The current outlook and belief are that AI, and more specifically robots, will take jobs from the blue-collar labor market—it will most likely be the warehouse workers, the delivery drivers and the fast-food chain employees who will see their job prospects disappear.
As mixed reality continues to grow and new applications emerge, it’s clear that it has all kinds of professional applications and potential investing opportunities. Let’s look at how it can be used, along with the role of AI and a few companies to look out for.
Comments from Fed heads ahead of the annual Jackson Hole gathering have also shifted expectations back to a 75-basis point rate hike at the Fed’s September monetary policy meeting.
We'll offer no opinion on the reasons behind the head-spinning volatility. Explanations don't tend to matter much to investors looking at their shrinking brokerage statements. What matters is what they do about it.
Bitcoin (BTC) traders had seen a rebound from the lows of 2022, and reached nearly $25K per bitcoin earlier this month. However, the price of Bitcoin is making a reversal now, and bulls have failed to push the price any higher.
On Tuesday August 23, I was forwarded the image below showing strong volume and open interest in two NDX puts that are about 30% out of the money. The image included a note asking if I had an idea what the motivation is behind the trade.
They have also changed the landscape of investing as well. Data published by BNY Mellon (BK) shows that the retail investor accounts for almost 25% of total equities trading volume in 2021, up sharply from 20% in 2020 and 10-15% during the prior decade.
Insurance, at its core, is about safety and risk reduction. What they do is important; insurance provides stability to our lives, but stability is far from sexy. Maybe that is also why insurance stocks often get overlooked.
Down nearly 40% from highs above $300 last November, now might be a good time to take a longer look at the software giant. Investors will get some confirmation of this when the company reports second quarter fiscal 2022 earnings results after the closing bell Wednesday.
Economists and pundits can’t even decide if we are currently in a recession, let alone what the prospects are for the economy, and opinion among traders and analysts is divided as to whether the major indices have actually bounced or not.