Today Ether (ETH) price briefly touched $4,760, exciting investors and reminding the world that the altcoin is a mere 2.2% below the $4,870 all-time high reached 20 days ago. While the spot price action might be intriguing, let’s see what’s happening in Ether’s derivatives markets. Ether ETH/USD price at Bitstamp. Source: TradingView While it is
Month: November 2021
Ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families are attracted to the over-the-top luxury lifestyles that private residences and penthouses offer. These amenity-rich properties around the world cater to indulgences and are often second, third, or even fourth homes rounding out one’s real estate portfolio. Here’s a look at some of the top private residences and deluxe penthouses on
Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Home prices are still considerably higher than they were a year ago, when the pandemic caused a massive run on housing, but the gains are finally starting to ease up. Home prices rose 19.5% in September year over year, down from a 19.8% annual gain in August, according
After the vertically integrated bitcoin self-mining company Griid revealed it secured a $525 million credit facility from Blockchain.com, the company revealed it plans to go public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal. Griid will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after merging with the company Adit Edtech. Griid to Go
Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about spousal benefit rate reductions when taken before full retirement age, requesting benefit recalculation to ensure accuracy and potential effects of early retirement benefits on later survivor’s benefits. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic Security Planning, Inc. See
Municipals were stronger Tuesday as U.S. Treasuries rallied and stocks sold off on Omicron variant concerns and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s comments on speeding up tapering the Fed’s bond buying sooner than originally expected. It is appropriate to “consider ramping up tapering” and it will be discussed at the next FOMC meeting, when more
(Kitco News) Gold fell below the $1,800 an ounce level again, shedding nearly $40 as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testified before the U.S. Senate Banking Committee. The price of the yellow metal moved down when Powell spoke about a more aggressive tapering and more problematic inflation, sounding more hawkish
“… stock market cap to GDP ratio peaks over the past 120 years have always been followed by a higher gold price. After the…” by Jan Nieuwenhuijs via The Gold Observer Averaging stock market capitalization to GDP ratios from seventeen developed economies over the past 150 years reveals the world has never witnessed an equity
Wondering how to become a millionaire? It may sound impossible to some people, but it doesn’t have to be an out-of-reach pipe dream. With careful planning, patience, and smart savings, you can easily make a million dollars by the time you retire. Key Takeaways If you want to become a millionaire, the most important thing
Bridgewater Associates’ Ray Dalio stood by his belief that cash is not the place to be despite the volatility in the markets triggered by the new omicron Covid variant. “Cash is not a safe investment, is not a safe place because it will be taxed by inflation,” the founder of the world’s biggest hedge fund
China’s overconfidence and belief in its own anti-western propaganda has put Beijing at risk of “miscalculation” which could threaten international security, the head of the UK’s Secret Intelligence Service has warned. Richard Moore said that adapting to a world dominated by the rise of China was now the “single greatest priority” for his spy agency, also
Whenever someone says “hot chocolate”, two images spring to my mind. One is the drink of my childhood, piled high with marshmallows. The other is a tiny cup of weapons-grade chocolate I once had at the Granja M Viader café in Barcelona – so dark and thick you could, pretty much literally, stand a spoon
As tax increases careen their way through Congress, a surprising takeaway has emerged for financial advisors with clients who are affluent but not Jeff Bezos-rich: Contrary to expectations, many investors don’t have much to worry about. And while a few do, it’s nowhere near as bad as they feared. Nearly 4.8 million people making between
Companies in the Materials sector have received a lot of coverage today as analysts weigh in on WestRock (WRK – Research Report), Berry Global Group (BERY – Research Report) and MAG Silver (MAG – Research Report). WestRock (WRK) In a report issued on November 28, Gabrial Hajde from Wells Fargo reiterated a Buy rating on
In this article FB SEDG PFE DLTR REGN MRNA Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (REGN) — Regeneron shares fell more than 1% in the premarket after the company said its Covid-19 antibody cocktail and similar drugs could be less effective against the omicron Covid variant. The drugmaker said mutations
Sharing is Caring! by confoundedinterest17 The latest scare hitting financial markets is the Omicron Variant (or Oh! Macron! Variant in France). While it caused an initial decline in global equity markets {Dow fell 900 points on early reports on Omicron), the Treasury market has been relatively unscathed. For example, the US Treasury Actives curve dropped last
In 2010, if someone had told you that Internet memes, digital artwork and Twitter avatars would sell for hundreds of thousands of dollars, would you have believed them? Well, these are nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, in a nutshell. NFTs are driving blockchains toward uncharted territory on the backs of cute kitties and pixelated punks. What
Did you find yourself waiting on long lines last week for Black Friday sales – or did you opt for Cyber Monday deals instead? Maybe you shopped both, hoping to find the best values for your gift lists. Or maybe you’re the kind of shopper who prefers a less harried environment and are content to
JGI/Jamie Grill | Tetra images | Getty Images Before starting any planning around money, newlyweds should take a hard look at who they are and what they want out of life, financial advisors say. “It’s important for you to sit down together and discuss your values — both as individuals, and then as a couple,”
As 2021 nears its end, the firm Harpercollins, the publisher behind the printed and online Collins English Dictionary, has revealed “The Collins Word of the Year.” According to collinsdictionary.com, the word of the year is the abbreviation for non-fungible token, otherwise known as “NFT.” Collins English Dictionary Word of the Year Is NFT Non-fungible token
The SECURE Act of 2019 passed with big changes to retirement income planning. It created a Fiduciary Safe Harbor Provision for employers which allows them to offer certain annuities inside 401(k) plans without worrying about their fiduciary liability if the insurance company defaulted on their annuity payments. While having access to annuities inside a 401(k)
With winter coming on, Texas is still trying to overcome the damage from three days of freezing weather in February that crippled the state’s main power grid and undermined the credibility of its leaders. According to a poll released this month, Texas voters disapprove of how state leaders have handled the reliability of the electricity
Editor’s Note: With so much market volatility, stay on top of daily news! Get caught up in minutes with our speedy summary of today’s must-read news and expert opinions. Sign up here! (Kitco News) – Gold has pushed 0.41% higher to trade at $1791/oz ahead of the European open. Silver is currently flat at $22.88/oz.
Some pundits have suggested that the way to cope with higher prices and reduced availability of goods is for people to “lower their expectations.” These pundits have unwittingly… by Ron Paul of Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity Inflation was an unwelcome guest at this year’s Thanksgiving gatherings. According to the Farm Bureau, a
Selling (also called writing) a put option allows an investor to potentially own the underlying security at a future date and at a more favorable price. In other words, the sale of put options allows market players to gain bullish exposure, with the added benefit of potentially owning the underlying security at a future date and at a
Zara owner Inditex has appointed a new chair and chief executive, as the Spain-based retailer completes a “generational handover process” that it began a decade ago. Shares in the group slid more than 4 per cent in early Madrid trading on Tuesday, trimming the year’s gains to 9.5 per cent. The board approved as chair
A former Edward Jones advisor accused of stealing nearly $800,000 from three elderly clients to cover his personal expenses has been indicted on federal fraud charges. Ronald T. Molo, 61, has been charged with six counts of wire fraud in the U.S. District Court in Chicago for a scheme he allegedly carried out from January
Barclays analyst Andrew Ross maintained a Sell rating on Trainline (TNLIF – Research Report) on November 3 and set a price target of £2.80. The company’s shares closed last Friday at $4.32, close to its 52-week low of $4.25. According to TipRanks.com, Ross is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 10.6% and a
Sharing is Caring! Via Birch Gold Sometimes Congress doesn’t need to pass tax legislation directly. Sometimes it tries to tax retirement savers indirectly. That’s a polite way of saying, picking our pockets… That’s the case with the legislation now known as “Build Back Better Bill.” As is usually the case, the current version of the bill is loaded with
Tornado Cash is about to get a scaling boost as the privacy protocol prepares for deployment on the Ethereum layer two network Arbitrum. Tornado Cash’s smart contracts are ready to roll on thArbitrum Layer 2 scaling network following contributions from the community to ensure the stability of the protocol. The Nov. 29 announcement explained that
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