From Bedding to Betting: Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale hedges big furniture promotions at his Texas stores with multimillion-dollar sports wagers. “It’s a lot sexier than liability insurance,” he says. Gallery Furniture For some sports gamblers, betting on the Super Bowl coin toss is about as good as the odds can get. But for Jim McIngvale,…
Chickens, many of them destined for the spit, have vastly outnumbered humans in Nebraska’s Butler County since Costco spent half a billion dollars on poultry production in the state a few years ago. Now that a highly contagious virus called avian flu has infected flocks in the area, neighboring farmers are realizing they may have…
Like any frontier, cryptocurrency has its share of danger. Investors traveling through this territory can fall victim to scam artists if not careful. As news stories continue to cover this crimes, here is a list of the top cryptocurrency heist. Here are some of the top cryptocurrency scams. 1. Ronin: the blockchain underlying Axie Infinity, said…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Hackers allegedly breached gaming-focused blockchain platform Ronin Network last week and extracted cryptocurrencies now valued at more than $600 million, the company announced on Tuesday, marking the second-biggest hack ever in the burgeoning cryptocurrency space. The attack is the largest since a $600 million hack of blockchain-based platform…
The death of Wall Street value investing legend Michael Price earlier this month prompted some reflections by one of his biggest fans, Real Money Columnist Paul Price. “He was one of my earliest heroes when I was getting started in value investing,” Paul Price, who is no relation to Michael, wrote recently. It’s heartbreaking to…
China’s stock market has more than its share of intrigue of late. From fears over a former CEO’s sudden disappearance in the case of Alibaba (BABA) – Get Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. Report, to a crackdown on gaming that curbed growth in popular names like Tencent (TCEHY) , to the outright cancellation of listings in…
Between price targets, charts, portfolio balancing, regressing to the mean and a host of other terms and concepts, investing can become pretty bewildering pretty fast. Real Money Columnist Paul Price says there are ways to keep it all clear, starting with a simple rule. “As of Monday the S&P 500 was down 12.20% over the…
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Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Linkedin Anti-Putin opposition activists wave a flag as they attend an unsanctioned 2012 rally at Red Square … [+] on April 8, 2012, in Moscow. Getty Images Russia’s crackdown on Instagram and Facebook will produce a billion-dollar hit on their parent company’s revenue, an unexpected loss that will compound…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinBitcoin and cryptocurrency prices have soared following the premature publication of a U.S. Treasury statement on a long-awaited Biden administration executive order. Subscribe now to Forbes’ CryptoAsset & Blockchain Advisor and successfully navigate the latest crypto price crash The bitcoin price has leaped to over $40,000 per bitcoin, up…