View Bitcoin has backed off 4 percent from three-week highs seen on Friday, but looks to have formed a bull flag – a bullish continuation pattern – on the 4-hour chart. A move above $3,630 would confirm a flag breakout and open the doors to $4,000 (target as per the measured move method). Acceptance below
Month: February 2019
Illinois residents looking to save on taxes may want to start by getting estimates on a move to Alaska. At least that’s the recommendation from personal finance website GOBankingRates, which published a study Tuesday that rates the most and least tax-friendly states for the middle class. The study compared total sales tax, property tax and
Check out the companies making headlines midday on Monday: Avis Budget Group — Shares of the car-rental company jumped 7 percent after Goldman Sachs upgraded it to buy from sell, citing an attractive valuation. The analyst also sees a 36.3 percent upside for Avis over the next 12 months. Electronic Arts — The video-game maker
In 2018, ICOs raised over $7.8 billion USD—up $1.6 billion from the year 2017. Most of these 2018 funds were raised in the first three months of the year. Cryptocurrencies have been on the decline ever since. Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released their new guide to ICOs. This new SEC ICO guide
Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, estimates it will spend more than $20 million this year in building Bakkt, its bitcoin futures trading and custody platform. In an earnings call for Q4, 2018, on Feb. 7, Scott Hill, ICE’s chief financial officer, said the firm’s investment in Bakkt will
Markets always bounce back, but sometimes the climb back to the heights is slower than the drop from them. The U.S. real estate market, like the rest of the economy, took years to recover from the shock of the 2008 financial crisis. Though observers were pleased with the market in 2017 for the first time
Amazon has shown that it is “antithetical” to New York values, and the company should not be allowed to build its second headquarters in Queens until it changes its ways, City Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer told CNBC on Monday. Bramer, deputy leader of the 51-member council, said one reason he is against the HQ2 deal
View Bitcoin gained 7.8 percent on Friday, confirming a falling wedge breakout on the daily chart. The bearish-to-bullish trend change was backed by a jump in trading volumes to levels last seen in mid-November. Prices could soon cross the 50-day moving average resistance at $3,642 and test resistance levels lined up at $3,800 and $4,000
A more accommodative Federal Reserve and the prospects for stable economic growth ahead have promoted Goldman Sachs to close a popular trade that it has backed for the past two years. Companies with low levels of debt compared to capital have been major outperformers since late 2016 just as the Fed was getting its rate-hiking
Check out the companies making headlines midday Friday: Skechers — The shoemaker’s stock jumped 18 percent after the company gave strong profit guidance for the quarter ahead. Skechers reported 2018 was “a year of record sales,” with the fourth quarter breaking above $1 billion in sales for the first time. Goodyear Tire — Shares of
Around one-third of Americans use Amazon.com to buy just about everything. The company holds around 90 million US-based Prime members and the average subscriber spends around $1,000 annually on the site. The wide assortment of products at low prices has helped make Amazon one of the most valuable companies in the world. Except, its frequent
Voyager, a cryptocurrency brokerage startup founded by veterans of Uber and E*Trade, is going public on Canada’s TSX Venture Exchange through a reverse merger valued at $60 million. A reverse merger occurs when a privately held company acquires the majority of shares in a publicly traded one and the two firms are combined. In this
A new study by realtor.com finds that the vast majority of Generation Z values homeownership and sees it as a life goal. VHT Studios/Baird & Warner A large number of the Generation Z population might live with their parents now, but that doesn’t mean they don’t want to eventually own a home. Nearly 80% of the
An estate on Indian Creek Island sold for $50 million, making it the most expensive single-family home ever sold in the Miami area, according to people familiar with the deal. The property, at 3 Indian Creek Island Road, was not officially listed, but had sold in 2012 for $47 million. At the time, that marked
Perhaps two of the sweetest words retirees long to hear are “tax free.” Though workers are told to put every spare pre-tax cent into a traditional 401(k) at work, the reality is that once the time comes to tap that account for income in retirement, income taxes will follow. Here’s the bright side: You can
The earnings deluge continues and inflation reports are due, but it will be the tone of trade talks in Beijing that could have the biggest impact on markets in the week ahead. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin head to China, as the U.S. and Chinese still appear to be far
Ripple has added 11 new universities to its University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI). With a strong emphasis on developing the upcoming generation of developers, the UBRI is designed to develop blockchain-focused academia and research. Ripple is extending its footprint globally by adding 11 new universities to its program. 11 New Universities to UBRI The UBRI launched
South Korean-headquartered cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb has launched a global over-the-counter (OTC) trading desk for digital assets. Announcing the news on Thursday, the firm said that the new Hong Kong-based venture – Ortus – is a “block deal, matchmaking service” for institutional clients. In an OTC deal, two parties trade directly with each other, unlike on
Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Selling homeGetty I wrote last month that the market for potential reverse mortgage borrowers is limited to high-end income, highly educated people in stable neighborhoods with appreciating homes. RMs may make sense for some, but decidely not all. I aim to extend my analysis of the
When 55places.com, an online resource for active adult communities in the U.S., identified the most affordable places to retire in 2019, one sun-drenched state — Florida — stood out by landing four of the top five spots, if not the No. 1 perch itself, which goes to the most populous city in a much chillier
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ high-profile run-in with the publisher of the National Enquirer over a series of salacious photos seems to have rattled investors, CNBC’s Jim Cramer included. “It’s the last thing I want linger on,” the “Mad Money” host said on Friday. “But I’ve got to say I was surprised that the CEO of
With little apparent progress in U.S.-China trade talks, the Trump administration could be about to open up a new front in the trade wars by taking on the European auto industry — and that could spook markets. U.S. negotiators head to China next week, and while there are few signs any kind of deal is
A new Bitcoin (BTC) scam website has emerged. Back in 2017, when the cryptocurrency market hit mainstream news, scam sites began blowing up. Since everyone was so desperate to get their hands on digital currency or invest in a project that could give them 10X the return, the scammers often won. Now, cryptocurrency investors are
Creditors of the failed cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX are bracing for a fight – among themselves. Customers who had fiat currency balances at the exchange before it went offline and sought protection from creditors in a Canadian court last week are beginning to argue they should be paid back first from recovered assets. But they expect customers
The 11,700 sq. ft house is asking $24.5M.Kris Tamburello There’s a new home overlooking Biscayne Bay that could become the highest priced single-family home in Bal Harbour if it sells for its $24.5 million asking price. Designed by team Choeff Levy Fischman—the same architects behind the ’floating’ home of a certain famous rapper—this 8-bedroom, 9-bath house makes use of a similar architectural approach
Sears was granted a new lifeline on Thursday as its sale to Chairman Eddie Lampert, through an affiliate of his hedge fund ESL Investments, was approved by Judge Robert Drain. The approval guarantees that Sears will live on at least until Friday, when Lampert’s $5.2 billion deal to buy the company is expected to close.
View The immediate outlook on bitcoin will remain bearish while prices are held below the 6-hour chart 50-candle moving average, currently at $3,471. Litecoin’s BTC-denominated exchange rate (LTC/BTC) clocked seven-month highs earlier today. A close above 0.010182 would confirm an inverse head-and-shoulders breakout and open up upside toward 0.013. The rally, however, may not happen
Shares of Twitter slid nearly 10 percent on Thursday following earnings. But Ritholtz Wealth Management CEO and Twitter shareholder Josh Brown is sticking with the name, saying that “big picture this was a great quarter for revenue” and “things are going well and I’m happy from what I heard as a shareholder.” On Thursday the
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: SunTrust, BB&T – BB&T is combining with SunTrust in a $66 billion merger of equals. SunTrust shareholders will get just under 1.3 BB&T shares for each share they now own, valuing SunTrust at $62.85 per share, a seven percent premium to yesterday’s close. Twitter – Twitter
Web browser Opera announced earlier today that Android users can now buy Ethereum (ETH) directly from its browser wallet. For reference, ETH is currently selling for $104.75 USD per coin according to CoinMarketCap. Buying Ethereum on Opera To make Ethereum transactions possible in this manner, Opera has partnered with regulated crypto brokerage Safello to provide
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