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- Luxury Sales Turned in a Unusually Strong First Half to the Year. Can the Good Times Last?
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- August 5, 2021
This month, Louis Vuitton turns 200 years old. That’s Louis Vuitton the man, not the company. Born in Jura, France in 1821, the designer opened his first shop in 1854 primarily as a maker of custom travel trunks.
- The Metaverse: What Every Early-Stage Investor Needs to Know
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- August 2, 2021
A true metaverse, as seen in Ready Player One or Tron, may still be a few years away. In the meantime, Facebook and other pioneers are busy laying the groundwork for a future that permits families, friends, coworkers and more to meet and interact in shared digital spaces that look and feel authentic.
- Cuba and Venezuela Offer Cautionary Tales of Socialism
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- July 26, 2021
For the past decade, citizens of Latin American countries have grown bolder in protesting their governments’ failed socialist policies. We’ve seen unrest in, among other states, Venezuela, Chile and Colombia, but until recently, we hadn’t heard a peep from Cuba, which has been under communist rule since Fidel Castro’s revolution in 1959.
- Investors' Risk Appetite Is at an All-Time High. That Could Be a Problem
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- July 22, 2021
Two months. That’s how long the pandemic-triggered recession lasted, from February to April 2020, making it the shortest economic downturn in U.S. history, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research’s (NBER) Business Cycle Dating Committee.
- Commodities Were the Top Performers in 1H 2021: Halftime Report
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- July 19, 2021
Commodities rallied 21% in the first half of 2021, making them the top performing asset group ahead of U.S., European, emerging market and non-Japan Asian stocks. The broad-based index of energy, agriculture, industrial metals and precious metals rose the same amount as high-flying Bitcoin, which pulled back after hitting its all-time high of more than $63,000 on April 13.
- Gold Is Catching a Bid on Pandemic and Inflation Fears. Are You Participating?
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- July 12, 2021
Gold notched its third straight week of higher prices as the yield on the 10-year Treasury dipped below 1.3% for the first time since February. The highly transmissible Delta variant was also ruled the most dominant strain of coronavirus in the U.S., threatening economic growth and raising uncertainty about the next interest rate hike.
- Bitcoin Mining Uses a Higher Mix of Sustainable Energy Than Any Major Country or Industry
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- July 6, 2021
Last Thursday, HIVE Blockchain Technologies listed on Nasdaq (HVBT), providing U.S. investors access to Bitcoin and Ether mining.
As many of you know, HIVE became the first crypto miner to be traded publicly when it debuted on the TSX Venture almost four years ago. Its uplisting to Nasdaq, the world’s premiere tech stock exchange, represents the culmination of months of hard work by our team. I want to thank shareholders for their loyalty and patience.
- Gold Is the Ultimate Contrarian Investment Right Now
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- June 30, 2021
Legendary global investor John Templeton once said that the best time to buy was when there was “maximum pessimism,” and the best time to sell was when there was “maximum optimism.”
- China's Crackdown on Bitcoin Mining Is Good News for North American Crypto Miners
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- June 28, 2021
Bitcoin erased its 2021 gains last week as China ramped up its crackdown on mining of the cryptocurrency, a move that’s expected to help shift the industry’s center of gravity from Asia to North America.
- UPDATED: Top 10 Gold Producing Countries
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- June 22, 2021
Gold is one of the rarest elements in the world, making up between 0.001 and 0.006 parts per million of the earth’s crust. But how much gold is the world digging up each year and what countries produce the most?
