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Fintech Focus For April 13, 2021
Monday, April 12, 2021 - 7:23pm | 2278Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth. Source: Oprah Winfrey One Big Thing In Fintech: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has kicked off its review of WisdomTree’s bitcoin ETF application, starting the countdown...
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Fintech Focus For April 1, 2021
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - 5:19pm | 1750Read More...Quote To Start The Day: International Business Machines Corp. expects 80% of its employees to work in a hybrid model after the pandemic, a setup that offers flexibility but also poses challenges for community-building and upward mobility for staff in a virtual workspace. The majority of workers...
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The Latest Barron's Picks And Pans: H&R Block, Intel, Parts ID, Welbilt And More
Sunday, March 28, 2021 - 10:56am | 1122Read More...This weekend's Barron's cover story discusses how to assemble a dividend stock portfolio to retire on. Other featured articles suggest what to buy for a manic market, European stocks cheaper than their U.S. counterparts and the tech stocks returning to dot-com bubble heights. Also, the...
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Fintech Focus For March 24, 2021
Tuesday, March 23, 2021 - 5:37pm | 1742Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. Source: Alexander Graham Bell One Big Thing In Fintech: M1 is staking its claim as an alternative to the gamification of investing popularized by apps like Robinhood but also an alternative to traditional asset...
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Last Week's Notable Insider Buys: News Corp, Microsoft, Snowflake, Walmart And More
Saturday, March 13, 2021 - 12:45pm | 1030Read More...Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors, especially when markets are near all-time highs. A media mogul was among the insiders making purchases this week. Some insiders were buying shares as others were selling them. Conventional wisdom says that insiders and 10%...
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Barron's Latest Picks And Pans: Lowe's, Microsoft, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, ViacomCBS And More
Sunday, March 7, 2021 - 8:19am | 1111Read More...This weekend's Barron's provides some insight into Cathie Wood, one of Barron's 100 most influential women in the United States this year. Other featured articles discuss how Barron's ugly stock picks have fared since last summer, two companies that are reinventing themselves and...
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Fintech Focus For March 3, 2021
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 - 10:57pm | 2042Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Being an entrepreneur is an existential, not just a financial thing. Source: Nassim Nicholas Taleb One Big Thing In Fintech: The electronic Chinese yuan is now being tested in cities such as Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing. No other major power is as far along with a...
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Fintech Focus For February 23, 2021
Monday, February 22, 2021 - 8:15pm | 2037Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “Bitcoin prices have continued their meteoric rise with Tesla, BNY Mellon and Mastercard’s announcements of greater acceptance of cryptocurrencies,” JPMorgan said in a research note last week. “But fintech innovation and increased demand for digital...
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Barron's Latest Picks And Pans: Bank Stocks, BDCs, Blackstone, Fluor, Oracle And More
Sunday, February 21, 2021 - 8:13am | 1202Read More...This weekend's Barron's cover story explores one enterprise software company's transformation into a cloud giant. Other featured articles discuss who dominates the public cloud, who stands to benefit as Texas rebuilds and how to tell when tech companies are overvalued. Also, the...
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How Edtech Multiverse Is Helping Young, Diverse Talent Win Apprenticeships
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - 8:36am | 1048Read More...Multiverse, a U.K.-based ed-tech company, on Jan. 19 formally announced the closure of a $44 million Series B round led by General Catalyst, with participation from Google Ventures, Audacious Ventures, Latitude, SemperVirens, Index Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. As part of the...
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Fintech Focus For February 10, 2021
Tuesday, February 9, 2021 - 9:59pm | 1887Read More...Quote To Start The Day: The question isn’t who is doing to let me, it’s who is going to stop me. Source: Ayn Rand One Big Thing In Fintech: In January 2021, FinTech startups worldwide raised VC/PE investments worth $7.8 billion across 294 deals. In terms of MoM growth, there was a 37.4...
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Barron's Latest Picks And Pans: Roundtable Picks, Quantumscape, Commodities And More
Sunday, January 31, 2021 - 6:24am | 1164Read More...This weekend's Barron's cover story explains why the online renegades that took the investing world by storm are just getting started. Other featured articles offer Barron's Roundtable stock picks for 2021, examine how retail has changed over the past century and ponder what's...
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Benzinga's Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Apple, Boeing, Netflix, Starbucks And More
Saturday, January 30, 2021 - 12:47pm | 1211Read More...Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. The week's bullish calls included tech giants and an aerospace turnaround play. Electric vehicle and video streaming leaders were among the bearish calls seen. The three big U.S. indexes ended the week...
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Versus Game Taps Raised In Space, Winklevoss Brothers, Sway House, Others In $4M Seed Round
Thursday, January 28, 2021 - 10:05am | 686Read More...“Knowledge should be rewarded.” That’s according to serial entrepreneur John Vitti, the CEO at Versus Game, a consumer prediction and social wagering marketplace that just closed a $4-million seed round led by Raised In Space, the joint venture between Scooter Braun’s Ithaca...
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Are You Ready For The 'FANGMAN'? — What To Know About The New Acronym On The Block
Sunday, January 24, 2021 - 4:12pm | 829Read More...After the FANGs, FAANGs and MAGAs, another acronym taking the investment world by storm is FANGMAN. This acronym is used by traders to refer to stocks of seven of the biggest tech companies in the world. The combined market capitalization of these stocks is about $7.9 trillion, which is roughly 25...
