Shortly after culling its community of inactive members, one of decentralized finance’s (DeFi) strangest experiments is launching a new stablecoin lending product. On Wednesday Inverse Finance revealed the Anchor Protocol, a money market built around DOLA, a protocol-native synthetic stablecoin. Based on “a modified fork of Compound,” in a blog post Inverse Finance founder Nour
Month: February 2021
Decorating your first apartment? Here’s everything you need to know. Sidekix Media on Unsplash Buying furniture for a first apartment or home can feel stressful because it involves a great amount of decision-making. It’s also a challenge because there are so many major purchases to make, often with a budget in mind. And while it’s
After saying that cryptocurrencies “rank as the poorest hedge for major drawdowns in equities, with questionable diversification benefits,” JPMorgan says investors can put 1% of their portfolios in cryptocurrencies. This can help “achieve any efficiency gain in the overall risk-adjusted returns of the portfolio,” the firm’s strategists explained. Investors Can Allocate 1% of Portfolios to
Ask Larry Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about whether spousal benefits can increase total benefits for a person with a public pension, if spousal benefits begin automatically when the other spouse files and when excess spousal benefits are paid if the recipient already gets retirement benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of
The Federal Reserve’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed interest rates to historic lows over the past year. Changes to the Fed funds target rate and an extensive bond-buying program have driven down rates both at the short and long end of the yield curve. The 10-year Treasury, with a yield that had hovered
[embedded content] The U.S. government is now so heavily indebted, that if interest rates continue to climb up, interest expenses alone could bankrupt the Treasury, said Michael Gentile, strategic investor and board member on several gold mining companies. “If you take the $30 trillion of debt that [the U.S. government] has now, assuming rates go
There are serious concerns about multiple claims existing on every ounce… David Jensen on Palisades Gold Radio Tom welcomes a new guest to the show David Jensen. David is the owner of Jensen Strategic and a Mining Executive and Metals Analyst. To subscribe to our newsletter and get notified of new shows, please visit http://palisadesradio.ca
By any objective standard, Plug Power’s (PLUG) Q4 “earnings” report was a disaster. Relative to analyst expectations of a $0.10 per share loss for the quarter, Plug’s reported loss of $1.12 per share was 11x worse. Want to talk revenue? Plug had negative revenue for the quarter, a consequence of the company having to subtract
Square Inc. (SQ) is a financial services and online payments company that provides hardware and software tools to help businesses run and grow their operations. Among Square’s primary products are: a point-of-sale hardware system; software for payments processing and analytics; Square Card, a free business debit card; and Cash App, a peer-to-peer (P2P) payment service.
Warren Buffett during an interview with CNBC’s Becky Quick on February 24, 2020. It turned out to be another year during which the billionaire investor shied away from game-changing acquisitions in a pricey market even after a sudden market cash and as his company holds a massive cash balance. Gerald Miller | CNBC As the
Top Senate Democrats are pushing the White House to consider a tax penalty on large companies unless they pay workers $15 per hour, as they scramble to replace the loss of a minimum-wage increase from Joe Biden’s $1.9tn stimulus bill. The last-minute change being sought by senior members of Biden’s party highlights the unrest among
Warren Buffett warned that debt investors faced a “bleak future” days after a sell-off pummelled government bonds and sent reverberations through global stock markets. The 90-year-old chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway told shareholders in his closely followed annual letter that it was best to eschew the fixed-income market, in which the company is itself a
Cryptocurrency investors face two big headaches this tax filing season: the Internal Revenue Service is ramping up scrutiny of digital assets, and some investors owe large tax bills after cashing in last year’s hefty profits on Bitcoin and other blockchain-based coins. The twin challenges, a counterpoint to Bitcoin’s blockbuster gains so far this year, create
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week Increasing stock market volatility drags Bitcoin and altcoin prices lower
Mortgage rates sign on the home and charts. getty Two negative impacts hit homebuyers last week: interest rates and winter weather. Mortgage interest rates have been on a slow but steady increase ever since the beginning of the year, but last week they jumped up to 2.97%, a full 15 basis points higher than the
The total assets under management across all crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) worldwide have risen 50% this month to nearly $44 billion. Among listed products, Grayscale’s bitcoin trust tops the list with the most assets under management while Bitwise’s fund was the best performing bitcoin product by market price over the last 30 days. Cryptocompare published
Female writing to-do list dragonstock – stock.adobe.com None of us wants to think about boring, grownup stuff like wills, but being an adult is not as hard (or even boring!) as it looks! Trust me. And there are companies and resources out there that actually make the process easier. You don’t have to become an
Bipartisan bills to expand the use of tax-advantaged bonds that are being reintroduced in the new Congress have favorable odds for being signed into law this year. The most notable one for the public finance sector came first on Thursday with the reintroduction of a Senate bill to reinstate tax-exempt advance refunding sponsored by Sen.
2020 was an extraordinary year for the mining sector. Despite the challenges caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic, companies created unprecedented value for investors and supported their communities during difficult times. In celebration and recognition of these accomplishments, Kitco News – the leader in precious metals and commodities news – is excited to announce its
A digital euro is not “better money” than the euro that is already in circulation today. The planned digital euro is… by Thorsten Polleit via Mises Neosocialist China does it, Sweden does it, and many other states want to do it, too: to issue digitized central bank money for everyone. The European Central Bank (ECB)
The list of Aurora Cannabis (ACB) pessimists on Wall Street is a long one. Jefferies’ Owen Bennett is among the detractors. The analyst has been on the lookout for signs the company is on the cusp of a meaningful turnaround, but evidence is hard to find. The Canadian pot producer’s latest quarterly results provided little
By MINING.com The world’s two largest money managers have built a combined $170 billion investment portfolio in coal using money from people’s private savings and pension contributions, despite a global push for carbon neutrality, a new report shows. The eye-popping figure pales in comparison to the astronomical $1 trillion in coal investments held by 4,488 institutional
What Is ‘Defund the Police’? “Defund the police” refers to a call for the reallocation of money that currently goes to police budgets in the United States to structural improvements for underprivileged communities. The phrase encompasses a lot of different visions about police reform that include a disinvestment from police budgets, an increased investment into
A sign outside of a facility occupied by TreeHouse Foods in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. Kristoffer Tripplaar | SIPA USA | AP Company: TreeHouse Foods Inc. (THS) TreeHouse Foods Inc. of Oak Brook, Illinois manufactures consumer packaged food and beverages, including a range of shelf-stable, refrigerated, fresh and frozen products. Its product categories include beverages, salad
The House of Representatives has passed a $1.9tn coronavirus relief package, as US president Joe Biden cleared the first big hurdle on the way to securing congressional approval for his economic stimulus bill. The Democratic-controlled House passed the expansive legislation, which includes $1,400 direct payments, an extension of federal top-ups to unemployment insurance, and another
Rishi Sunak is preparing to launch a fund that would channel up to £375m into fast growing UK tech companies that could leave the taxpayer with stakes in dozens of start-ups. The new initiative, called “Future Fund: Breakthrough”, could be announced as early as the Budget on Wednesday, according to three people close to the situation. The tech
With more than 4 out of 10 financial advisors aged 55 or older, a large wealth manager rolled out a new training program aimed at the next generation of independent advisors. Ameriprise’s Associate Financial Advisor Business Development Program is its first formalized training for the hundreds of licensed associate advisors the Minneapolis-based wealth manager’s independent
The last few months’ frenzy of institutional money flowing into Bitcoin (BTC) has seen crypto hitting the headlines — at the least as a novelty asset, at the most as a must-have. There is undoubtedly a trend in the market toward greater awareness and acceptance of digital assets as a new investable asset class. A
A rooftop terrace at the Waterfront development in Daniel Island takes in a view of the nearby Wando … [+] River Bridge. East West Real Estate Although the first body of water that may come to mind when one thinks about Charleston, South Carolina, is the exalted Atlantic, the coastal city is equally defined by
In Spain, an investment company has begun to promote what they called the “first crypto hedge fund.” The product has been registered in Malta by Avenue Investment Crypto, headed by a crypto advocate, Martin Huete. Investments Allocated Mainly in Bitcoin and Ethereum According to Infobae, the hedge fund “exclusively” targets qualified investors whose minimum investment
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