Billionaire investors have warned that the stock market is overvalued. A majority of investors believe the next big market move will be down. A second wave of coronavirus cases and stock overvaluation could cause a market crash. A few days ago, billionaire investors warned that the U.S. stock market could crash as stocks are overvalued.…
Seventy percent of investors in a recent survey said the coronavirus recession would be worse than the 2008 financial crisis. But interestingly, 55% say the recession will be over within a year. It took the S&P 500 16 months just to reach bottom during the 2008-09 crisis. And it took over five years to fully…
U.S. oil prices crashed to record lows Monday over coronavirus-related demand constraints. Retail investors who bought USO before the crash are suffering significant losses. This oil ETF is only suitable for short-term trading. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are very popular among retail investors. They can be a good way of getting exposure to stock and commodities…
Spot gold set a seven-year record last week. And investors can’t get their hands on physical bullion. Here are three ways they’re getting exposure to the precious metal. The spot price of gold broke $1700 USD per ounce last week, a seven-year high for the precious metal. Some analysts are eyeing $1,800 for the ounce…
‘The financing market has frozen up as solid as the Charles River in February’ Before the COVID-19 pandemic shook up the world and reshaped the economy, Boston was quietly setting records. According to new venture data compiled by TechCrunch, the region set what was at least a local maximum in venture capital raised in the…
Just three months after capping what was the best year for Indian startups, having raised a record $14.5 billion in 2019, they are beginning to struggle to raise new capital as prominent investors urge them to “prepare for the worst” and cut spending. In an open letter to startup founders in India, ten global and…
Event organizers were the first to be hit hard. As fear of the spread of COVID-19 began to sweep cities and countries around the world last month, one by one, large conferences with long uninterrupted histories — Mobile World Congress, SXSW — began reluctantly pulling the plug on their plans. It wasn’t just a shock…
While the aftermath of Super Tuesday has left the Democratic Party riven between its more liberal and moderate wings, investors viewed last night’s results as a win for business and markets. Shaking off the steady beat of bad news about the advance of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 within the U.S., major markets rose on Wednesday…
The student loan crisis in the U.S. has left venture capitalists searching for novel approaches to financing higher education, but can the same systems designed for helping coders in Silicon Valley get jobs at Google help underserved students in developing countries become part of a global work force? Similar to the buzzy San Francisco startup…
As streaming services like HBO Max, Netflix and Disney+ plus vie for subscription dollars and YouTube, Xumo, Kanopy, Tubi TV, Vudu and Pluto TV try to take more ad revenue from traditional television, entertainment for kids — and the tech tools that manage their screen time — are becoming more important. On the streaming side,…
