CryptoWatch: Here come CME bitcoin futures: What you need to know
After a week of slow but steady trading on Cboe Global Markets, a new player is set to enter the bitcoin futures market on Monday. Here’s what you need to know.
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Capitol Report: Here’s what’s in the Republican tax deal
Republicans’ tax overhaul appears to be heading for approval in Congress next week, after GOP senators who were previously holdouts on the bill said they’d vote for the sweeping measure that would cut corporate and individual rates.
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UN special envoy chastises Trump’s America for ‘inequality and extreme poverty’
‘The proposed tax reform package stakes out America’s bid to become the most unequal society in the world.’
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Earnings Outlook: Micron earnings: Bullish sentiment remains on horizon for memory chips
Micron Technology Inc. is expected to remain a big beneficiary of commodity memory chip pricing, which has surged in the past year, and investors will be focused on supply and demand issues going into the chip maker’s earnings report.
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Market Extra: Portuguese bonds climb in anticipation of ratings upgrade out of ‘junk’ territory
Investors had piled into Portuguese debt in expectation that one of the major ratings agencies will lift the country into investment-grade status
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CryptoWatch: TD Ameritrade to open trading on bitcoin futures
TD Ameritrade on Friday said it would open trading for the recently launched bitcoin futures contract on Cboe Group Inc., following what it said was “standard protocol” for granting access to any futures product.
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Market Extra: Why betting on risk can be—well—risky business
When volatility is already very low, equity valuations high, monetary policy on a tightening path and lots of geopolitical uncertainty, it is only logical to expect more pullbacks along the way.
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Market Extra: Bitcoin futures settle above $18,000; spot prices rise
U.S. bitcoin futures rebound to above $18,000 on Friday, booking a solid 20% gain in the first week of trading.
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NewsWatch: Here’s what’s in the Republican tax deal
A last-minute increase to the child tax credit in the GOP tax bill has persuaded Sen. Marco Rubio to vote for the measure, after the Florida Republican said earlier he wasn’t ready to back the plan.
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Market Extra: IPO activity surged in 2017, thanks to pick up in tech stocks
While some of the most high-profile initial public offerings of 2017 disappointed, with the stocks trading down significantly from their debut prices, they helped the overall IPO market stage a sharp rebound in activity from 2016.
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