[Insider Monkey, UnSplash] In this article, we discuss the 10 penny stocks Robinhood traders are buying in 2021. Robinhood Markets, the California-based financial technology firm that owns popular stock trading application Robinhood, is expected to debut on the stock market in the coming months, targeting a record market valuation of […]
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[Go Banking Rates, Shutterstock] The lessons of the 2008 housing crisis are a living memory, and the effects of the recession of that era still are being felt. Although today’s housing market is largely hot, experts are bracing for a wave of evictions triggered by pandemic-related disruptions. That, they fear, could […]
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[Axios] The U.S. is starting a national conversation arounda central bank digital currency (CBDC). Why it matters: Several other countries have already experimented with or released early versions of CBDCs. Such a pivot could aid underbanked populations, and help make banking and monetary policy more efficient. Driving the news: The Senate Banking […]
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[The Stadium Reviews] Back in the early 1900s, baseball cards and tobacco were sold together to baseball fans. What initially began as a fun collectors’ item quickly grew into a lucrative hobby for fans to buy and sell. Some cards today are worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, while some […]
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[NBC NEWS, GETTY] The meme of an excited Shiba Inu named Kabosu is officially the most expensive meme NFT ever sold. “Doge,” the image of an excited-looking Shiba Inu considered one of the internet’s most iconic and renown memes, has sold as a nonfungible token, or NFT, for $4 million, […]
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[Bloomberg, Goldin Auctions/Layon Sports Card Shop] Ken Goldin—Market Maker, Evangelist, Therapist—Is Cashing In on Priceless Pieces of Cardboard. Ken Goldin arrived at his office in Runnemede, N.J., at about 8:30 p.m. on March 6 and ordered a Philly cheesesteak with pizza sauce from Luigi’s restaurant. Goldin is a former triathlete and […]
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[The Wallstreet Journal, Getty Images] Hack exposed some U.S. business information, customer data in South Korea and Taiwan McDonald’s Corp. said hackers stole some data from its systems in markets including the U.S., South Korea and Taiwan, in another example of cybercriminals infiltrating high-profile global companies. The burger chain said Friday that it […]
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[MarketWatch, iStock] Some economists suggest the government may be misunderstanding the size of the problem Fast-rising housing costs have helped to push inflation to a 13-year high. But the way that government statisticians track the price of consumer goods may be missing just how explosive home-price growth has been in […]
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[CNBC, Getty Images] Investors may trade cryptocurrency outside of the work week, allowing for after-hours price swings. Fluctuations happen on weekends due to less volume, margin trading and other factors, experts say. Weekend drops may have significant effects as regulators weigh long-term plans for digital currency. Cryptocurrency is known for […]
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[CNBC] Nearly half of millennial millionaires have at least 25% of their wealth in cryptocurrencies, according to the CNBC Millionaire Survey. The results highlight a new generational divide in wealth creation from crypto, with younger investors able to earn vast fortunes from the surge in the prices of bitcoin, ether […]
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