Fred Dunkley

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Contributor since: 26 Feb 2018

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• Top Performing Cannabis Stocks of the Year

  Published 30 September 2021 | viewed 3,667 times

  Let’s just cut to the chase and say it: The cannabis sector has massively underperformed in the current year. Indeed, the world's largest cannabis ETF--ETFMG…

• The Million-Dollar Question: Will China Bail Out Evergrande?

  Published 24 September 2021 | viewed 3,201 times

  Social unrest is an extremely rare event in China, where “social stability” is practically mandated. That hasn’t stopped retail investors, vendors and even employees of…

• Bitcoin Is Driven By Testosterone

  Published 22 September 2021 | viewed 7,217 times

  Many agree that bitcoin’s major upside over the last 10 years has largely been the result of FOMO, a fear of missing out. Loosely related…

• Investors Are Patient With Unprofitable Giants

  Published 14 September 2021 | viewed 3,453 times

  With a billion dollars separating them, Elon Musk recently exceeded Jeff Bezos as the world's second-richest man. Currently, Tesla CEO and co-founder Musk is worth…

• Central America Is Ready For The Bitcoin Hustle

  Published 08 September 2021 | viewed 5,929 times

  The impoverished Central American nation of El Salvador has just become the first country in the world to adopt bitcoin as legal tender.  El Salvador…

• Crypto Crime Nets Another $2B Fraudster

  Published 02 September 2021 | viewed 6,104 times

  Just as reports started to emerge that due to improved security systems, cryptocurrency-related crimes are getting lower, the SEC has charged the founder of a…

• This Week’s Hottest Meme Stocks

  Published 31 August 2021 | viewed 4,735 times

  Ever since last year’s raucously entertaining and (for some) massively profitable GameStop and AMC Entertainment short squeezes, investors have been looking for the next hot…

• International Banks Blacklist Afghanistan Following Taliban Takeover

  Published 23 August 2021 | viewed 4,470 times

  Once the excitement of taking over a country settles, such as checking out the presidential gym and enjoying some fun on bumper cars, Afghanistan’s new…

• U.S. Cannabis Space Heats Up With Telling Tilray Acquisition

  Published 20 August 2021 | viewed 4,084 times

  In an attempt to latch onto the Biden administration's recent cannabis federal legalization push, Canadian cannabis producer Tilray--long one of the best stocks in this…

• China Tech Wipeout Continues After Beijing Cracks Down On Online Videogames

  Published 08 August 2021 | viewed 4,393 times

  China's bubbling tech sector has been hit with a massive regulatory storm ever since Alibaba Group Holdings (NYSE:BABA) founder Jack Ma criticized his country's government…

• 3 of the Most Interesting New ETF Themes of 2021

  Published 05 August 2021 | viewed 4,389 times

  As the world continues to navigate the fast-changing tech landscape, megatrend investing has emerged as the hottest investing theme in 2021. Megatrends are powerful, transformative…

• The Most Interesting Stocks Of Earnings Season, For Better or Worse

  Published 31 July 2021 | viewed 3,391 times

  Earnings season for the U.S. market is currently underway, with about a quarter of S&P 500 companies having reported earnings. According to FactSet data, 88%…

• The 5 Biggest IPO Disasters Of 2021

  Published 27 July 2021 | viewed 5,002 times

  The U.S. market has recorded a major dearth of startups following the dotcom crash of two decades ago. The IPO drought has been undermining the…

• Ireland Balks At Biden’s Global Tax Plan

  Published 23 July 2021 | viewed 9,453 times

  With some heavy prodding by the Biden Administration, earlier this month, 132 nations agreed to a global minimum tax on corporations, with the Organization for…

• Robinhood To Trade On Nasdaq Targeting $32B Valuation

  Published 20 July 2021 | viewed 3,971 times

  By now it’s clear to all that Robinhood will take from the rich … what happens after that remains unclear, but retail investors will now…

• Delta Variant Real Threat To Economic Recovery

  Published 11 July 2021 | viewed 7,588 times

  Despite the increased vaccine rollout, global deaths from the virus have now surpassed 4 million as the more virulent Delta variant targets more than 100…

• DiDi Shares Take a Beating From Chinese Regulators

  Published 06 July 2021 | viewed 3,283 times

  Less than a week after a rather successful listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), Chinese major ride-sharing company DiDi has come under the…

• Robinhood’s ‘Mission’ Questioned in $70M Fine

  Published 04 July 2021 | viewed 2,659 times

  Long ago, in a faraway place, Robinhood, now the world’s most popular trading app said its mission was to stand up for the little guy,…

• Islamic Finance On Track To Hit $3.7 Trillion

  Published 30 June 2021 | viewed 2,832 times

  The Islamic finance industry is already worth over $2 trillion, and S&P Global Ratings estimates that this year and next will see it grow by…

• The Lumber Bubble Is Bursting

  Published 29 June 2021 | viewed 18,981 times

  Lumber prices have skyrocketed in the past 12 months, causing the average price of both new and existing single-family homes to increase. Until now. That…