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Sure, we could see another year of double-digit returns: Morning Brief

Sure, we could see another year of double-digit returns: Morning Brief

TipRanks 3 “Strong Buy” Stocks Set for Monster Growth in 2021 We’ve turned a new page on the calendar, Old Man ’20 is out the door, and there’s a feeling ‘21 is gonna be a good year – and so far, so good. The markets closed out 2020 with modest session gains to cap off larger annual gains. The S&P 500 rose 16% during the corona crisis year, while the NASDAQ, with its heavy tech representation, showed an impressive annual gain of nearly 43%. The advent of two viable COVID vaccines… Source link

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Bitcoin shatters $30,000 as 2020 price surge continues into new year

Bitcoin shatters ,000 as 2020 price surge continues into new year

It took bitcoin (BTC) 10 years in existence to reach the $20,000 mark, on Dec. 15. Then it took just 17 days to reach $30,000. It took the Dow Jones almost three years to make the same move. Bitcoin started 2020 at $7,200. It ended the year very close to $30,000, up 296%. (For comparison, the Nasdaq rose 43% in 2020, the S&P 500 rose 16%, the Dow rose 7%.) The surge continued full-steam into 2021: On Jan. 2, bitcoin broke through $30,000 for the first time, then broke through $31,000. The 2020… Source link

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The economic chart of the year: Morning Brief

The economic chart of the year: Morning Brief

Tuesday, December 29, 2020 Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 a.m. ET. Subscribe The goods-based recovery. About 70% of U.S. GDP growth comes from consumer spending. And this spending can basically be broken into two categories — goods and services. A good is an item — a couch, a car, a shirt. A service is basically anything else — a meal, a surgery, an Uber. And about two-thirds of this spending from consumers is typically focused on… Source link

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Yandex.Market announces best selling smartphones for this year – Telecompaper

Yandex.Market announces best selling smartphones for this year – Telecompaper

Add comment 2500)this.value=this.value.substr(0,2500);” onkeydown=”if(this.value.length>2500)this.value=this.value.substr(0,2500);”> We welcome comments that add value to the discussion. We attempt to block comments that use offensive language or appear to be spam, and our editors frequently review the comments to ensure they are appropriate. If you see a comment that you believe is… Source link

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2020 in Review: The Year for Google

2020 in Review: The Year for Google

Google search with magnifying glass concept For Google and its parent company Alphabet, 2020 was a year of ups and downs. The company reached a milestone market value in January but then experienced its first revenue decline ever during the second quarter of the year. Google found its footing once again in the third quarter, leading company shares to rise back up — its overall gains have reached 34% for the year. Growing Businesses: Industries That Made Their Mark in 2020 As this truly… Source link

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Tyson Fury is Yahoo Sports 2020 Fighter of the Year

Tyson Fury is Yahoo Sports 2020 Fighter of the Year

In a year unlike any other in recent memory, the 2020 Yahoo Sports Fighter of the Year in boxing is a man unlike any other. There was no elite high-end fighter who put together multiple impressive wins in 2020. The 10 men who make up the Yahoo Sports’ pound-for-pound fought a combined total of nine times. Only No. 10 Shakur Stevenson fought twice, and No. 7 Manny Pacquiao and No. 9 Artur Beterbiev did not compete. And so it’s a lot harder to come up with a clear choice for Fighter of the… Source link

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Surprise pick for Yahoo Sports MMA Fighter of the Year

Surprise pick for Yahoo Sports MMA Fighter of the Year

Globe Newswire Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S: Transactions in connection with share buy-back programme Company Announcement No. 48/2020  Copenhagen, 28 December 2020 Transactions in connection with share buy-back programme On 28 August 2020, Scandinavian Tobacco Group A/S (“STG”) announced that a share buy-back programme of an aggregated price of up to DKK 300 million was launched with the purpose to adjust the Company’s capital structure and meet obligations relating to the… Source link

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Surprise pick for Yahoo Sports MMA Fighter of the Year

Surprise pick for Yahoo Sports MMA Fighter of the Year

When the bell sounded to begin the fifth round of the main event of the final pay-per-view card of 2020, much hung in the balance for both Deiveson Figueiredo and Brandon Moreno, as well as mixed martial arts together. The possibility existed at that moment that the final round could determine the winner of the bout, the holder of the UFC flyweight championship as well as the 2020 Fighter of the Year. Earlier that night, though, another fighter entered the cage with a chance to do historic… Source link

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Hackers last year conducted a ‘dry run’ of SolarWinds breach

Hackers last year conducted a ‘dry run’ of SolarWinds breach

Westend61/Getty Images Hackers who breached federal agency networks through software made by a company called SolarWinds appear to have conducted a test run of their broad espionage campaign last year, according to sources with knowledge of the operation. The hackers distributed malicious files from the SolarWinds network in October 2019, five months before previously reported files were sent to victims through the company’s software update servers. The October files, distributed to… Source link

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