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Banks Taking Notice of Blockchain Technology When investors think of blockchain technology Bitcoin is usually the first thing that comes to mind. After all, Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency to enter the mainstream and blockchain is the technology that underlies all cryptocurrencies. What exactly does blockchain do? Blockchain is essentially a group of connected computer […]

Advanced Drone Technology When it comes to drones, most people think of military applications. Soldiers sitting in the safety of a room perhaps thousands of miles away from combat, flying drones into war zones to conduct sensitive military operations. While drones were first mainly used for military purposes, they are now used by drone enthusiasts […]

U.S. Dollar Down 3.1% since Start of 2018; 13.4% Year-over-Year The U.S. dollar had momentum in the first half of 2017, but it’s been all downhill since then. In fact, the U.S. dollar is off to its worst start in 21 years and it looks like it could get worse. The U.S. dollar Index, which […]

Return of Winter Catches Natural Gas Bears Off Guard After months of trading in a tight range between $2.75 and $3.10 per MMBtu, natural gas prices started to rise in late December with that momentum carrying into 2018. On January 23, natural gas prices hit an intra-day high of $3.62. After two historically warn winters, […]

Next Bear Market Will Catch Investors Off Guard Stocks are soaring, and the U.S. economy is chugging along. This has led to investor complacency. In fact, investors haven’t been this complacent since 2007, just shortly before the stock market crashed and the U.S. economy slipped into the Great Recession.  Having no fear in the markets […]

Are We on the Verge of a Cashless Society? The idea of cashless society has been discussed for decades. But the movement toward a true cashless society has finally arrived. The physical money you hold in your hand is starting to disappear. Whether that’s a good thing or not is open for debate. Some argue […]

Credit Card Companies Embrace Blockchain, Just Not Bitcoin Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Ripple may be making all the headlines, but the fact is, blockchain technology really hasn’t caught on yet in a practical way. There simply aren’t that many merchants that accept blockchain payments. But that is about to change. And one credit card […]

Cryptocurrencies: What You Need to Know in 2018 When it comes to cryptocurrencies, bitcoin is the first thing that pops into people’s minds. But there are a lot of other cryptocurrencies out there, and in 2018, they could provide a lot more upside potential than bitcoin. Bitcoin continues to capture all of the cryptocurrency attention. […]

Apple Inc. Market Cap Cracks $900.0 Billion Apple Inc. (NASDAQ/APPL) blew Wall Street away when it announced its financial results for the fourth quarter ended September 30, 2017. The company also announced soaring “iPhone” sales and has received critical acclaim for its “iPhone X,” despite an eye-watering price tag of US$999.00. On Thursday, November 2, […]