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Fintech Focus For April 13, 2021
Monday, April 12, 2021 - 7:23pm | 2278Quote To Start The Day: Only make decisions that support your self-image, self-esteem, and self-worth. Source: Oprah Winfrey One Big Thing In Fintech: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has kicked off its review of WisdomTree’s bitcoin ETF application, starting the countdown...
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Fintech Focus For April 6, 2021
Monday, April 5, 2021 - 5:51pm | 1606Quote To Start The Day: [S]tock declines of 30-40% are overdone, and growth names should begin to re-inflate. True, interest rates will likely rise over time. However, they still hover near record lows, and borrowers of all shapes and sizes can afford to pay more. Source: Adam Johnson One Big...
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Fintech Focus For March 11, 2021
Wednesday, March 10, 2021 - 10:42pm | 1745Quote To Start The Day: Doing something unimportant well does not make it important. Source: Tim Ferriss One Big Thing In Fintech: A provisional report from data and research group CB Insights indicates that we’re not merely in a warm period for fintech funding — we are in a period of...
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Fintech Focus For February 22, 2021
Sunday, February 21, 2021 - 3:15pm | 2088Quote To Start The Day: “I think we’ve positioned ourselves as the finance super app because I don’t think people want to go to four, five, and six different solutions to manage their money,” M1 Finance marketing vice president Bob Armour said. “We’re a place...
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Fintech Focus For February 15, 2021
Monday, February 15, 2021 - 12:20am | 2274Quote To Start The Day: Do not confuse motion and progress. Source: Alfred A. Montapert One Big Thing In Fintech: More than 90M millennials will soon be in what Goldman Sachs calls their “prime spending years.” Millennials have overtaken the baby boomers to become the largest...
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Record Run For Stocks Seems To Cool Slightly Ahead Of Long Weekend
Friday, February 12, 2021 - 11:19am | 1593At this point ahead of a long weekend, it doesn’t seem like there’s much appetite to extend record gains. Normally ahead of a three-day break you’d expect to see some profit-taking after record highs. While there might be some of that going on, it seems like a fear of...
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Fintech Focus For February 12, 2021
Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 10:33pm | 2018Quote To Start The Day: We believe that the new commodity upswing, and in particular oil up cycle, has started. Source: JPMorgan One Big Thing In Fintech: This month marks the 50th anniversary of Nasdaq’s launch in 1971. The story of Nasdaq’s first five decades highlights its impact on...
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Benzinga's Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Apple, Boeing, Netflix, Starbucks And More
Saturday, January 30, 2021 - 12:47pm | 1211Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. The week's bullish calls included tech giants and an aerospace turnaround play. Electric vehicle and video streaming leaders were among the bearish calls seen. The three big U.S. indexes ended the week...
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Benzinga's First Bulls And Bears Of 2021: Ford, Mastercard, PepsiCo, 3M, Tesla And More
Saturday, January 9, 2021 - 2:47pm | 1296Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. The week's bullish calls included automakers and a recovering retailer. Beverage giants and a satellite radio leader were among the bearish calls. The major U.S. indexes finished a busy and hectic first...
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Fintech Focus For December 15, 2020
Monday, December 14, 2020 - 7:36pm | 1454Quote To Start The Day: “The flame of democracy was lit in this nation a long time ago. And we now know that nothing — not even a pandemic or an abuse of power — can extinguish that flame,” Biden said in prepared remarks his transition team announced he would deliver at 7:...
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'Liquidity Jumping': Stock Market Update For The Week Ahead
Sunday, December 13, 2020 - 6:35pm | 1495The Past Week, In A Nutshell What Happened: After auctioning to new all-time highs, U.S. index futures moved back into balance. Remember This: “With Global Liquidity jumping by some US $20 trillion in 2020, or some 25% of World GDP, there is a lot to spend... Consider that following the 1930s...
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Fintech Focus For December 1, 2020
Monday, November 30, 2020 - 6:07pm | 1524Quote To Start The Day: Whatever you do, do it well. Source: Walt Disney One Big Thing In Fintech: Business information provider S&P Global Inc agreed on Monday to pay $44 billion in stock to acquire IHS Markit Ltd in the year’s biggest acquisition that will create a new data powerhouse...
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Fintech Focus For November 19, 2020
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 - 7:42pm | 2481Quote Of The Day: The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus. - Bruce Lee Fintech Movers: Big investors are backing online banks more than ever, betting that these upstarts' low overhead and nimble technology stacks will let them keep grabbing customers from traditional...
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Fintech Focus For November 18, 2020
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 - 6:49pm | 2035Quote Of The Day: We are what we repeatedly do; excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle Fintech Movers: Robinhood Markets, the trading platform that’s proved popular with novice investors, has asked banks to pitch for roles in an initial public offering, according to people...
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Fintech Focus For November 11, 2020
Tuesday, November 10, 2020 - 11:46pm | 2239Quote Of The Day: Get busy living or get busy dying. - Stephen King Fintech Movers: By adding fintech, SaaS businesses can increase revenue per customer by 2-5x* and open up new SaaS markets that previously may not have been accessible. - Andreessen Horowitz Benzinga’s Fintech Award winners...