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Fintech Focus For August 16, 2021
Sunday, August 15, 2021 - 1:12pm | 2685Quote To Start The Day: “The way that I manage risk has changed materially. I try as often as I can to think about multi-decade holding periods for the things that we own. In the moment, it is hard, but then you figure out guardrails to stay in an infinite mindset. If I’m thinking over...
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Fintech Focus For June 21, 2021
Sunday, June 20, 2021 - 11:23pm | 2057Quote To Start The Day: "We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful.” Source: Warren Buffett One Big Thing In Fintech: Successive hearings before the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have focused national attention on...
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Fintech Focus For June 15, 2021
Monday, June 14, 2021 - 8:38pm | 1665Quote To Start The Day: “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” Source: Colin Powell One Big Thing In Fintech: Billionaire investor Mark Cuban is very bullish on the future of DeFi, or decentralized finance, and DAOs, or...
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Fintech Focus For January 28, 2021
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 7:11pm | 2075Quote To Start The Day: I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education. Source: Bruce Lee One Big Thing In Fintech: StockCharts, the web's leading technical analysis and financial charting platform for online retail investors, today announced that they have eclipsed 1.6 million users...
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Fintech Focus For December 2, 2020
Tuesday, December 1, 2020 - 7:02pm | 2069Quote To Start The Day: It’s possible to transcend anything that doesn’t kill you. Source: David Goggins One Big Thing In Fintech: The digitization of financial markets in Africa will continue to accelerate as local investors seek diversified access to higher-yield financial products....
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Fintech Focus For November 17, 2020
Monday, November 16, 2020 - 7:48pm | 2009Quote Of The Day: Let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love. - Mother Teresa Fintech Movers: So far, in 2020 (January to October), FinTechs have raised approximately $35.69 billion compared to the $37.07 billion raised in the same period in 2019. - MEDICI...
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Fintech Focus For October 15, 2020
Wednesday, October 14, 2020 - 6:26pm | 2121Quote Of The Day: There needs to be a sweet spot between the brand and your community. - Danny Cortenraede Fintech Movers: [W]e think that over the next five years, Bitcoin presents a multi trillion dollar opportunity. - ARK Invest M1 Finance closes on $45M Series C round. Deutsche to introduce...
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30-Year Treasury Bonds Flash Economic Warning Signal
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 - 2:07pm | 558The bond market flashed yet another warning signal for investors on Wednesday that a downturn for the economy may be coming. Despite the S&P 500 hitting new all-time highs, the yield on 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds briefly dipped below the overnight fed funds rate, a signal that has preceded the...
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Your Favorite Analyst's Favorite Analyst: Which Sell Side Firm Has The Most Buy Ratings From Its Peers?
Sunday, November 26, 2017 - 2:37pm | 902Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) recently upgraded shares of Barclays PLC (ADR) (NYSE: BCS) by two notches from Underperform to Buy. BofA Merrill Lynch cited the underperformance of Barclays' shares and depressed earnings expectations as the reason for its improved assessment. Financial firms are...
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Betterment Adds Human Advice To Robo Offering
Tuesday, January 31, 2017 - 2:53pm | 437One of the biggest robo-advisors has turned into a cyborg. Betterment announced Tuesday that it would add different levels of service plans to its robo-advisor product, the more expensive versions of which give users the option to consult with a human financial advisor. Betterment service...
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A Case For Investing In Smaller Banks
Wednesday, November 5, 2014 - 4:43pm | 487Nate Tobik likes to think small -- when it comes to banks. “I like the regional banks over the large banks,” he said. Tobik is an investor and the founder of CompleteBankData.com. He recently joined Benzinga’s #PreMarket Prep to talk about why he thinks there is more...
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UPDATE: Deutsche Bank Downgrades PNC to Hold
Thursday, July 7, 2011 - 8:43am | 130Deutsche Bank is out with its report on PNC (NYSE: PNC), downgrading PNC from Buy to Hold. In a note to clients, Deutsche Bank writes, "PNC shares have outperformed the group by 500bps YTD and by 10% since we upgraded the stock in February 2010 (post the selloff from raising capital to repay TARP...
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Citigroup's US Banks Summary
Monday, October 11, 2010 - 7:17am | 280Citigroup has published a research report on U.S. Banks following 3Q results. In the report, Citigroup writes "While we continue to see downside to 2011 EPS estimates for the large cap banks, we expect bank stocks can outperform in near term as we see our banks either meeting or exceeding 3Q...
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Deutsche's Question Bank September 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 8:13am | 462Deutsche Bank has posed some key questions currently facing banks: 1. With NII/NIMs being pressured by continued declines in interest rates, how will banks increase/maintain revenues? 2. After being net sellers of securities in 2Q, the largest US banks have been net buyers of securities so far in...