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Quantitative Analyst PlanB Predicts Bitcoin Price May Increase by 700 Percent by 2022

Quantitative analyst PlanB says that Bitcoin BTC will see a hyperbolic surge early next year, where it will outperform all other assets. What Happened In a recent interview with Anthony Pompliano, PlanB says that BTC can ascend by 700 percent by early next year. “I guess we will be above $100,000, above $135,000 at the…


Customer Service Is the New Upsell

By David Wagoner We all know that keeping your customers happy is the key to building loyalty and earning repeat business. If your customers aren’t satisfied with their buying experience, it won’t matter how good your marketing is, how many leads you receive, or how well your sales funnel converts new customers—they won’t come back. And…


There Are Better Options

Dear Dave, I’m coming up on a transition phase in my life. I’ll be leaving the military soon, and I’ve been evaluating my living situation once I am out. My parents said I could live with them for a while, but I am not sure that would work out well. I have done some research…


A Woman’s Guide to Social Security

I’m going to start this column by shamelessly promoting my little Social Security guidebook called “Social Security—Simple and Smart.” You can get it for less than $10 at Amazon.com and other booksellers. I am always referring readers who send me emails to that book because it will help them a whole lot more than a…


Is US Decoupling from China?

News Commentary The pandemic and supply chain disruptions have exposed how dependent countries are on China as the world’s top manufacturing hub, and since last year there’s been a lot of debate about decoupling from China to reduce reliance on a single country. But is decoupling really happening? So far, data suggests that countries and…


China’s New Data ‘Exit’ Rules Put Multinationals in a Bind

Commentary Foreign companies doing business in China have been waiting years for clarity from the Chinese Communist regime on how they can extract their data out of China. They’re finally getting what they were waiting for. But it hardly clarifies everything, and introduces new landmines. Last week the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) released a…


Bed Bath & Beyond Surges 80 Percent on Kroger Deal, Digital Shift, and $1 Billion Buyback

Bed Bath & Beyond surged nearly 80 percent in Tuesday’s after-hours trading session on the heels of three new announcements from the company outlining strategic plans to help with its turnaround. Here are the details traders and investors should know. Share Buyback Bed Bath & Beyond increased the amount of its three-year share buyback to…


Stocks Gain, Pushing the Dow Jones Industrials Over 36,000

Wall Street added to its recent run of milestones today as stock indexes hit new highs again and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 36,000 points for the first time. The Dow and benchmark S&P 500 each rose 0.4 percent. The Nasdaq gained 0.3 percent. The three indexes also notched all-time highs on Monday….


Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Says Tracing Crypto Is Hard but Possible

Apple Inc co-founder Steve Wozniak believes that crypto will be used effectively in the future, but said its hard-to-trace nature could be challenging to its wider adoption. What Happened In a recent interview with Yahoo Finance, Wozniak said crypto has “an awful lot of promise” enabled by blockchain technology. “Yes, I am in that camp…


Analyst Upgrades Starbucks Following Post-Earnings Sell-Off: ‘Market Is Being Shortsighted’

Starbucks Corporation shares bounced back on Monday after the stock received a Wall Street upgrade by an analyst who believes the stock’s post-earnings sell-off is overdone. The Analyst Stephens analyst James Rutherford upgraded Starbucks from Equal Weight to Overweight and raised his price target from $118 to $130. The Thesis In the upgrade note, Rutherford said…