Lester Coleman on August 21st, 2017.
Leading market benchmarks hit new highs in July, generating interest in small-cap stocks and low-priced securities for August, according to the Investopedia penny stocks to watch for August. Suffering sectors like industrial metals and brick-and-mortar retailers also perked up, driving swing traders and bottom feeders into the market....
Joseph Young on August 10th, 2017.
By definition, a safe haven asset is an investment that is expected to retain its value or even increase its value in times of market turbulence. Because of bitcoin’s decentralized nature, bitcoin has long been considered as a safe haven asset, with many investors describing the digital currency as “digital gold.” In 2016, gold recorded...
Joseph Young on August 6th, 2017.
On August 1, Bitcoin Cash (BCH), a hard fork proposal led by Chinese bitcoin mining pool ViaBTC, was forked and hours later, ViaBTC mined the first BCH block. BCH, which was initially developed by a bitcoin mining equipment manufacturer, struggled to gain acceptance from the industry, exchanges and businesses. As a result, its market cap...
Lester Coleman on August 6th, 2017.
Tech stocks might have led indexes to new highs this year, but in July, telecoms displaced tech stocks as the leading S&P 500 performers. Telecoms rose 5.1%, eclipsing the tech sector’s 4.1% gain and doubling the S&P 500’s gains, according to The Financial Times. While tech stock showed weakening signs, investors favored AT&T...
Fredrik Vold on July 18th, 2017.
Several sources are now reporting an increasing supply deficit for palladium in 2017. According to a report by the Financial Times, “the palladium market is witnessing a rising deficit”. This would mark the sixth successive year of significant supply shortages in the palladium market, whereas its sibling platinum this year may be...
Lester Coleman on July 17th, 2017.
July brings new opportunities to trade penny stocks, according to the Investopedia top 10 penny stocks to watch. Biotechnology stocks in particular are poised for a breakout. Biotechnology funds broke out of the long-term basing pattern in June, forcing rotational buying pressure, which bodes well for the low-priced sub-sector, with many...
Fredrik Vold on July 16th, 2017.
Once you have decided that Cambodian real estate is something you would like to explore more, the next question is how should you go about it. An important thing to take note of is that many emerging or frontier markets, especially in Asia, are characterized by a rapidly growing number of expats, but with very few housing options...
Fredrik Vold on July 15th, 2017.
Real estate investing is something we have previously talked about on Hacked. For quite some time now, I have been researching the best places to invest in real estate overseas. With real estate markets in many Western countries slowing down along with their overall economies, more and more people are starting to realize that there may...
Mate Cser on July 5th, 2017.
The infamous .com IPOs and the recent cryptocurrency ICOs, Google and Ethereum, Microsoft and Bitcoin, 1999 and 2017 and so on and so on… We can draw several parallels with the euphoric years of the late 90’s in the dot-com segment and today’s blossoming cryptocurrency-blockchain industry. But before we get overly excited about the...
Mate Cser on July 4th, 2017.
Pros Great global asset coverage and availability (100+ markets) Very low fees and margin rates No proprietary trading, no risk of default Good mobile offering and versatile trading platforms API integration, automated trading options, Cons $10,000 minimum capital ($5000 for US IRA accounts) User Interface not the easiest Customer...
Justin OConnell on June 23rd, 2017.
NEO has been called “China’s Ethereum”. The Western market first collectively learned about Antshares, a smart contract and decentralized application (dApp) platform, just ahead of the company’s rebrand to ‘NEO’ – which is Greek for “newness”, novelty and youth. That merely one exchange offers bitcoin-NEO trades...
Richard Howlett on June 17th, 2017.
Digital fraud continues to grow apace. More worryingly, the increasing variety and sophistication of the scams themselves has seen the number of people falling victim to scams growing just as fast. And we are no longer just talking about standard phishing. Today’s digital criminals are highly developed and extremely quick to jump on the...
Lester Coleman on May 29th, 2017.
Medicinal and recreational cannabis continues to spur investment in marijuana-based pharmaceuticals. Several publicly traded cannabis stocks gained more than 5% this past week, some of which have market capitalizations exceeding $50 million, according to Investopedia. The Solactive North American Medical Marijuana Index, which tracks the...
Lester Coleman on May 25th, 2017.
Abigail Johnson, CEO and chairwoman at Fidelity Investments, called for more serious conversations about bitcoin and blockchain while addressing Consensus 2017 blockchain conference in New York City, according to MarketWatch. Fidelity has tested bitcoin and blockchain, according to Johnson, including partnerships, venture investments and...
Jim Fredrickson on May 24th, 2017.
A recurrent theme in the queries put before me is how best to become wealthy by trading. We all want that of course. But if it was easy, every trader here would be wealthy already. The question I am asked is: “Can it be done if one starts small?” IMHO it can be done and the best way is to just focus on doubling. Doubling...
Lester Coleman on May 23rd, 2017.
Mid-cap stocks – those with market capitalization between $2 billion to $10 billion – are less known than large and small cap stocks, but they can provide profitable investments, according to investment experts. Quality, stability and value are typically associated with large cap stocks. Growth is usually associated with small-cap...
Rebecca Campbell on May 22nd, 2017.
Australian-born Michael Dunworth, CEO of Silicon Valley-based blockchain Wyre, has said that financial advisors should invest in Bitcoin to understand the currency better in the decentralized economy. In a report from the Financial Standard, Dunworth said: “You don’t have to break the bank. You could invest $10, $100 or...
Lester Coleman on May 16th, 2017.
Exchange traded funds (ETFs) – baskets of assets traded as stocks by investors and institutions that typically charge lower fees than mutual funds – hit a record $2.865 trillion in April, driven by rising stocks, according to a report from ETFGI, an ETF researcher. The ETFGI estimate is in line with a February report from...
Lester Coleman on May 13th, 2017.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average could hit 100,000 by 2030, according to financial author and adviser Ric Edelman. Edelman, who believes incredible profits are in the making for those who prepare for new economic realities. If it doesn’t hit 100,00, he said, it will probably hit 150,000. The blue-chip index currently trades at around...
P. H. Madore on May 7th, 2017.
A Hacked member writes: Love your service. I was wondering what you thought of the tokencard bug and if you think it will negatively affect the project and it’s token value? We at Hacked did not previously cover the TokenCard ICO. Looking into it, we have less-than-positive news to report. The TokenCard team seems to be taking the...