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2024-02-05 09:30:00 ET Summary Charlie Shrem, an American entrepreneur and long-time fixture in the cryptocurrency world, says he believes the floodgates are opening for public and private investing in the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency arenas. Shrem highlights several exciting new te...

2024-01-31 02:26:00 ET Summary In the US, December’s Consumer Price Index rose 3.3% year over year, well off its peak of 8.9% in June of 2022, but still above the Fed’s 2% target. We expect labor markets to stay resilient in 2024, but with job creation slowing to mor...

2024-01-31 01:00:00 ET Summary During 2023, the higher rate environment was a source of competition for the equity income category. Higher rates and how it impacts companies really depends on how well-run the company is at the end of the day. If rates stay higher for longer, I...

2024-01-26 11:00:00 ET Summary Mark Mahaney, senior managing director at Evercore ISI, believes bullish trends in digital advertising, cloud computing, and subscription entertainment pricing will help drive tech sector growth in 2024. James West, senior managing director at Everco...

2024-01-26 01:30:00 ET Summary Investors could consider finally buying bonds under the assumption that they will earn reasonable yields and, when we do have periods of slowing economic growth and/or market shocks. Equities will remain a ballast and will likely continue to be drive...

2024-01-22 20:25:00 ET Summary A table that Refinitiv publishes only occasionally is valuable since it gives perspective on the S&P 500 sector’s market cap weight in the benchmark, versus that same sector’s earnings. The problem in the late 1990s for large-cap te...

2024-01-22 12:50:00 ET Summary Geopolitical fragmentation is accelerating, as seen with recent events in Asia and the Middle East. We see it keeping inflation pressures elevated longer term. U.S. stocks climbed to record highs last week. The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield rose as mar...

2024-01-20 01:50:00 ET Summary Digital assets have become a fascinating and sometimes perplexing phenomenon in the financial landscape. Cryptocurrencies offer decentralized and borderless transactions challenging the long-established norms of the financial system. When we thin...

2024-01-17 06:30:00 ET Summary U.S. stocks could run with hopes for inflation to fall to target and sharp rate cuts into 2024. We stay selective as we expect resurgent inflation to come into view. U.S. stocks climbed and the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield fell last week. The December...

2024-01-15 13:15:00 ET Summary Implications of the SEC's approval of new bitcoin exchange-traded funds. Bitcoin ETFs now available to mainstream American markets. Canada's spot bitcoin ETF market. Transcript Greg Bonnell: The US Securities and Exc...