Month: August 2022

Founded in 2003, NinjaTrader offers software and brokerage services for active traders. With a funded account, the NinjaTrader platform is free to use for charting, market analysis, and live trading (the SIM version is free even without a funded account). To access the platform’s premium features—such as advanced order types, automated trading, and backtesting—you’ll need
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Amid July’s surprisingly robust jobs report, the popular internet search term “tech layoffs 2022” presents a sharp contrast to the underlying enthusiasm. Yes, from a broader perspective, employment may be rising. However, a large chunk of the higher-paying opportunities — particularly in the technology sphere — have considerably faded. While the narrative might not make
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Many of the hedge fund favorites are technology companies, my analysis of the most popular stocks among the 40 largest hedge funds shows. Additionally,  the top five hedge funds in 2022 hold widely followed names like Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO). The media tends to  closely cover the stocks that are most widely owned by hedge funds, making
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Today, the 401(k) is a standard way that Americans save for retirement. Because these plans provide tax benefits and a potential employer match, many investors aim to “max out” their contributions, or contribute up to the IRS annual limit. For 2022, the contribution limit is $20,500 per year for workers under age 50, and $27,000
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Rules are there to be broken. That may be a standard mantra for anarchists. But for traders such thinking may prove to be dangerously dismissive. Investors therefore may like to consider the latest note from Bank of America’s Savita Subramanian in which the star analyst describes how “one rule with a perfect track record says
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There’s seemingly good news, but really more bad news, when it comes to neo-banking firm SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) stock. It’s true that SOFI stock popped after the company released its second-quarter 2022 earnings data. Yet, this might have been an over-enthusiastic response to less-than-ideal quarterly results. Besides, SoftBank (OTCMKTS:SFTBY) is selling some or all of its stake
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Blockchain exchange-traded funds (ETFs) own stocks in companies that have business operations in blockchain technology or profit from it in some way. Blockchain is made up of complex blocks of digital information and is increasingly used in banking, investing, cryptocurrency, and other sectors. Although blockchain is a relatively new technology, many of the companies that
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The 2-year Treasury yield reached its highest level since June on Wednesday after minutes of the Federal Reserve’s most recent meeting showed policy makers see a risk they might need to tighten “by more than necessary” to restore price stability. What’s happening The yield on the 2-year Treasury TMUBMUSD02Y, 3.278% rose 4.4 basis points to
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With the risk-off trade dominating amid economic uncertainty, investors’ enthusiasm for penny stocks has dwindled. The focus has instead been on blue chips and deeply undervalued growth stocks. In any market conditions, though, there are penny stocks that will outperform. Allocating a small portion of your portfolio to select penny stocks could boost your overall
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The U.K. left the European Union (EU) on Jan. 31, 2020. As such, it’s no longer a member state. But prior to its exit, it was the most notable member of the European Union that elected not to use the euro. Rather, the U.K. continued to use the British pound sterling as its national currency.
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An average American throws out 60-80 pounds of used clothing in a lifetime. Add up all the people tossing the items they’re tired of and we’re talking many lifetimes of polluting degredation in a landfill. Nowadays, as younger generations in particular rethink consumption, the thrift or secondhand store is attracting shoppers who are not just mindful
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On today’s show, Preston and Stig study the lessons from Silicon Valley billionaire Reid Hoffman. Hoffman is a member of a PayPal mafia and the co-founder of Linkedin. He has made countless successful venture capital investments and is a legendary entrepreneur. IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN: – What is the secret to the success of
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