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3 Surprising Ways The Market Reacts to Elections September 30, 2024 Banyan Edge, Investing, Investment Opportunities With both campaigns now entering the final stretch, you can expect to be inundated with political advertising and mind-numbing media coverage for the next two months. So today, Matt Clark is diving into the data to share 3 surprising lessons about how your investments will handle this year's election...
Apple’s $3.3 Trillion “Self-Destructive” Secret… September 26, 2024 Banyan Edge, Investment Opportunities, Technology Apple grew from garage-based business to mega-tech powerhouse by doing something most companies would never dream of ... repeatedly creating some of the most successful gadgets in history, then deliberately killing them off. Here's how Apple's own self-destructive tendencies became the secret to the company's unprecedented success...
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.
From “Handshake Deal” to Stock Shake-Up at 7-11 September 23, 2024 Banyan Edge, Investing, Investment Opportunities There's an old urban legend that the United States was split in half by a simple handshake deal between two convenience store kingpins ... and now, a new generation of leadership could lead to a shake-up at convenience store giant 7-11...
The Fed’s Next Move is Designed to Surprise You September 19, 2024 Banyan Edge, News, U.S. Economy The U.S. Federal Reserve holds tremendous power over the U.S. economy. By setting benchmark rates, it dictates the terms for interbank lending — and in turn, the borrowing costs for virtually every business and household in America. But aside from raising or lowering those rates, the Fed has very few meaningful ways to interact with the larger economy (excluding emergency measures, of course). So controlling the flow of information, controlling the perception and expectation of rate cuts, becomes one of the Fed’s most powerful tools.