Have S&P 500 Index Funds, Often Touted as the Best Stock Investments, Become Dangerous? There’s a Worrisome Development — and a Possibly Better Alternative.

What’s the investment I’ve recommended most often for most people? A low-fee exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the S&P 500 index, such as the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO +0.55%) or the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY +0.55%). I suspect many of my colleagues would say the same. Even Warren Buffett has recommended it. In […]

Coinbase Quantum Report Warns Millions Of Bitcoin Could Face

TL;DR Coinbase’s Quantum Advisory Council published a report on post-quantum migration and abandoned coins. The report estimates that millions of Bitcoin may eventually be exposed through legacy address formats and address reuse. The risk is future-oriented; the report does not say quantum computers can break Bitcoin today. Coinbase Flags Long-Term Quantum Exposure Coinbase’s Quantum Advisory […]

President Donald Trump’s 7-Word Take on Interest Rates Is Due for a Reality Check

Earlier this month, the widely followed Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI +0.70%), benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC +0.50%), and tech-stock-dependent Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +0.31%) all ascended to fresh record highs. The stock market producing outsize annualized returns under President Donald Trump is nothing new. The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq skyrocketed 57%, 70%, and 142%, respectively, […]

Bitcoin Miner Profits Fell As BTC Price Lost Strength: Will Miners Sell?

Key takeaways: Record-low Bitcoin mining margins and rising demand for AI infrastructure incentivize miners to reduce their BTC positions. Institutional spot Bitcoin flows vastly surpass miner output, making macro trends more vital than miner profits alone. Bitcoin’s price slide to $62,000 was paired with weak on-chain activity and declining BTC miner revenues, which have fallen […]

Why crypto’s future may look more like traditional markets

Those markets function because trading activity sits atop a vast network of credit relationships, clearing brokers and prime brokerage arrangements, Mercer says. “That’s what the world’s economies and capital markets are built on,” he added. When LMAX launched institutional crypto venue LMAX Digital in 2018, Mercer expected similar infrastructure would quickly emerge in digital assets. […]

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