As the bull market surged higher amid Republicans finalizing their tax bill, CNBC’s Jim Cramer took the temperature of the market to see if the strength could continue. “We still don’t even know what’s finally going to happen in Washington, but as I told you last night, we’re in a ‘damn the torpedoes, full speed […]
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As the bull market surged higher despite holdups in the Republican tax overhaul, CNBC’s Jim Cramer took the temperature of the market to see if the strength could continue. “We still don’t even know what’s finally going to happen in Washington, but as I told you last night, we’re in a ‘damn the torpedoes, full […]
Read moreFor Genesis Mining, the process of bitcoin mining could be described as a meeting of fire and ice. Mining — the method by which new bitcoins are made by a computer solving an extremely complex math puzzle — requires big, energy-intensive computing power to operate. Thus the “fire.” When cryptocurrencies were less popular, a miner […]
Read moreTD Ameritrade is planning to offer clients access to Cboe’s bitcoin futures contract on Monday. The company is one of the top three retail brokerages, according to capital markets research and consulting firm Tabb. In order to be eligible to trade the futures, clients must have a minimum balance of $25,000, according to the brokerage. […]
Read moreSamsung will unveil its new flagship Galaxy S9 smartphone in February, according to Bloomberg. The device will follow Samsung’s popular Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, which were unveiled in March of last year. Samsung typically takes the wraps off of its new Galaxy S devices during the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona, […]
Read moreGoogle is shutting down Tango, the augmented reality platform it launched in 2014. Tweet On the one hand, the move isn’t surprising. Although Tango has been around for years, it never reached mainstream adoption because using its 3D mapping technology required high-tech hardware made specifically to handle it. Meanwhile, Google introduced ARCore, a developer toolkit […]
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As speculative fever for digital currencies surge this year, investors may want to heed the warnings of the most successful investors of our generation. The biggest names in investing such as Druckenmiller, Dalio, Chanos, Gundlach and Klarman are all now criticizing bitcoin, saying the preeminent cryptocurrency has critical flaws. Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller told CNBC Tuesday […]
Read moreFacebook admitted on Thursday that using its social network can be bad for you in some instances. Facebook’s director of research David Ginsberg and research scientist Moira Burke published a post in which they addressed questions about the impact Facebook has on our moods, and revealed some compelling information. “University of Michigan students randomly assigned […]
Read moreNew York tech investor Steve Schlafman was recently texting old high school friends about a tragedy that has hit his hometown of Swampscott, Massachusetts, and communities like it across the country: the opioid crisis. Schlafman, 38, knows over a dozen people from Swampscott who have overdosed and died from these drugs. A few years ago, […]
Read moreA year during which the market exceeded all expectations ends not with investors backing off but rather with them throwing caution to the wind. The trend was particularly prevalent among those who prefer index funds, as ETFs saw their second-biggest week of inflows ever at $31.4 billion, according to fund flow data from Bank of […]
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