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Fintech Focus For February 19, 2021
Thursday, February 18, 2021 - 5:07pm | 2074Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Source: Jim Rohn One Big Thing In Fintech: “There is no reason why the greatest financial system the world has ever seen cannot settle trades in real time,” Robinhood founder Vlad Tenev said....
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Fintech Focus For February 18, 2021
Wednesday, February 17, 2021 - 5:45pm | 1754Read More...Quote To Start The Day: I think the volume of SPACs is going to certainly outweigh the number of IPOs, but the IPOs are going to be bigger deals. Source: Patrick Healey One Big Thing In Fintech: Titan, an asset manager for retail investors, announced Tuesday it raised a $12.5 million Series A...
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Fintech Focus For January 25, 2021
Sunday, January 24, 2021 - 11:47pm | 3113Read More...Quote To Start The Day: You can't be a real networker unless you’re connected. Source: Michael Gruen One Big Thing In Fintech: Experts say 2021 is poised to see greater adoption and venture capital investment in blockchain technology. That prediction comes as more financial services apps...
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Fintech Focus For December 18, 2020
Thursday, December 17, 2020 - 5:54pm | 1735Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Our fundamental work shows that bitcoin should be worth around $400,000. Source: Scott Minerd One Big Thing In Fintech: Robinhood Markets will pay $65 million to settle allegations that it failed to properly inform clients it sold their stock orders to high-frequency...
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Fintech Focus For December 11, 2020
Thursday, December 10, 2020 - 5:51pm | 2295Read More...Quote To Start The Day: US President Donald Trump and his backers, having been stymied dozens of times by judges and elections officials across the country, are confident one last-ditch lawsuit will overturn his election loss. “All I ask for is people with wisdom and with courage, that...
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Fintech Focus For October 13, 2020
Monday, October 12, 2020 - 4:57pm | 2271Read More...Quote Of The Day: We in the World Health Organization do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus. - David Nabarro Fintech Movers: Hackers have stolen $22 million from users of the popular bitcoin wallet Electrum by enticing people to install fake software updates. -...
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Fintech Focus For September 11, 2020
Thursday, September 10, 2020 - 5:31pm | 2385Read More...Quote Of The Day: I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. - Thomas Jefferson Fintech Movers: There is a great industry need for automated corporate actions solutions, according to a survey by SIX conducted among leading global asset managers, wealth managers, custodians,...
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Fintech Focus For August 4, 2020
Tuesday, August 4, 2020 - 10:09am | 2800Read More...Daily Perspective: Don’t count the days, make the days count. - Muhammad Ali Fintech Movers: In Latin America, women are stepping up as fintech leaders, with five times as many female-founded fintechs as the global average. - Crunchbase Quantamental investment strategy shines. Virtu...
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Fintech Focus For July 30, 2020
Thursday, July 30, 2020 - 7:06pm | 1944Read More...Daily Perspective: Not all those who wander are lost. - J.R.R. Tolkein Fintech Movers: Investors and entrepreneurs say that while the COVID-19 pandemic has boosted demand for fintechs in areas such as digital payments and online trading, it has hurt more vulnerable sectors such as online lending....
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With So Many ETFs Now Free To Trade, Liquidity And Trading Costs Still Need To Be Evaluated
Tuesday, October 8, 2019 - 6:24am | 618Read More...Last week, several online brokers like Charles Schwab (NYSE: SCHW) and TD Ameritrade (NASDAQ: AMTD) made waves by eliminating commissions on options, individual stocks and exchange traded funds. In other words, gone are the days of talking about brokers' various commission-free ETF...
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Gold ETFs Are Still Worth It
Thursday, August 15, 2019 - 4:21pm | 531Read More...Most of the exchange traded funds that hit 52-week highs on Thursday were newer products or fixed income funds, but outside of those groups, a slew of gold ETFs, including the SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) joined the party. What Happened GLD, the world's largest ETF backed by physical holdings...
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This China ETF Is Closing
Monday, April 29, 2019 - 11:30am | 478Read More...Last week was a rough one for Chinese stocks, as equities in the world's second-largest economy endured their worst week since October. To top it off, there was news of a coming closure of a U.S.-listed China exchange traded fund. What Happened After the close of U.S. markets on April 26, State...
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Why This Dividend ETF Matters
Thursday, April 11, 2019 - 2:49pm | 486Read More...The Federal Reserve's softer stance on interest rates for 2019, which could prove to include no rate hikes at all this year, is lifting high-yielding assets. The SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (NYSE: SPYD), an oft-overlooked dividend exchange traded fund, is participating the...
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State Streets Unveils Sector Rotation ETFs
Thursday, April 4, 2019 - 3:10pm | 531Read More...State Street Corp. (NYSE: STT), the third-largest U.S. issuer of exchange traded funds added to its lineup of actively managed funds Wednesday with the launches of two sector rotation funds. The SPDR SSGA Fixed Income Sector Rotation ETF (NYSE:FISR) and the SPDR SSGA US Sector Rotation ETF (NYSE:...
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This ETF Issuer Is On A Torrid Growth Pace
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 - 3:58pm | 500Read More...The exchange traded funds industry is dominated by the “Big Three” issuers -- iShares, Vanguard and State Street -- but there are some upstarts in the industry as well. Count Pennsylvania-based Pacer ETFs among the fastest-growing upstart ETF sponsors. What Happened In just four...
