Walmart shares are moving lower in premarket trading despite solid third-quarter results, suggesting that price-sensitive consumers are flocking to its stores nationwide. The shift toward value mirrors what off-brand retailer TJ Maxx reported on Wednesday. It caps a pivotal week for retailers (as described by Goldman’s Scott Feiler), with Home Depot and Target both highlighting sagging demand […]

Authored by Michael Lebowitz via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, In our last article, QE Is Coming, we focused on why the capital and financial markets have become so dependent on the Fed for liquidity.  The article explains that, in the aftermath of the crisis, a slew of regulations drastically changed the liquidity landscape. As a result, the Fed—not the private […]

Muddy Waters Capital CEO Carson Block joined Bloomberg TV overnight to discuss whether it’s time to short the hyperscalers and the broader artificial-intelligence trade. The answer he gave is somewhat surprising. Block, a notorious short-seller, warned against betting against the tech giants: “If you’re out there trying to short Nvidia or any of these big […]

Cryptocurrencies are digital-first tokens whose ownership is marked on collective, highly secure digital ledgers, called blockchains. This has mainly been used to speculate, gamble, and scam, but—with the proper regulatory framework—advocates argue that technologies like decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms and cryptocurrencies could become instrumental parts of mainstream finance, reducing many of the transaction fees and […]

Authored by Ezra Reguerra via CoinTelegraph.com, Global bank regulators are preparing to revisit their most stringent crypto rules after the United States and the United Kingdom refused to implement them, a move that threatens to unravel the long-standing consensus of the Basel Committee.  In an interview with the Financial Times, Erik Thedéen, the governor of the Swedish […]