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Want A Recession-Proof Industry? Consider Alternative Finance
Sunday, April 18, 2021 - 4:48pm | 997Read More...It’s a dog-eat-dog world -- even more so in the toughest economy since World War II. Even “safe” industries like education aren’t providing income security given the pace of change and technological disruptions. Thanks to Covid, U.S. colleges will lose $183 billion in...
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For Finance, Real Democratization Means Being Really Open
Sunday, April 18, 2021 - 4:37pm | 1469Read More...With Robinhood filing for an Initial Public Offering, we can be sure of a renewed debate about what it means to democratize finance. Robinhood’s combination of zero-commission trading with a slick, intuitive app has been synonymous with the explosion in retail trading volumes: these are...
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Applied Materials Investor Day: Semi Is A Growth Industry, Stupid
Sunday, April 18, 2021 - 4:28pm | 654Read More...Applied Materials (AMAT) hosted its investor day this week and updated its EPS target in FY'24 to $8.50. The company highlighted many semiconductor manufacturing breakthroughs, such as gate-all-around (GAA) and 3D DRAM, powered by AMAT's technologies. They also articulated their...
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DeFi Is poised To Make Every Company A Fintech Company. The Token Revolution Is Here.
Sunday, April 18, 2021 - 4:28pm | 1030Read More...A little more than a year ago, Andreeseen Horowitz general partner Angela Strange proclaimed that, in the future, every company will be a fintech company. In the same way that Amazon Web Services made it easy for any company to become a software company, banking infrastructure as a service means...
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The Lovesac: The Furniture Maker That's Up More Than Bitcoin Over The Last Year
Sunday, April 18, 2021 - 4:16pm | 1013Read More...The B-52's playing at the Love Shack in the video for their eponymous 1989 hit. Lovesac Versus Love Shack In their 1989 hit "Love Shack", the B-52's sang, The love shack is a little old place where we can get together The Love Shack was probably closed during the...
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Toyota's Value Addition Initiative To Vehicles With Connected Technology
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 1:03pm | 1315Read More...Data, it’s practically the new currency. These days almost all companies use collected data from their users. Although we are getting used to living in an increasingly data-driven world, we are still in our infancy when it comes to making this data transaction secure and verifiable. For the...
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The Great Financial Reset: American Capitalism Is In Crisis Again. Crypto Can Save It... If America Is Smart Enough To Embrace It
Tuesday, April 13, 2021 - 8:13pm | 1701Read More...By Jason Trian Yes, the great financial reset is happening. The warning signs are all here. Banks have been insolvent for years. Fiat currencies like the dollar have been losing value for decades, exacerbated by TRILLIONS of money printing in 2020-2021, forcing smart money to invest in assets like...
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A Story Of Covid-19-Stricken Stock Picking
Saturday, April 10, 2021 - 12:33pm | 1254Read More...The following originally appeared on Capital Watch The news and the market move so fast these days that exercising a modicum of patience has become increasingly difficult. But in the fog of infirmity, patience is easy when you can’t muster the energy to obsessively check your positions every...
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High Fliers Living At The Mercy Of Real Yield
Saturday, April 10, 2021 - 12:13pm | 312Read More...At this point, everybody knew equity markets didn't react well to the fast-rising 10-year treasury yield (1.57%). However, there are a lot of nuances beneath it. Things started to turn sour only after February 12. Before that, the inflation expectation (pink line) drove the 10Y nominal...
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Why PayPal Is Winning The Fintech War
Saturday, April 10, 2021 - 12:10pm | 737Read More...PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) is a global online platform that serves both consumers (PayPal and Venmo) and merchants (Braintree and iZettle), commanding a powerful network effect. PayPal's 348 million consumers attract more merchants, while 29 million merchants add better service for...
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Intel Unleashed: A 180-Degree Turn
Saturday, April 10, 2021 - 12:07pm | 399Read More...In the Intel Unleashed: Engineering the Future event in late March, Intel Corporation's (NASDAQ: INTC) new CEO Pat Gelsinger introduced his plan for Intel, the IDM 2.0 strategy. The three critical elements of the strategy are: Committing to the IDM business model and...
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Finding Stable Real Estate Investments In An Unstable Economy
Friday, April 9, 2021 - 2:22pm | 1566Read More...The combination of pre-pandemic trends, the coronavirus-driven recession, and the government-imposed shutdowns of the economy drove more than three dozen major retailers into Chapter 11 in 2020, and weakened or imperiled many more. At the same time, certain retailers actually thrived during...
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Could Psychedelic Medicines Have Helped Prevent DMX's Overdose?
Friday, April 9, 2021 - 10:56am | 1166Read More...It’s sad to say, but it seems like the only time we pay attention to the addiction problem in this country is when someone famous overdoses. Such is the case with DMX, who I would argue is one of the most unique and gifted rappers ever. His abrasive voice, his cut-to-the-bone lyrics, and his...
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Vape Mail Ban Is In Effect: What To Expect
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 2:26pm | 1435Read More...This article by Kevin O was originally published on TVape, and appears here with permission. On December 21, 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, a spending bill to provide stimulus to the American people during Covid. But it sneakily applied a vape mail ban as...
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From Wall Street To CEO: My Transition From Finance To Running A Business
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 2:10pm | 1078Read More...If you’re inexplicably lucky, then you might plant yourself in a job that fits you like a glove right away. But if you’re like most people, then you ultimately won’t end up where you started working. Sometimes that change can be significant. In my case, I wanted to get some hands-...
