Bitcoin is closing in on its highest level in more than a year after soaring above $11,000 over the weekend. The world’s first and largest cryptocurrency hit a high of above $11,307.69 Sunday evening, bringing its one-week gains to more than 20%, according to data from industry site CoinDesk. Prices scaled back slightly Monday, and
Some of America’s billionaires have a message for the next President of the United States: tax us. Nineteen billionaires including George Soros, Abigail Disney, Chris Hughes and members of the Pritzker family released a bipartisan letter on Monday asking the 2020 presidential candidates to support a tax on the American families with the largest fortunes.
Harley Finkelstein, COO, Shopify Scott Mlyn | CNBC There’s an up and coming company you may not know much about that’s gearing up to compete with Amazon in a big way… and Wall Street analysts’ believe it has a fighting chance. Last week, Canada-based Shopify unveiled its “shopper fulfillment network” a new service that will
Karen Simons Source: Karen Simons Karen Simons was out of the professional world for more than 20 years to raise her three children. Now she’s a financial planner at the investment advisory firm Yeske Buie. She made that change happen through a “returnship,” the grown-up version of a college internship that companies are increasingly offering
As tensions with other countries climb, American investors are sticking close to home. While 66% of Americans said they think foreign equities could diversify their portfolios, just 48% of investors hold 1% to 25% allocations to these stocks in their portfolios. And alomst half — 48% — said political tensions between the U.S. and other