Adam Mesh, CEO and Founder of Adam Mesh Trading joins me on the show again but this time to get his thoughts on the historic rise in Bitcoin this year. We address the bullish and bearish comments as well as how Bitcoin can be used to speculate on other cryptocurrencies. (Audio length 00:14:16)
Adam Mesh, CEO and Founder of Adam Mesh Trading joins me on the show again but this time to get his thoughts on the historic rise in Bitcoin this year. We address the bullish and bearish comments as well as how Bitcoin can be used to speculate on other cryptocurrencies. (Audio length 00:14:16)
All eight indexes on our world watch list have posted gains for 2017 through December 18. The top performer thus far is Hong Kong’s Hang Seng with a gain of 32.04%, followed by India’s BSE SENSEX at 26.34%. In third is our own S&P 500 with 20.16%. 2017 YTD Performance Here is an overlay of…
Written by Liv-ex Market summary: cautious optimism The market remains full of cautious optimism. All of the Liv-ex indices rose in 2017, but at a much more modest pace than in 2016. A fluctuating exchange rate is altering the level of demand for certain regions, with Bordeaux being particularly affected. The Fine Wine 50 – tracking…
Shares of home health companies Amedisys (AMED), LHC Group (LHCG) and Almost Family (AFAM) are all down following a report that Humana (HUM) is in talks to buy Kindred Health (KND). HUMANA, KINDRED TALKS: Humana is in advanced talks to join private equity firms Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe and TPG in a deal to…
This… Video length: 00:00:16 The Dow closed at its 70th record high of the year… it has never done that before in its 100-year-plus history. Additionally, S&P is most overbought (weekly RSI) since 1958… There have been no down months since Trump elected and 2017 is shaping up to be a ‘Perfect Year’ This would be the…
I tire of hearing people who had one (or no) class in economics saying “the magic of the marketplace” will lead to the optimal outcome. What teaching finance has made me realize is that information problems are rife in many economic interactions. And one can’t be a student of currency crises without being even more…
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At its most recent meeting, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates. This was in line with expectations. Analysts warned the rate hike was coming for months. But the Fed delivered a surprising outlook for next year: Officials expect strong economic growth. We saw this when the Fed released an update to its dot plot. Analysts think of this…
It’s an amazing feeling to know I can make money anytime I want. It’s not that I have some super-rare skills, although ring announcing is harder than it looks. (I’m a boxing ring announcer in my spare time. Seriously.) But with a few mouse clicks, I can get several hundred to several thousand dollars deposited…
