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Stocks surged at the open, one day after posting their worst day since the Oct. 1987 crash. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1,238 points, for a gain of 5.8%. The S&P 500 rose 5.2%, while the Nasdaq Composite jumped 5.7%.The Dow Jones Industrial Average index was more than 1,200 points higher at the open on Friday amid market recovery from yesterday’s fall.The Dow Jones jumped 5.32% at the opening bell. Intel Corp (NASDAQ: INTC) was among the best performers, adding 9.16%. The...

Fear over the spread of the coronavirus tightened its grip on global stock markets. The indexes clearly reflect the situation. In the premarket Dow Futures lost over 600 points.The massive coronavirus-induced sell-off on Wall Street continued in premarket trade on Friday with the Dow Futures dropping over 600 points.Treasury yields continued to slide with the yield on the 10-year note falling below 1.20%. Meanwhile, oil prices declined for the sixth consecutive session.After losing nearly...

The global markets have been bleeding for the fourth straight day in a row after the U.S. Health officials warned against a possible coronavirus outbreak. In just four days the S&P 500 has crashed over 10% registering its fastest crash to date. Dow has lost 1000 points.Things are clearly not looking good for the global markets as threats of a global coronavirus outbreak intensifies. On Thursday, the Dow Jones dropped 4.5% over 1000 points dragging down several bluechip stocks as well!On...

Over the last few years, the giant stake in Apple (AAPL) stocks acquired by a prominent investor Warren Buffett has paid off significantly with more than 80% returns.Warren Buffett‘s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE:BRK.A) (NYSE:BRK.B) is an investment behemoth with a great ability to select the right purchases. Regardless of the general volatility in most financial markets, Berkshire Hathaway has pulled in significant results from its investments over the last couple of years. Last year, Warren...

Berkshire Hathaway has added Kroger to its long list of investment stakes. Warren Buffett’s company has purchased nearly 19 million shares of the retail giant. BRK.B is up.Big business is almost always filled with investments and acquisitions. These investments are strategic by companies that believe the move will do wonders for their overall business. While the reason for the specific reasons might not always be known to the public, it is always interesting to see the choices. Another...

Citigroup and Goldman Sachs have performed the very first equity swap over the Ethereum blockchain.Citigroup and Goldman Reach a MilestoneSuch a swap involves one party making a payment to the other in exchange for a return asset. The process is undergoing a period of testing in which an additional 13 organizations will take part. The swap also ensures that each party to engage will have access to the same data, ensuring there are no issues across the board and lessening the chances for...

The Ethereum-alike blockchain network from Axoni is under development and usage among Goldman Sachs and Citigroup members. Two banks conducted the first equity swap on a new blockchain.This is a milestone in the development of corporate blockchains. Citigroup has already conducted transactions with Goldman Sachs via the secretive blockchain. The first deal occurred on January 28.The blockchain solutions company Axoni launches a distributed ledger network. It was founded in 2013, gathered...

Indexes went strongly up today as investors were waiting for the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision (probably stays the same). Traders were also focused on the economic data published today. The Census Bureau reported wholesale inventories decrease of 0.1% in December, while the trade deficit increased $5.3 billion compared to November. Some companies have already released their quarterly earnings and some are still waited for.The Dow Jones Industrial Average went up at the open by...

Nowadays we are witnessing the rise of palladium. Since we are trying to be all “Greta Thunbergh-ish” meaning eco-friendly, we have realized that platinum and palladium are the metals to invest in.The rise of the popularity of hybrid electric cars went on further with the palladium increasing by 25% over the past two weeks to more than $2,500 an ounce. Of course, this also tackled an interest in palladium’s twin – platinum.At its current price, palladium has been almost doubled from the same...

Ever since the geopolitical tensions in the Middle East where top Iranian military commander Qassem Soleimani died, the incident is the main explainer for why gold reached six-year highs. Now when in the recent days the Swiss Franc is surging, Goldman Sachs Co-Head of Global Foreign Exchange Zach Pandl believes it could be because it may be being used as a proxy for gold. He says that CHF follows gold in terms of price swings. Pandl said that on Monday morning it was trading around...