Tag: Facebook
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![Did Aytu BioScience (AYTU.Q) just SpankChain the NASDAQ?]()
Did Aytu BioScience (AYTU.Q) just SpankChain the NASDAQ?
When a sector gets hot, small cap stocks can often get a bump by sidling up to the hot sector with a new product/idea/opportunity. When the dust clears, the intrinsic value of the new offering is typically deemed to be low. We saw it in 3D-printing, with Dung Beetle Treats. We saw it in weed…
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5 Reasons your blue-chip stocks are tanking – and no – it’s not the corona virus
The recent blood-bath in blue-chip stocks was catalysed by the spread of the coronavirus, but there are 5 underlying causes that have made it so dramatic and ugly.
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![Mastercard (MA.NYSE) backs out of Facebook’s (FB.Q) Libra team like a two-headed baby]()
Mastercard (MA.NYSE) backs out of Facebook’s (FB.Q) Libra team like a two-headed baby
Mastercard (MA.NYSE) joined PayPal (PYPL.Q) and Visa (V.NYSE) with its announced exit from Facebook’s (FB.Q) Libra support group today, leaving the once famed project listing in the wind without a major payment processor to back it. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, said he had hoped to foist his cryptocurrency on the public in the same way Amazon…
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![America kicks China’s ass at this one thing – and it’s going to push gold to USD $3,000]()
America kicks China’s ass at this one thing – and it’s going to push gold to USD $3,000
The U.S-China trade war has catalysed a furious debate about the cultural and economic differences between the two countries. If you don’t have time to wade through a 30,000-word article, we highly recommend the Netflix documentary “American Factory” (2019, 115 min) produced by Michelle and Barack Obama. The story is this: in 2008, GM shut…
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![Deciphering Cryptocurrency: Mark Zuckerberg still doesn’t care about your privacy]()
Deciphering Cryptocurrency: Mark Zuckerberg still doesn’t care about your privacy
Cryptocurrency is a hard sell for most people. The average person isn’t interested in things like censorship resistance, immutability, security, peer-to-peer services and other things that get blockchain enthusiasts off. Instead, Joe or Jane Citizen is interested in set-it-and-forget-it solutions so they can get back to living their best lives. These people are either shocked…
