Money

Ready… get set… trade! Speed trading — or high frequency trading (HFT), the preferred parlance of regulators — doesn’t operate that fast.  It operates much faster.  You read it right…

One of the financial blogs I enjoy reading is called MisterSquirrel. I’m well aware of the irony of taking financial advice from someone who shares a nickname with tree-dwelling rodents…

It was with equal parts of relief and smug satisfaction that the Bitcoin faithful watched prices recover over the last week, briefly rising into the $540 range. While the price…

A noted investment adviser likes to ease his clients’ pain when the value of their portfolio dips by uttering this comment:  “Don’t worry.  Your portfolio will do just fine.  After…

Here’s a lesson for you — it’s called supply and demand. It states that when there’s little demand and your price is too high, you’re in trouble. That’s the dilemma…

If you don’t like the way Wall Street behaves, if you want to hit back at those paragons of entitled excess, the best way to do it is to go…

There are two pieces of advice I give to people about working. One is that the only way to like the boss is to be the boss. The other is…

One of the things I’ve noticed over the years is that the financial mistakes people make are surprisingly consistent. And those mistakes are frequently repeated by the smartest people in…

The charts don’t lie, and the data plainly show that Bitcoin remains on a slow but steady price decline. A little over a month ago, prices were near $700 — but it’s been…

If you have any friends in the arts, you’ve probably been hit up for money via crowdfunding, a mass gathering of wallets designed to push forward new projects that need…