Month: December 2021

Attorney Sidney Powell looks at attorney L. Lin Wood as he speaks during a press conference on election results in Alpharetta, Georgia, December 2, 2020. Elijah Nouvelage | Reuters A lawyer allied with former President Donald Trump hosted numerous conspiracy theorists looking to overturn the results of the 2020 election at his South Carolina plantations,
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Nasdaq-listed Microstrategy has bought more bitcoin for its corporate treasury. The latest purchase for 1,914 coins has raised the company’s total cryptocurrency holdings to 124,391 bitcoins. CEO Michael Saylor recently said that he expects the price of the cryptocurrency to eventually reach $6 million. Microstrategy Has Purchased More Bitcoin The pro-bitcoin Nasdaq-listed company Microstrategy has
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Today’s Social Security column addresses questions about how income earned after previous earnings are inflation indexed at 62 affect how benefits rates are calculated, recalculation of WEP reductions due to substantial covered earnings and the family maximum benefit. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University and the founder and president of Economic
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What Is Venmo? Venmo has emerged as one of the most popular apps for electronically transferring funds from one party to another. Its explosive growth is largely driven by millennials, who even use its name as a verb, as in: “I’ll Venmo you for the food.” Venmo was originally created by Iqram Magdon-Ismail and Andrew
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While the world of wealth management is one of mergers, acquisitions and celebrating growing AUM totals, it is also one that occasionally includes client deception, federal indictments and criminal behavior. The past 12 months have seen several new allegations brought to light, as well as a number of lingering cases finally reaching resolution after years
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Telluride, Colorado, is a Rocky Mountain gem. A world-class ski resort with luxury real estate, the historic former mining town is surrounded by the towering 13,000-foot mountain peaks of the San Juan Mountains, measures about one square mile and has a population of about 2,500. Located in southwestern Colorado, Telluride has its own distinctive four-season
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About Fresnillo plc Fresnillo plc is the world’s largest primary silver producer and Mexico’s largest gold producer, listed on the London and Mexican Stock Exchanges under the symbol FRES. Fresnillo plc has seven operating mines, all of them in Mexico – Fresnillo, Saucito, Ciénega (including the San Ramón satellite mine, Las Casas Rosario & Cluster
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The short-term action is helping put “green shoots” on this gold chart… by Stewart Thomson of Graceland Updates 1.   “Stay away from fiat money…. It’s fake money made of paper and lies.” – Ricardo Salinas Pliego, Chairman of Grupo Salinas, Dec 24, 2021.   2.   Ricardo is one of Mexico’s most successful business owners, and a bitcoin enthusiast.  I’m less
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Jimmy Cayne, the irascible, iconoclastic and penultimate chief executive of the defunct investment bank Bear Stearns, has died aged 87 in Long Branch, New Jersey, after suffering complications from a stroke. He led the firm as a top executive for 22 years (including 15 as chief executive) through many of its greatest triumphs — among
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Inflation itself proved to be one of the biggest price surprises of 2020. Energy costs supplied the push. In a particularly strong period for commodities, crude oil stood out. Yet even this rally pales beside European natural gas prices. In the UK, near-term costs have soared by roughly four times. What happens next depends on
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Like many other industries, the world of wealth management has spent the past 12 months tackling diversity and inclusion (somewhat) head-on after generations of sidestepping the conversation. Built on promises by industry leaders in 2020 to provide opportunity and plant seeds for a more inclusive environment in the years to come, new initiatives were launched
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Major South Korean crypto exchanges including Upbit, Bithumb and Korbit will follow Coinone’s lead in banning transfers to non-verified wallets, industry analysts say.  Yesterday Coinone announced that it would reject deposits from unverified private wallets starting Jan. 24 to reduce the risk of money laundering. All Korean exchanges, including Upbit, Bithumb, Korbit and 20 others,
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The number of cryptocurrency ATMs around the world has grown exponentially in 2021, with over 20,000 new installations made since last December. That’s more than the total of all crypto teller machines put into operation in the previous seven years. Close to 34,000 Crypto ATMs Available Globally ATM locations offering users options to buy and
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