A U.S.-China trade deal, less bad corporate earnings or positive economic reports could all be catalysts to push stocks back to their all-time highs. The S&P 500 Wednesday was just 2 percent below its September high of 2,940, and it has regained 23 percent from its late December low. While analysts expect stocks to set
Month: April 2019
It’s been nearly six months in the making and now the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has finally published its regulatory guidelines for token issuers. Though many questions remain unanswered, crypto enthusiasts have finally got some clarity on the issue of “tokens as securities.” SEC Guidelines The SEC Guidelines focus on tokens and how
The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is soon to trial bitcoin and ether trades with help from Canadian fintech firm Blockstation. The two firms jointly announced Wednesday that they have entered into an agreement to enable live trading of digital assets including security tokens in a “regulated and secured” environment. The trial of bitcoin and ether
Robert Shaw, Roger Staubach, Jerry Jones, Charlotte Jones Anderson, Stephen Jones Dallas Cowboys If you live in North Texas, you pretty much worship the Dallas Cowboys, and the team’s most famous quarterback, Roger Staubach. Starting next year, Cowboys fans can live right next door to their dream team’s 91 acre world headquarters and practice facility in
The biggest one-week rate drop in a decade unleashed a run on refinances last week, although it did not especially spur spring buyers. Mortgage application volume surged 18.6 percent from the previous week and 28 percent from a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Refinance applications jumped 39 percent for
The cryptocurrency market sprang back to life with bitcoin’s surge to 4.5-month highs yesterday. But why? The leading cryptocurrency by market value jumped nearly $1,000 to $5,080 in a sixty-minute window early on Tuesday, confirming a transition from a bear market to a bull market. While the bullish breakout is a welcome development following a
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday said the packaged food industry appears to be rebounding after falling into trouble waters in recent months. General Mills and J.M. Smucker have lead the way, he said. “As much as I hate to chase, I think General Mills is too cheap and too good to ignore here,” the “Mad
It’s financial literacy month, do you know where your retirement is? CNBC Chairman Mark Hoffman rings the NASDAQ opening bell today to kick off the special month, created in 2003 to teach Americans how to establish and maintain healthy financial habits. Americans can sure use help with retirement. Baby boomers, in particular, have not saved
Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Gamestop sank 8 percent in extended trading Tuesday after the company reported that same-store sales decreased 5 to 10 percent, compared to decrease of 0.2 percent estimated by analysts. The company also reported mixed fourth-quarter earnings. Gamestop posted earnings per share of $1.60 on
It has been a while since we last saw a major Bitcoin price increase, but Tuesday seems to be a big day for crypto traders as BTC jumped over 20% to cross the physiological mark of $5000 on the Luxembourg-based Bitstamp exchange. Other virtual currencies also rose, with Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH) climbing
Cryptocurrency startup TrustToken has launched its second stablecoin – one pegged 1:1 to the British pound. Revealing the news exclusively to CoinDesk on Tuesday, the firm said its new TrueGBP token is now available for trading on over-the-counter (OTC) desks, including Alameda Research, Bluefire Capital, Galois Capital and QCP Capital. The firm is working to make
Rapper-actor-producer 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) (Valery Hache/AFP/Getty Images) Getty It seemed destined at the time. His moniker is 50 Cent. The address is 50 Poplar Hill Drive. The colossal house is 50,000 square feet. It boasts 50+ rooms. The numbers all added up. 50 Cent’s home had 52 rooms, spanning 50,000 square feet. Courtesy
Home price gains are about to take off again, according to Corelogic. The real estate data and analytics company predicts that annual gains in home prices could hit close to 5 percent by 2020, thanks to falling interest rates. Last spring, home values were seeing an annual gain nationally of around 7 percent. But rising
It’s a bullish day in the cryptosphere. Paypal makes a blockchain investment and Bitcoin jumps above $5,079 USD. Bitcoin Jump: April Fool’s Joke? Bitcoin gained 21% in early trade and has now slightly corrected back down to $4,712 according to CoinMarketCap. However, no one knows why the Bitcoin jump happened in the first place. Now,
Bitcoin’s price has emerged above three major moving averages for the first time in nearly 15 months on Tuesday. The development is a byproduct of the cryptocurrency’s surge above $5,000 during Tuesday’s trading session, representing an increase in excess of 20 percent. A moving average (MA), when used in financial analysis, is simply a continuously
Tesla’s stock is working to get its groove back and there is an argument to be made that the share price could be ready to soar from its current levels, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said. He turned to technical analyst Bob Moreno, who Cramer noted called the market-wide bottom in December, to understand how the electric
The S&P 500 is starting off April with a bang, at its high for the year and now only about 2% from the old historic closing high of 2,930 on September 20th of last year. April is the best month for the Dow Industrials (up 13 straight years), and the third best month for the
Lyft may have launched with a frothy stock price in a not so frothy stock market. The ride share company’s freshly minted stock, after an initial surge, fell below its offer price on its second day of trading Monday, a warning that other hyped unicorns may have to be more conservative about their price in
Where Bitcoin (BTC) goes, the rest of the crypto market tends to follow. And with the top ten in green, it stands to reason that Bitcoin price is also faring nicely. In fact, BTC price as of late has been giving investors food for thought. The first three months of 2019 have seen the coin
Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Coincheck has launched an over-the-counter (OTC) cryptocurrency trading service aimed at institutional clients, the firm said Monday. While the service seem primarily to serve bitcoin trades, Coincheck said it will consider trades in other cryptocurrencies. Coincheck said its OTC trading desk will allow customers to buy and sell a minimum of 50 bitcoins ($205,423
If you’re going through a divorce, deciding how to divide the home you share with your spouse can be one of the more complicated conversations you’ll have. Unlike other assets that must be divided, your home often has many emotions and memories tied to it. For example, if you’ve raised children in it, you may
A sharp drop in interest rates last week suddenly made millions more borrowers eligible to refinance their mortgages. With the average rate on the 30-year fixed now close to 4 percent, 4.9 million borrowers could likely qualify for a refinance that could reduce their interest rates by at least three-quarters of a percentage point, according
The first quarter of 2019 was a breath of fresh air for the cryptocurrency market, having recorded its first quarterly increase in overall network valuations since the fourth quarter of 2017. Interestingly, however, bitcoin is among the least significant price gainers so far this year while still flashing a noteworthy Q1 increase of 10 percent.
Fentanyl issues could derail the prospects of a U.S.-China trade deal if the Chinese government does not crack down on the highly-addictive pain relieve in good faith, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday. “We may eventually get a trade deal, but it won’t be quick, it won’t be easy, and you certainly shouldn’t be buying stocks
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: CarMax — The auto retailer reported quarterly profit of $1.13, 9 cents a share above estimates. Its revenue fell below Street forecasts. Comparable-store used car sales were up 2.8 percent compared to a year earlier. Lyft — Lyft priced its initial public offering at $72 per
Litecoin’s (LTC) price has doubled in the first three months of 2019 to register its best first-quarter performance on record. The fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is currently trading at $61, representing a 100 percent gain on January’s opening price of $30. It clocked a six-month high of $64.20 earlier this month, according to Bitfinex
Originally built in 1917, Cow Hollow Residence features a First Bay Region Tradition style. Open Homes Photography At nearly $3 million, this isn’t your typical treehouse—no crooked ladders, haphazard flooring or windowless walls here. But it was virtually built from scratch in San Francisco. Make that rebuilt. And it’s just as charming, cozy and harmonious
Homebuyers signed 1 percent fewer contracts to buy existing homes in February compared with January, according to the National Association of Realtors’ pending home sales index. These contracts are a harbinger of closed sales one to two months later. Pending contracts were 4.9 percent lower tha a year earlier. “In January, pending contracts were up
View Bitcoin’s current trading range of $3,920–$4,055 could be breached to the downside, as last week’s doji candle created at the key 21- week moving average resistance is signaling bullish exhaustion. A downside break of the trading range, if confirmed, could yield a sell-off toward the support levels lined up at $3,775 and $3,658. On the
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