Tag Archives: Federal Reserve

It doesn’t matter if China hacked Equifax

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On Monday the FBI and AG Barr announced "an indictment last week charging four members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) with hacking into the computer systems of the credit reporting agency Equifax and stealing Americans' personal data a...

$10: One Perspective On What Bitcoin Will Be Worth In 2014

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The Wild West has become a popular metaphor for the unregulated Bitcoin market. Like in old cowboy films, the world of Bitcoin has not only miners and modern a gold rush, but the requisite intrigue...
    






Why Even North Korea Outpaces The U.S. In Credit Card Security

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The ever-worsening news from Target’s breach of credit card and customer data highlights the need to implement a more secure U.S. system to process our card payments. In recent articles, I have...
    






Week Ahead: Fasten Seatbelts For Earnings, Indicators & Budget Fight

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Stock markets shrugged off Friday’s confusingly low U.S. job creation numbers – so let’s see how they cope with an onslaught of news this coming week in the shape of big company earnings, economic...
    






Markets: ‘First Five Days Of January Were Down–Does It Matter?’ (And Other Quotes Of The Week)

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With the media focused last week on the “polar vortex” extreme cold, Chris Christie’s “BridgeGate,” the jobs report shock, Fed minutes, Robert Gates’ revelations, the BCS championship game, NFL...
    






Beating Back The Bubble Babble

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WITH STOCKS AT or near alltime highs, financial publications and market pundits are providing plenty of hot air as they inflate a bubble by talking about a stock market bubble. All of that chatter is...
    






Week Ahead: Mayer, Malone & Slew Of Market-Moving News

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The first full trading week of 2014 brings a slew of company and economic news that is potentially sensitive for investors. The U.S. jobs report on Friday will be the focus for many, but there is a...
    






Bitcoin’s Incredible Year

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Last year at this time, valued at just $13.50, one Bitcoin could get you a movie ticket if you could find a theater that had 1) heard of Bitcoin and 2) accepted it. Fat chance. Luckily, Bitcoin...