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Eoin Noonan | Sportsfile | Getty Images Kristo Kaarmann, Co-Founder & CEO, TransferWise, on Centre Stage during day one of MoneyConf 2018 at the RDS Arena in Dublin. (Photo By Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile via Getty Images) “I had foolishly expected that my U.K. bank would have given me the exchange rate …
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Three options strategies for the week: January 28, 2019
The “Options Action” traders share three options trading strategies to kick off the week. Mike Khouw and Carter worth broke down a thread-the-needle put spread in Amazon. The duo also outlined buying a April expiration 121-calls in the 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF. Finally, Dan Nathan outlined a call calendar …
Read More »Oil’s ticking time bomb to detonate, analysts say
LUIS ROBAYO | AFP | Getty Images An anti-government demonstrator stands next to a national flag during an opposition protest blocking the Francisco Fajardo highway in Caracas on May 27, 2017. Crisis-stricken Venezuela has been thrust back into the energy spotlight, analysts told CNBC on Monday, with a further slide …
Read More »Search engine Bing’s China outage said to be error, not censors’ block
Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images The Microsoft Bing search engine is seen on a laptop screen in this photo illustration on January 24, 2019. Microsoft’s search engine has been blocked in China by authorities without any clear reason although experts believe censorship issues are at play. Bing previously …
Read More »Worst is over for Apple iPhone sales, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says
Stephanie Keith | Getty Images Tim Cook, CEO of Apple speaks while unveiling new products during a launch event on October 30, 2018 in New York City. The worst could be over for the iPhone, according to top Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. The analyst with TF International Securities — among …
Read More »Facebook will open new war rooms in Dublin and Singapore
ReutersTV | Reuters Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg answers questions about the improper use of millions of users’ data by a political consultancy, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, in this still image taken from Reuters TV May 22, 2018 Facebook is expanding its efforts to fight “fake news” and …
Read More »Trump on government shutdown, border wall funding deal: WSJ
Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, January 23, 2019. President Donald Trump said another government shutdown is “certainly an option” as he expressed skepticism that Congress would reach a deal to fund the border wall he has requested, …
Read More »Charts point to 10-20% correction
Stocks may be on the brink of another correction. Despite 2019’s strong start, the Economic Cycle Research Institute’s Lakshman Achuthan believes the market remains in a danger zone, because there’s evidence economic growth is still decelerating. “The elephant in the room remains the cyclical slowdown. And, as long as that …
Read More »Violence at French yellow vest protests prompts new rallies
BERTRAND GUAY | AFP | Getty Images Protestors wearing ‘yellow vests’ (gilet jaune) kneel on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris on December 8, 2018 during a protest against rising costs of living they blame on high taxes. French police are investigating how a prominent yellow vest protester suffered a …
Read More »Facebook’s plan to merge messaging services ignites antitrust concerns
Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg arrives to testify following a break during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee joint hearing about Facebook on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Facebook’s reported plans to integrate its three messaging platforms …
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