes from the Fed’s latest monetary policy meeting

When we hear about globalization, we think of public policy, trade agreements, immigration, and big business. But oftentimes, the connectivity of the world isn’t happening in board rooms - but in virtual environments accessed from across the world

Cryptocurrency is often described as “digital money.” This description may be true, but it fails to capture what makes cryptocurrency unique and so appealing to many investors.

In a recent meeting with the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, the Chief Executive Officer of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, Brian Armstrong, expressed concerns that China’s plan to roll out a digital yuan could pose as a big threat to U.S. dollar status.

Asset digitization has the potential to bypass these issues and create new, accessible financing opportunities.

Here are the accounts of five industry leaders who are disrupting their sectors in 2021.