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Off-the-grid homes made of recycled garbage, ‘earthships’ could become million-dollar climate-change havens
Mike Reynolds, 76, started building “earthships” in Taos, New Mexico, more than half a century ago. For many years, most people thought he was nuts. Why is this idiot using garbage to build with, and why is this idiot trying to make buildings that don’t need utilities?” said Reynolds, summarizing what people thought of him.…
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Know Your Options – Closing a Trade
David Borun goes over the best methods for closing a trade, despite how your original thesis was correct, or incorrect.
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Benefits Of Investing Through an ISA
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Puerto Rico Oversight Board appeals treatment of eminent domain claims
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board is appealing the approved Plan of Adjustment’s treatment of up to $400 million of eminent domain claims. The claims against Puerto Rico will currently be paid in full or, in some cases, at high rates to the claimants and the board would like them to be paid at the rate…
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Puerto Rico considering refinancing COFINA bonds
Puerto Rico’s government is exploring refinancing its Puerto Rico Sales Tax Finance Corporation’s bonds, also known as COFINA bonds, a move some say could allow the commonwealth to see cost savings as it also works toward restructuring its general obligation bonds. The Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority has requested pre-qualified investment banks…
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Fidelity analyst: Bitcoin price up-down debate ‘mostly noise,’ watch network’s Apple-esque growth
Bitcoin (BTC) continued its decline further into the week as BTC clung to the $40,000 support level on Feb. 18. BTC price up-down debate “mostly noise” While many analysts anticipated BTC’s price to fall toward $30,000 next, mostly based on technicals, Jurrien Timmer of Fidelity Investments lambasted the downside bias, calling it “mostly noise.” Bitcoin has been…
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Circle, the company behind the USDC stablecoin, doubles valuation to $9 billion in updated SPAC deal
Circle, the firm behind the stablecoin USDC, has doubled its valuation to $9 billion following a new deal with blank-check company Concord Acquisition Corp. The two companies first revealed their plans to merge in July, in a deal that at the time valued Circle at just $4.5 billion. They have now updated the terms of…
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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Roku, Shake Shack, Sunrun & more
The Roku 3 television streaming player menu is shown on a television in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013. Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg via Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Roku — Shares of video-streaming company dropped 12% in extended trading after the firm’s fourth-quarter revenue missed…
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Ethereum dominance may dwindle as competitors emerge: Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley’s wealth management global investment office has published a report on Ethereum (ETH) arguing that the blockchain’s dominance could dwindle if strong market competition emerges. The investment banking giant’s report is titled “Cryptocurrency 201: What Is Ethereum?” and it provides a detailed rundown of the ecosystem along with its advantages and disadvantages in relation…
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Catastrophe Report Warns Of The High Price Tag Of Damage From Extreme Weather Events
A new climate change catastrophe report by CoreLogic, a real estate data analytics provider, takes a look at how many homes were affected in 2021 by hurricanes, severe weather, winter storms and wildfires and warns of the high price tag of property damage or loss. A natural hazard can not only devastate a community but…
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Think banks, debt collectors need reform? The Biden administration wants to know
Rohit Chopra, director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images The Biden administration is trying to empower consumers to help rewrite the rules governing how banks, lenders and other financial institutions can treat customers. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — a federal agency created in the wake of the 2008 financial…
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Trading the Ascending Triangle Stock Chart Pattern
The Ascending Triangle: -It resembles accumulation. -It is a bullish pattern. -It doesn’t have to happen on an uptrend, but it is very helpful when it does. -The top of the triangle is fairly straight and the bottom of the triangle is ascending. The stock ascends and descends between these two lines of the triangle.…
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Is There Hope for Alibaba, AT&T and JC Penney in 2016?
Should you be investing in any of these three companies in 2016? Alibaba: http://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/BABA?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID AT&T: http://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/T?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID JC Penney: http://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/JCP?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Follow us on StockTwits: http://stocktwits.com/ZacksResearch Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZacksResearch Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ZacksInvestmentResearch
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Beginner’s Guide to Trend Channels
Trend channels are one of those chart formations that traders love. They provide security and ample opportunity to profit from price swings in both directions, while still calmly continuing a larger up and down move (unless we have a horizontal channel that is). But are there any risks when trading a channel and how exactly…
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Mester backs faster Fed rate-hike pace if needed to tame prices
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said she supports raising interest rates next month and tightening policy at a faster pace if needed to curb inflation. “I believe it will be appropriate to move the funds rate up in March and follow with further increases in the coming months,” Mester said Thursday in…
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API3 price gains 55% after new partnerships and exchange listings attract investors
In the emerging Web3 world, data is the most valuable commodity, and oracle solutions provide a valuable role in facilitating the accurate and secure transmission of data between blockchains and data sources. One project that is taking a different approach to developing oracles is API3 (API3), a project which harnesses application programming interfaces (APIs) to…
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Puerto Rico’s willingness to pay again in question
The unwillingness of the majority of Puerto Rico’s senators to approve money for the commonwealth’s debt restructuring raises questions about Puerto Rico’s willingness to pay its debt, analysts said. Puerto Rico Senate Pres. José Luis Dalmau Santiago on Wednesday decided to not bring the proposed amendment for the current year’s budget to a vote when…
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The Republic of the Marshall Islands Allows Registration of DAOs as Legal Entities
The Republic of the Marshall Islands has announced it will allow decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) to become legal entities. At the time of writing, only one DAO has successfully incorporated in the country. DAOs Will Be Allowed to Register as Legal Entities The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) has said it will allow decentralized…
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How Many Shares or Option Contracts Should You Trade First?
I’ve got a question for you. How many shares are you trading currently on per trade basis? How do you decide that? Well, there’s a lot of people out there that wonder exactly this “How many shares should they trade” Should I trade 2 percent of my account size? Or just always trade 100 shares…
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Cramer: ‘We’re not in a world of the pandemic anymore’ and many companies aren’t ready
In this article ABNB RBLX Many companies appear to be ill-equipped to thrive in a post-Covid world, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday. “I have not seen a lot of companies who are prepared for post-pandemic. I’ve seen a lot of companies that were kind of banking on a little more pandemic,” Cramer said. The “Mad…
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