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In which asset class would you direct $10,000 in investment capital – bitcoin or gold? There’s one condition. You can’t touch the funds for 10 long years. According to a Twitter poll crafted by former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, bitcoin and gold are the top choices, with the leading cryptocurrency having overtaken the precious metal as the investment of choice with more than 55% of the vote. Gold, which earlier in the day was leading, puts up a good showing at 37%. The rest of the votes...

Google’s parent company Alphabet has revealed that it will be purchasing popular wearables giant and smartwatch maker Fitbit, in a deal that will be closed soon. Worth $2.1 billion, many analysts agree that this deal has all the makings of a blow-up and could very seriously cement Google’s position as a strong contender in the smartwatch market, a market already largely dominated by Apple. While this is very interesting and important news, the market is starting to wonder whether or not...

Is what is seen by many as an innovation that will spark a revolution in the electronic commerce industry, Google Pay will now accept biometric security confirmations instead of the usual PIN code that people are already used to on the platform.Google Pay is formerly known as the Tez App which has already made its niche in the payments industry in terms of processing of transactions for users. SMS notifications on all transactions done within the Google Pay app recently became available and...

Warren Buffett and his company had their total capital rising to a record of $128 billion during Q3 2019, сovering all the losses and showing the company has some great risk management tools. The measure supposes to help the company’s under-performing stocks, while some market analysts claim it will make the stocks fall faster. Berkshire spent 1.7 billion in Q1, 442 million in Q2, and 700 million in Q3 on repurchasing stocks in 2019. They also have changed the rules by which the stocks...

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is sitting on a massive cash stockpile. Pierre Rochard criticizes the billionaire investor for his strategy of waiting for the value of the U.S. dollar to rise. According to Rochard, Buffett’s strategy is no different from bitcoin HODLers. The Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, has been recently grabbing headlines because of his enormous cash position. As of early November, Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is sitting on $128.2 billion in cash. Analysts...

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest and state-owned oil producer of Saudi Arabia, has announced its plans of Initial Public Offering (IPO) on Sunday, November 3. This is likely to be the largest ever initial stock offering with stocks listed on Saudi’s domestic stock exchange, Tadawul.An unspecified percentage of shares will be available for trading next month as the oil giant plans to raise anywhere between $20-$40 billion. Note that this will be just 1-2% of the stake sale for the company....

Over the last few months, the rising tensions due to the escalating U.S.-China trade war has left global investors in worry. Several analysts have also raised fears of possible recession by the next year.However, some of the indicators still suggest that the U.S. stock market is all poised for a massive rally before the end of 2019. In its latest article, CCN mentions some of the strong indicators that can support the market rally ahead. Some of the powerful indicators include “positive...

Bitcoin, also known as “digital gold,” has outperformed gold every year since 2011. Given the large discrepancy in the market capitalization between bitcoin and gold, bitcoin has more potential to grow over the short to medium term than gold. So far into 2019, contrary to popular belief, bitcoin has failed to demonstrate the characteristics of a safe-haven asset. According to OnChain Capital founder Ran NeuNer, bitcoin, sometimes described as “digital gold,” has outperformed the...

After years of so much speculation, the Diablo 4 video game has been announced by Blizzard Entertainment. And yes, it happened after so much speculation on whether it would ever be created. As it was expected, this was made open at the Blizzcon 2019 where the Diablo 4 was unveiled as a sequel to the Diablo 3. It comes packed with all the fun and adventure that gamers are meant to experience.In a cinematic trailer, we see the return of Lilith the daughter of Mephisto who is the Lord of Hatred....

About a week ago, rumors regarding Google’s parent Alphabet’s decision to acquire American wearable maker Fitbit, surfaced online. Now, Google has officially confirmed that it will buy the Fitbit company in a new deal worth $2.1 billion. This move from Google can be said to be one in the direction of the tech giant’s desire to hold a larger stake in the wearables business, an area mostly dominated by a rival company Apple.An official statement from Google’s Senior Vice President for Devices...