(Photo illustration by Chesnot) Getty Images Bitcoin (BTC) has been on the rise since trading as low as 29,283.97 on July 20. Based upon its September close of 43,438.50 my proprietary analytics shows a risky level for October at 57,814. This level was exceeded in today’s trading. Gapping above its quarterly pivot at 45,713 on… More
Oracle of Delphi: Ancient text carved in stone at the sacred archaeological site at Delphi, Greece getty Over the past 18 months, decentralized finance (defi) has become a thriving alternative to the legacy banking system – an open, trustless sector whose near $200bn valuation rivals the GDP of many nation states. If ranked on this… More
Ecuador’s newly sworn-in President Guillermo Lasso. He allegedly transferred assets to trusts in … [+] South Dakota in 2017 amid reports that questioned his interests in a bank in Panama. (Photo by Cristina Vega RHOR / AFP) (Photo by CRISTINA VEGA RHOR/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images In recent decades, South Dakota has… More
A charging order is by statute the exclusive remedy for a judgment creditor seeking to collect … [+] against a debtor’s interest in an LLC. getty As I have written on many occasions, it is often procedurally difficult for our courts to enter charging orders because they have so little statutory guidance. The so-called Harmonized… More
When it comes to prison, the inmates may stay inside but staff and contractors go in and out of the facilities at all hours of the day. This activity presents a risk for introduction of contraband goods into the prison. While those who are tasked with supervising prison inmates is high, so is the temptation… More
getty Mercifully, it’s the final trading day of September. While the market did not have a correction per se, it was a turbulent month, even by September’s standards. Before the market’s open on September 30th, the Dow DOW was down 2.7% for the month, the S&P 500 was down 3.6%, and the Nasdaq NDAQ was… More
By Kimberly A. Eddleston and Jonas Ruzek, Next Avenue Editor’s note: This article is co-written by a member of the board of editors at EIX.org from The Richard M. Schulze Family Foundation, which is a funder of a Next Avenue. ASSOCIATED PRESS The new, buzzy Netflix NFLX documentary on the late, beloved, iconic public broadcasting TV host, painter Bob… More
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 16: U.S President Joe Biden speaks during an event in the East Room of … [+] the White House September 16, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) Getty Images Over the the last nine months, the Biden administration has enacted nearly $10 billion in student loan forgiveness, using… More
(Photo by Yichuan Cao/NurPhoto) NurPhoto via Getty Images Cisco Systems CSCO set its 52-week intraday high at $60.27 on August 25. The stock is up 28.6% year-to-date and is 4.5% below the high. Longer-term the network equipment company is 63.1% above its October 19, 2020 low of $35.28. On Wednesday, September 15 the stock traded… More
Ask Larry Economic Security Planning, Inc. Today’s column addresses questions about how even with the deeming rules, it can still be possible to receive only retirement benefits before later spousal benefits, survivor’s benefit rates is the record holder dies before claiming and how the WEP and the GPO work. Larry Kotlikoff is a Professor of… More
Topline Capital One Cofounder and CEO Richard Fairbank has been ordered to pay a $637,950 civil penalty to settle charges he violated antitrust laws by repeatedly failing to report stock transactions associated with his compensation package over the past two decades, the Federal Trade Commission announced Thursday. Capital One signage adorns a window of a… More
Artificial intelligence and a hologram of a house and a percent sign. Mortgage concept for housing … [+] mortgage interest rates. Copy space, 3D illustration, 3D rendering getty Artificial Intelligence and its inherent bias seems to be an ongoing contributing factor in slowing minorities home loan approvals. An investigation by The Markup found lenders were… More
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have jumped today with ethereum rival cardano making a huge leap higher—even after Coinbase revealed an ethereum surprise last week. The bitcoin price remains off the closely-watched $50,000 per bitcoin level but ethereum has climbed back over the $3,000 mark after dipping under it earlier today. Now, as cardano and solana… More
The cost of a college education continues to soar with no end in sight. College tuition rises at more than twice the rate of inflation, growing by about 8% per year, on average. At this rate, the cost of a college education will double every nine years. This has many parents understandably concerned about paying… More
getty Chances are at some point in your retirement saving (or spending) life you’ve been asked a question or two about your appetite for risk. For a while, back in the era of Modern Portfolio Theory, the whole concept of “risk” and the investor was the cat’s pajamas. In the old days they even had… More
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