Traders’ risk appetites are actually holding up relatively well, despite abysmal Chinese trade figures overnight ( -4.4%, -7.6%), the likelihood of a failed vote on UK PM May’s Brexit deal… Read more »
Getty Images Retailers rang up the strongest sales in 2019 in six years, credit card issuer MasterCard says. It’s more proof of a a sturdy U.S. economy that… Read more »
US dollar jumps across the board Rumors of the dollar’s demise were greatly exaggerated. The US dollar has jumped to session highs across the board. CPI was a fraction higher… Read more »
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Travis Kling Travis Kling, a former Point72 Asset Management executive, a hedge fund that oversees $12.4 billion in assets, said that there is a big chance crypto becomes the best… Read more »
This Christmas week really was one for the history books. Whiplash, anyone? On Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial … Read more »
Bloomberg News/Landov Pending sales of U.S. homes fell again in November, reflecting a prolonged downturn in the housing market tied to higher mortgage rates and home prices., The… Read more »
The film “The Big Short” is about how Michael Burry’s Scion Capital and others famously uncovered the housing bubble and sought to profit from it. Fir Tree Capital Management was… Read more »
News In this latest roundup of crypto chatter from social media, Vitalik Buterin sparks debate by declaring that he doesn’t believe in proof of work. Also, developer Rhett Creighton is… Read more »