5 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on IBM Wastes $108 Billion on Financial Engineering, Creating Facade of Value While Start-Ups Create Real Value Through Blockchain
IBM Wastes $108 Billion on Financial Engineering, Creating Facade of Value While Start-Ups Create Real Value Through Blockchain
Go to the 20:00 mark to hear the brother preach…
Prognistication #1: 2015 will be the year of the recognition of the power of the blockchain. Instead of focusing ad nauseum on the price of bitcoins, payment systems and other “red herrings”. The Bitcoin protocol is analogous to the coming of Internet 2.0
#2: An equity correciton is in the cards, likely to be followed by a real estate correction. increasing prices without increasing revenues, earnings and economic activity is bad for fundamental equity performance.
5 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on The Wall Street Journal: Intel unveils new flagship ‘Broadwell’ chips for PCs
The Wall Street Journal: Intel unveils new flagship ‘Broadwell’ chips for PCs
Company says new core processors are up to 50% faster in reformatting video files.
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5 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bond Report: Greek exit fears push 30-year Treasury yield to two-year low
Bond Report: Greek exit fears push 30-year Treasury yield to two-year low
Long-term Treasury yields fall Monday, with the 10-year yield hitting its lowest level since mid-December and the 30-year yield hitting its lowest level in two years.
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5 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Sweet or Sour? Sizing Up lululemon athletica Inc. By The Numbers
Sweet or Sour? Sizing Up lululemon athletica Inc. By The Numbers
5 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Goldman’s Modest Proposal: It May Be Time To Break Up JPMorgan
Goldman’s Modest Proposal: It May Be Time To Break Up JPMorgan
Back in 2008, Goldman got rid of not one but two main competitors when first Bear and then Lehman quietly went into that good night when a Goldman-controlled Fed refused to bail these banks out, in the process unleashing the biggest taxpayer-funded, and still ongoing, wealth transfer to bank executives in history.
5 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Stiglitz Blocked From SEC Panel After Faulting High-Speed Trades
Stiglitz Blocked From SEC Panel After Faulting High-Speed Trades
Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel laureate economist who called for a tax on high-frequency trading, has been blocked from a government panel that will advise regulators on issues facing U.S. equity markets, according to people familiar with the matter.
5 January, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Bears Go Missing in S&P 500 Forecasts as Stocks Get ETF Cash
Bears Go Missing in S&P 500 Forecasts as Stocks Get ETF Cash
Two years of stocks going straight up have chased just about every skeptic from the U.S. market. And one of the main beneficiaries of this influx of cash are exchange traded funds.