Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy will keep up its bitcoin buying despite cryptocurrency rout: report

MicroStrategy said it plans to continue its bitcoin buying this year, despite the crypto rout. The Wall Street Journal reported its CFO said the firm’s bitcoin approach is to buy and hold. Bitcoin has fallen below $40,000, sinking from its November high of about $69,000. Sign up here for our daily newsletter, 10 Things Before… Continue reading Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy will keep up its bitcoin buying despite cryptocurrency rout: report

Echo Show 15 Might Be Amazon’s Best Alexa Device

Amazon’s latest Alexa smart screen isn’t quite bad, but it really isn’t all that great, either. Rather, Echo Show 15—the newest, biggest, and only wall-mountable smart display in the Amazon Echo Show lineup—is what you might call… enough. Good enough, capable enough, useful enough, but never quite outstanding. And yet, it also might be the… Continue reading Echo Show 15 Might Be Amazon’s Best Alexa Device

The Top Corporate Tax Havens and Global Tax Reform

Until a international agreement to ensure big companies pay a minimum tax rate of 15% is implemented, these are currently the top corporate tax havens. To attract business, countries offer tax breaks to big companies. If multinational corporations set up headquarters or subsidiaries in the countries with the most attractive tax systems and favorable secrecy… Continue reading The Top Corporate Tax Havens and Global Tax Reform

Brookfield expands hedge fund business into Europe

The move will increasingly pit it against some of the biggest, most established names in the multi-manager hedge fund sector Author of the article: Financial Times Laurence Fletcher in London People walk to Brookfield Place off Bay Street in Toronto. Photo by REUTERS/Mark Blinch files Brookfield Asset Management is expanding its hedge fund business into… Continue reading Brookfield expands hedge fund business into Europe

Warren Buffett, Cathie Wood post similar 2-year gain with completely different strategies

ARK’s focus on dynamic growth stocks full of highs and lows, while Berkshire’s classic value approach achieved slower, steadier gains Author of the article: Bloomberg News Jan-Patrick Barnert Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF have both delivered returns of about 35 per cent over the past 24 months. Photo by… Continue reading Warren Buffett, Cathie Wood post similar 2-year gain with completely different strategies

Market pricing in too many rate hikes

This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Watch: Starlight Capital’s Dennis Mitchell on market reaction to interest rate hikes The Bank of Canada building in Ottawa. Photo by REUTERS/Chris Wattie//File Photo Article content Dennis Mitchell, CEO & CIO at Starlight Capital, talks with Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about how the market… Continue reading Market pricing in too many rate hikes

Soaring inflation shatters Bay Street consensus on interest rate liftoff

Some now say we could see borrowing costs rise as early as next week Publishing date: Jan 20, 2022  •  3 days ago  •  4 minute read  •  124 Comments Bay Street’s opinion on when the Bank of Canada will start to apply the brakes differs. Photo by REUTERS/Mark Blinch/File Photo This week’s inflation numbers have… Continue reading Soaring inflation shatters Bay Street consensus on interest rate liftoff