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On June 20, 2020, it was reported that 20-year-old Alexander Kearns, a student at the University of Nebraska, had taken his own life after believing he had racked up more than $700,000 in losses by trading options using the popular Robinhood investing app.

With the prices of used cars and trucks recently experiencing their greatest increases in more than 51 years in the United States, US consumer prices rose solidly in August by a seasonally adjusted 0.4 percent compared with July. As such, prices have now risen for three consecutive months, with July and June levels each rising by 0.6 percent.

We often like to make predictions about the future, especially when it comes to what we believe are likely to be popular trends. In today’s world, it’s often some new technology that people tout as being “the future”, such as robotics or electric vehicles

2020 marks the 15th anniversary of the US shale boom, a period in which discoveries of deposits of shale oil and gas across such states as Colorado, Texas, North Dakota, New Mexico and Wyoming propelled the United States to the top of the list of the world’s biggest oil producers.

At the end of July, it was announced that EQUOS is set to become the US’ first publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange, with a planned “backdoor listing” on the Nasdaq before year-end, having received approval from market regulators. As part of the blockchain-powered Hong Kong-based financial-services company Diginex

The special administrative region of Hong Kong has long been a magnet for foreign direct investment. Recently, the cracks in its special “one country, two systems” relationship with China have widened. The grievances of pro-democracy Hong Kong residents have erupted into massive protests—threatening Hong Kong’s appeal to international investors. If not Hong Kong, where else can investors direct their wealth? Or should they wait the Hong Kong situation out?

What does satellite imagery have to do with hedge funds? The more information the better when it comes to making an investment decision, which is why some investors are resorting to alternative data to round out their insights into particular investment opportunities. Satellite imagery can provide a perspective that is not possible at ground level, and many hedge funds are finding it to be an indispensable tool in investment decision-making.

King Coal’s reign over energy production is threatened by less expensive and more sustainable contenders vying for its throne. Coal is waning in the US but remains in demand elsewhere, so it may not be finished yet.

The proliferation of digital currencies over the last few years has led to a rapidly growing list of use cases for tokenised assets. Thanks in no small part to the development of blockchain technology, as well as the recognition and anticipation of what cryptocurrencies

The last few years have seen arguably a closer relationship between politics and investing than in previous decades. With seismic events such as the United Kingdom’s Brexit referendum in June 2016 and the United States’ presidential election later that same year, market uncertainty remained at elevated levels during much of the latter half of the last decade