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Biotech Struggles to Recover in 2024 November 5, 2024 Banyan Edge, Investment Opportunities, Stocks Biotech valuations and investing peaked in late 2021, with investors surging into the sector at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Interest in the sector waned over the last few years — due in part to sharply increased interest rates and the rapid emergence of the AI mega trend. But now, the smart money is starting to flow back into the
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Reclaim Your Digital Life: The Next Phase of Internet Evolution October 29, 2024 Banyan Edge, Cryptocurrency, Investing We can now tokenize anything. We are moving to a world where $867 trillion of financial instruments can be tokens and freely traded around the world 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This is already starting to happen, albeit slowly...
Upgrade Your Value Investing for Max Profits October 28, 2024 Banyan Edge, Investment Opportunities, Stocks When you first start building your stock portfolio, value investing often seems like an attractive strategy. After all, you worked hard to build up your portfolio balance. So it’s only natural that you’d want to get the best possible value on the market. But these days, value alone simply won't do...
This Spinoff Rear-Ended the Used Car Market October 9, 2024 Banyan Edge, Economy, Investing I’d rather have a root canal without anesthesia than negotiate with a used-car salesperson. That was the challenge that two retail electronic executives wanted to tackle. In 1991, they came up with a new way to sell used cars. They wanted to create a buying experience that was pleasant and enjoyable. That’s when Richard Sharp and W. Austin Ligon came up with the idea for CarMax…
Banking’s $33.5 Trillion Is in Crypto’s Crosshairs September 24, 2024 Banyan Edge, Cryptocurrency, Investing “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” This is one of my favorite quotes. I’m not sure who said it, although it’s been incorrectly attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. To me, it describes the disruptive force of technology — incumbents ignore the upstarts, laugh at them, try to fend them off and then eventually lose to more efficient ways of doing things. This is exactly what’s happening in the world of traditional finance, as blockchains take aim at the $33.5 trillion financial sector.