The past few weeks have seen a large bout of volatility in the cryptocurrency market, where the market formed a local top at $53.5k followed by a large whale and miner-driven selloff.
What explains the divergence, and what does it say about market activity for the weeks and months to come? Inflation, expectations for inflation and policy responses to inflation seem to be the key factors at play.
Technology stocks, specifically software names, have rebounded impressively from the tech selloff, delivering 9% and 13% returns in the respective one month and three months, according to Fidelity.
Nasdaq President and Chief Executive Officer Adena Friedman’s efforts to further strengthen the company’s listings leadership and enhance market integrity have landed her in Barron’s Top 30 CEOs of 2021.
When assessing the recent price movements and massive gains in both individual stocks and in the overall market, it seems the pessimism that dominated the past three months has given way to euphoria as evidenced by the recent market highs.
The effects of global climate change on the environment are becoming more and more pronounced, and clean energy emerges as a viable alternative to traditional sources of energy and thus a mechanism for damage control.
What is something that humans have been doing for almost as long as people have been putting food on the table? While hunting comes to mind, certainly, there is something else that isn’t nearly as intensive and benefits from economies of scale. It is, of course, fishing.
Riding high off recent crypto successes, the Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz convinced big-time backers, like pension funds, university endowments, family offices, and others, to pour $2.2 billion into a new crypto investment vehicle.
The movie industry is usually one that’s credited with innovation and development. The industry is barely a century old, yet film production and distribution techniques have changed dramatically over the years. And crypto can take it a step further.
With biotech being a popular destination for investors, both professional and retail, there's a wide array of indexes dedicated to the space. However, the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index (NBI) is arguably the standard to which other biotech indexes are held.
Over the years, one stock play that I have come to love is fading post-earnings moves in companies that report in the “offseason.” Most public companies report their earnings two-to-six weeks after the close of each calendar quarter.
While equities are in an ebullient mood following progress on U.S. infrastructure spending and the Federal Reserve announcement saying that the biggest U.S. lenders could easily withstand a severe recession, paving the way for them to boost dividends and stock buyback programs.