Analysis streaming out from Wall Street suggests that the year 2020 has a lot of profitable stocks available for investors who choose such companies as Facebook, Verizon, and McDonald’s, among others.Key PointsHigh yield stocks up for grabs in 2020.Facebook’s politically-induced woes may finally pay off in 2020.Verizon’s commitment to its core values makes it a company to watch out for in 2020.McDonald’s introduces innovative ideas that are stock boosters.McDonald’s to Become a More...
Read More »Instagram’s Boomerang Gets New Features to Compete with TikTok
Instagram’s Boomerang has received an upgrade. Apart from looping, users of the social networking platform will be able to do a bit more with their videos. The platform has introduced new tools to try to compete with TikTok.The features have been expected by many users. One of the features is the trimming effect. This improves playback control for videos when editing. Other effects include “SlowMo” which reduces playback by 50%, “Echo” which produces blurry playback and “Duo” which produces...
Read More »Justin Sun Teases New ‘Multibillion Benefits’ Program
Just when we got worried that something happened to him, the head of the Tron Foundation Justin Sun popped out with, what seems to be, his new project.Calling it a “secret project” that will bring “multibillion benefits” to the TRX ecosystem, Sun tackled the public opinion once again.However, let’s just bear in mind that the young Sun has pretty much famous for his sensationalist announcements with numbers that would shame even the one and only – Donald Trump.The same goes to forecasting...
Read More »CME Group Is Launching Its Bitcoin Options amid High Anticipation in the Market
It seems that traditional institutions are finally realizing that no-can-do without cryptocurrencies anymore. If we look at the market movements, there is huge impatience for the launch of CME Group Inc. options that should happen today.It is interesting because it is not the first of a kind. Bakkt that is under New York Stock Exchange parent Intercontinental Exchange Inc. began with the work in December last year. Moreover, as we have recently reported, yesterday FTX crypto derivatives...
Read More »Saudi Aramco Raises Its IPO to Record $29.4B by Selling 450M Additional Shares
Saudi Aramco is a Saudi Arabian national petroleum and natural gas company. In December 2019, the company in its IPO initially raised $25.6 billion which already then was a record-setting number. They sold 3 billion shares worth $8.53 (or 32 riyals) a share. Already at the beginning of the IPO, the company stated that they might sell additional shares through the greenshoe option. It’s also called over-allotment of shares, which means that companies are allowed to issue more shares in the...
Read More »World’s Most Precious Metal Rhodium Surges 32% in the First Few Days of 2020
Rhodium, the world’s most precious metal is on an astounding rally since the start of 2020. Under just around 10 days to the start of the year, the rhodium metal price has surged more than 32% so far.The costliest metal started 2020 with its price around $5500 per ounce. However, in the last days, it has been on a massive price rally. The rhodium price is currently trading around $7900 levels.Analysts are suggesting that the metal commodities have recently shot due to rising geopolitical...
Read More »Aston Martin Is in Last-Minute Talks with Lawrence Stroll and Geely Group
Aston Martin is in last-minute talks with the Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll. Reports indicate that the owner of the Racing Point Formula One team and the luxury carmaker are in talks. This is an effort by the carmaker to shore up finances. The company had a less than exciting performance last year. Lawrence Stroll and Aston Martin are said to be in talks to raise £200 million (about $260 million) in a fresh round of financing.Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc. Limited is also in...
Read More »PNC’s Amanda Agati Warns Investors Not to Sell Stocks as Markets Trade at All-Time High
The stock markets had some phenomenal rally last year in 2019 with Dow Jones and S&P 500 indices hitting their all-time highs. However, with markets trading at such high optimism, analysts have started working out whether it’s the right time to cash-in or not.PNC Financial’s Amanda Agati thinks that selling can be the biggest mistake investors can make right now. Speaking to CNBC, Agati said that the market has a lot more surprises in store. She adds that the market is still not at its...
Read More »FTX Derivatives Exchange Launches Bitcoin Options Trading
FTX crypto derivatives exchange platform has begun services for Bitcoin (BTC) options. The announcement came in a tweet posted on Saturday from FTX CEO Bankman-Fried.Options are live!https://t.co/B85lrLVDQO— SBF (@SBF_Alameda) January 12, 2020The announcement did not include any specific details about the offering, only that its Bitcoin options. However, in another tweet just about two hours later, the CEO said the platform had hit $1m in volume, since the launch.FTX Bitcoin OptionsEven as...
Read More »Bitcoin’s Consolidation Past $8,000 Price Levels Strengthens Its Safe-Haven Status
BTC/USD is presently trending at $8,091 (-1.1% from the start of the day). The coin retreated from an intraday high of $8,195.81, although the trend is quite bullish.As per Arcane Research, Bitcoin volumes have more than increased in seven days. The organization found that the 7-day normal every day exchanging volume spiked 126% all through the underlying seven day stretch of 2020 and came to $1.5 billion, exchanged on January 8, contrast with a dismal $192 million as of January 1. This...
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