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Alibaba AI Beats Humans
US banks have not just shown a stellar performance this week, but have also performed well throughout the entirety of this year. The ‘Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x shares’ is an ETF which tracks the performance of the Russell 1000 financial services index. Its biggest holdings include Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup. The ETF has returned 47.56% YTD. So what is causing such a high performance in the financial services sector?
How Are the Crypto Forefathers Doing?
The Silver Lake Partners co-founder says that bitcoin masks the underlying innovation in blockchain. Editor’s Remarks: The bitcoin rollercoaster was perhaps the biggest story of 2017 but for Hutchins it is a distraction from what is going on in the wider cryptocurrency world.
Trump Tax Loophole Could Cost US Billions
US banks have not just shown a stellar performance this week, but have also performed well throughout the entirety of this year. The ‘Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x shares’ is an ETF which tracks the performance of the Russell 1000 financial services index. Its biggest holdings include Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup. The ETF has returned 47.56% YTD. So what is causing such a high performance in the financial services sector?
Breakfast Briefing: Flawed Chips, VW’s Plan and Edotco’s IPO
The Silver Lake Partners co-founder says that bitcoin masks the underlying innovation in blockchain. Editor’s Remarks: The bitcoin rollercoaster was perhaps the biggest story of 2017 but for Hutchins it is a distraction from what is going on in the wider cryptocurrency world.
China Criticises White House
US banks have not just shown a stellar performance this week, but have also performed well throughout the entirety of this year. The ‘Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x shares’ is an ETF which tracks the performance of the Russell 1000 financial services index. Its biggest holdings include Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup. The ETF has returned 47.56% YTD. So what is causing such a high performance in the financial services sector?
Breakfast Briefing: SpaceX’s Used Rocket, Aliens and Bitcoin
Passive investing has now become a phenomenon that is essential to both professional and retail players. Passive management is slowly, but surely, casting doubt over the relevance and success of active management. Essentially, passive investing is modelled on the idea of mutual funds and ETFs – funds that track a specific market index.
Will Passive Investment Dominate the Future?
Passive investing has now become a phenomenon that is essential to both professional and retail players. Passive management is slowly, but surely, casting doubt over the relevance and success of active management. Essentially, passive investing is modelled on the idea of mutual funds and ETFs – funds that track a specific market index.
The US Banks Rally: Here’s What It’s All About
US banks have not just shown a stellar performance this week, but have also performed well throughout the entirety of this year. The ‘Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3x shares’ is an ETF which tracks the performance of the Russell 1000 financial services index. Its biggest holdings include Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and Citigroup. The ETF has returned 47.56% YTD. So what is causing such a high performance in the financial services sector?
Cybersecurity: The Tech Companies More Important than the FANGs.
The products and services provided by the behemoths of the tech industry may seem indispensable, and the most fundamental features of the technological environment, however, there are a group of less glamorous firms that arguably are the necessary foundations of the whole industry: cybersecurity firms. Cybersecurity is defined as the measures taken to ensure protection against unauthorised or criminal use of electronic data.
How Emerging Powers Threaten the Western Development System
The international development industry is filled with calls to “eradicate poverty,” “end hunger” and “achieve universal primary education.” The World Bank’s slogan is “Working for a World Free of Poverty” and the rhetoric of campaigns such as “Make Poverty History” comprise the norm in the “development” world.
Humanities and the Rise of Robots
The threat that recent advances in job automation, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) represent for human workers is becoming more and more relevant in the economic and social debate. CEOs like John Cryan of Deutsche Bank clearly state that robots can replace thousands of workers. In two different interviews, Cryan said that “in our banks, we have people behaving like robots doing mechanical things.
An Electric Vehicle ETF: What Would It Look Like?
It has now got to the point where it is almost impossible to go a day without being exposed to some form of media coverage regarding electric vehicles (EVs). Whether it is the unveiling of the glorious, invigorating Tesla roadster or some slightly more mundane figures giving testament to the imminent ubiquity of EVs, the investment opportunity that comes with this new culture is indisputable.
5 Stories Impacting The World Today
Signs of a continued slowdown in the UK have emerged as the Bank of England revises its growth forecasts and industrial output slips. Editor’s Remarks: Keeping interests rates constant at 0.25%, BoE nudged its GDP growth forecast for 2017 from 2% to 1.9%, but raised it by 0.1% for 2018 and 2019.
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