Mike V.
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Barron’s: Here Are the 3 Biggest Mistakes Retirees Make, and How to Avoid Them Retirees are making three mistakes that could jeopardize...
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Mike V.
- Nov 22, 2019
- 1 min
Blockchain
Reuters: Fidelity Secures New York State License Fidelity Digital Assets has been granted a license by New York’s financial regulator,...
Mike V.
- Nov 22, 2019
- 3 min
Weekend Reading
Bloomberg: Selling a Truck to Detroit’s Loyal Owners May Be Tesla’s Toughest Challenge Yet A year before Elon Musk was ready to unveil...
Mike V.
- Nov 15, 2019
- 1 min
Blockchain
Amazon of China goes big on Bitcoin Despite a mixed relationship with crypto, Chinese retail giant Alibaba has partnered with crypto...
Mike V.
- Nov 15, 2019
- 1 min
Weekend Reading
Bloomberg: Fidelity to Baby Boomers: Lay Off the Stocks That’s the message from Fidelity Investments in its third-quarter retirement...
Mike V.
- Nov 8, 2019
- 2 min
Blockchain
Bank of America Is Now Hiring in Blockchain, Not Just Filing Patents The second-largest U.S. bank has begun hiring for blockchain...
Mike V.
- Nov 8, 2019
- 9 min
Weekend Reading
Barron’s: How, and Why, to Build a Social Security ‘Bridge’ With Your 401(k) Most Americans should employ a Social Security “bridge”...
Mike V.
- Oct 25, 2019
- 3 min
Blockchain
4 Cryptocurrency Projects That Successfully Changed Blockchains Choosing the right blockchain is a tough call for any development team....
Mike V.
- Oct 25, 2019
- 4 min
Weekend Reading
JPMorgan Wants to Hire People With Criminal Backgrounds The bank said it wants to broaden its pool of potential employees after already...
Mike V.
- Oct 18, 2019
- 2 min
Blockchain
BMW, General Motors, Ford to Start Testing Blockchain Payments in Cars Five major automakers — BMW, General Motors, Ford, Renault and...
Mike V.
- Oct 18, 2019
- 4 min
Weekend Reading
Bloomberg: Michigan Pulls $600 Million From Ken Fisher After Lewd Remarks The State of Michigan Retirement Fund’s pension account, worth...
Mike V.
- Oct 14, 2019
- 2 min
Blockchain
Bank of America Is Now Hiring in Blockchain, Not Just Filing Patents The second-largest U.S. bank has begun hiring for blockchain...
Mike V.
- Oct 14, 2019
- 5 min
Weekend Reading
Bloomberg: Ken Fisher Shocks With Sexual Remarks, Wonders Why First Ken Fisher shocked his audience with sexist and off-color remarks....
Mike V.
- Oct 4, 2019
- 2 min
Blockchain
Reuters: Central Bank Digital Currency Is ‘Inevitable,’ says the Fed’s Patrick Harker Patrick Harker, president of the Federal Reserve...
Mike V.
- Oct 4, 2019
- 5 min
Weekend Reading
Bloomberg: Grim Start to U.S. Auto Sales Stirs Alarm U.S. auto sales took a big step back in September, setting the stage for hefty...
Mike V.
- Sep 27, 2019
- 2 min
Blockchain
First Singapore Bank Joins JPMorgan’s Blockchain Payments Initiative With the addition of OCBC – the second-largest bank in Southeast...
Mike V.
- Sep 27, 2019
- 3 min
Weekend Reading
Bloomberg: Toyota Is Trying to Figure Out How to Make a Car Run Forever Put together the best solar panels money can buy, super-efficient...
Mike V.
- Sep 20, 2019
- 3 min
Blockchain
Santander Settles Both Sides of a $20 Million Bond Trade on Ethereum Spanish banking giant Santander says it has become the first...
Mike V.
- Sep 20, 2019
- 13 min
Weekend Reading
Housing Starts & Permits Explode Higher In August, Led My Multi-Family After last month big rebound in permits (and drop in starts) both...
Mike V.
- Sep 6, 2019
- 4 min
Blockchain
Bloomberg: Bank of England Urges Libra-Like Reserve Currency to End US Dollar Dominance Bank of England laid out a proposal for an...
Mike V.
- Sep 6, 2019
- 4 min
Weekend Reading
US Factory activity shrinks In August the U.S. manufacturing sector shrank for the first time in three years, providing the latest sign...
Mike V.
- Jun 28, 2019
- 9 min
June Synopsis
Reuters: Overstock Unit tZERO to Launch Digital Currency Wallet, Exchange App Overstock subsidiary tZERO said it has launched a digital...
Mike V.
- Jun 26, 2019
- 6 min
Everything Millennial's Need To Know About Life Insurance
The last thing you want to think about in your twenties is your own death. It’s difficult enough to juggle brunch plans, your love life...
Mike V.
- Jun 7, 2019
- 4 min
Weekend Reading
Auto Market In Graphs Bloomberg: GM and Fiat Chrysler Unmasked as Tesla's Secret Source of Cash For years, Tesla Inc. has hauled in...
Mike V.
- Jun 7, 2019
- 1 min
Blockchain
Major Utility Settlement Coin Project Raises $63 Mln for Commercial Realization The Utility Settlement Coin (USC) project — led by some...
Mike V.
- Jun 3, 2019
- 5 min
May Synopsis
Exercise Officially Makes You Happier Than Money, According to Yale and Oxford Research The team also noticed that certain sports that...
Mike V.
- May 24, 2019
- 5 min
Weekend Reading
Tiger 21 investors raise cash The rich appear to be losing faith in this bull market. The 750 members of Tiger 21, a coalition of...
Mike V.
- May 24, 2019
- 1 min
Blockchain
Russian Central Bank to Consider Gold-Backed Cryptocurrency Russia’s central bank will consider the use of a gold-backed cryptocurrency...
Mike V.
- May 17, 2019
- 2 min
Weekend Reading
Auto-Loan Delinquencies Up China Car Sales Sales for the world's largest auto market continue to deteriorate, passenger vehicle sales in...
Mike V.
- May 17, 2019
- 2 min
Blockchain
EBay Tells World It Will Accept ‘Virtual Currency’ Cryptocurrency users were celebrating fresh rumors about a major adoption push this...
Mike V.
- May 10, 2019
- 5 min
Weekend Reading
WSJ: Morgan Stanley Fires Financial Advisor Linked To College Admissions Scandal Perhaps we shouldn't be surprised, but the latest...
Mike V.
- May 10, 2019
- 4 min
Blockchain
Amazon Opens Blockchain Building Amazon has launched its Managed Blockchain service for wider use among enterprise clients. AT&T, Nestle,...
Mike V.
- May 9, 2019
- 2 min
What the Job Market Looks Like for Today’s College Graduates
The latest crop of college graduates is entering the labor force. And, as always, the graduates will do relatively well. The unemployment...
Mike V.
- May 3, 2019
- 11 min
April Synopsis
Five Companies Represent 35% Of All The S&P 500’s Value Creation Over The Last 5 Years Six companies represent 37% of all the S&P 500’s...
Mike V.
- May 3, 2019
- 4 min
Blockchain
Reuters: Jaguar Land Rover planning to allow helpful car drivers to earn cryptocurrency Jaguar Land Rover, Britain's largest auto...
Mike V.
- Apr 26, 2019
- 5 min
Weekend Reading
Bloomberg: Alphabet's Waymo Reviving Detroit Plant With Self-Driving Cars The birthplace of America’s auto industry and driving culture...
Mike V.
- Apr 26, 2019
- 6 min
Blockchain
You Can Now Shop With Bitcoin on Amazon Using Lightning Bitcoin spenders can now use the lightning network to shop at e-commerce sites...
Mike V.
- Apr 26, 2019
- 4 min
4 Reasons Consumer Goods Brands Are Losing Out To Retailers' Private Labels
Warren Buffett recently took Kraft Heinz to task for its poor performance. Disappointed in the investment Berkshire Hathaway made with...
Mike V.
- Apr 18, 2019
- 3 min
7 Tax Breaks for Startup Entrepreneurs to Take Advantage of in 2019
Across all industries, the average small business pays a tax rate of approximately 19.8 percent, according to tax professor Jean Murray....
Mike V.
- Apr 18, 2019
- 2 min
Weekend Reading
Reuters: Lyft Investors Sue Over Slump, Claiming IPO Was Overhyped Lyft Inc. was sued by investors who claim Wall Street overstated its...
Mike V.
- Apr 18, 2019
- 4 min
Blockchain
IMF and World Bank Launch Educational Blockchain Token The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have launched a crypto...
Mike V.
- Apr 15, 2019
- 4 min
Blockchain
Facebook Seeking $1 Billion in Funding for Crypto Project Social media Facebook seeking to raise as much as a billion dollars in outside...
Mike V.
- Apr 15, 2019
- 3 min
Weekend Reading
FT: Fiat Chrysler joins open pool with Tesla to avoid paying EU emissions fines Fiat Chrysler has agreed to pay Tesla "hundreds of...
Mike V.
- Apr 5, 2019
- 8 min
Blockchain
Fidelity’s Opinion Of Crypto Fidelity, one of the largest asset managers in the world with over $2.46 trillion in assets under...
Mike V.
- Apr 5, 2019
- 4 min
Weekend Reading
Bloomberg: PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler Explore European Venture PSA Group and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles are exploring a partnership to...
Mike V.
- Apr 5, 2019
- 5 min
March Synopsis
Three In Four Americans Remain Afraid Of Autonomous Although there are no autonomous vehicles for sale to the public at the moment, the...
Mike V.
- Mar 29, 2019
- 4 min
Weekend Reading
A Win for Parents, Michigan's new cyberbullying law about to take effect A new law takes effect in Michigan this week that takes aim at...
Mike V.
- Mar 29, 2019
- 3 min
Blockchain
Louis Vuitton-Christian Dior Launching a Blockchain to Track Luxury Goods Luxury brand conglomerate LVMH, owner of the iconic Louis...
Mike V.
- Mar 27, 2019
- 3 min
A Win for Parents, Michigan's new cyberbullying law about to take effect
A new law takes effect in Michigan this week that takes aim at cyberbullying, including hefty fines and jail time for violators convicted...
Mike V.
- Mar 27, 2019
- 2 min
7 Red flags that could trigger an IRS audit of your taxes
1. Too-high deductions Certain deductions you take can’t be fudged without raising some eyebrows at the IRS. For instance, the IRS...