Omicron

Members of U.S. Congress are free to buy and sell stocks as long as the moves are disclosed within 45 days of the transaction. This practice has been controversial over the years, with members of Congress who make decisions on key policies and department spending often having an inside...

Here we go again. This time, the new Covid-19 variant that has markets spooked is named "Omicron," which sounds like an evil machine the Transformers must rally to vanquish. Just how ominous the Omicron variant will be remains to be seen. Like clockwork, however, the overall market dipped...

By Jerremy Newsome When the term “COVID” comes up in conversation, it elicits a plethora of emotions. But when we add the word “investing” into those same conversations, it tends to elicit one of two primary feelings; fear, or optimism. Likewise, those same two...

Coinbase Global Inc (NASDAQ: COIN) was trading over 4% higher on Monday following Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH), which closed the 24-hour session 4.67% and 4.88% higher, respectively, on Sunday. The cryptocurrency leaders continued to trade higher on Monday at publication...

Gaming and lodging stocks took a big hit on Friday following news of the new omicron variant of COVID-19. Despite that, Bank of America analyst Shaun Kelley said Monday there are plenty of gaming and lodging stocks to buy on the dip heading into 2022. Gaming Picks: In the casino space, Kelley...

Meme highlighting how the WHO skipped two Greek letters in naming the latest COVID variant: Nu to avoid confusion with "new", and Xi to avoid embarrassing China's President Xi Jinping.  Fear Of Another Lockdown As the chief economist of First Trust Portfolios...

Global markets fell sharply Friday amid increasing fears about a new COVID-19 variant, omicron. "I don't believe many people would have predicted such a big jump in evolution in one variant," Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: MRNA) CEO Stéphane Bancel said...

Heading into a new trading week, here is a quick roundup of the top five stories from the technology, corporate and cryptocurrency sectors that investors would not want to miss out on from the weekend. 1. Elon Musk Urges Tesla Workers To Reduce Delivery Costs: Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon...

After the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a new COVID-19 variant named Omicron, the cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), and the traditional market went into a tailspin. Many crypto traders have had their positions liquidated as well.  Amidst all this, a new...

After the World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a new COVID-19 variant named Omicron detected in South Africa, the cryptocurrency market went into panic selling on Friday.  With Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) falling below $63,000 and markets closing in the red, many crypto traders have...