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Visa does a lot more than credit/debit card transactions, including mobile payments and person to person transfers. True.

Visa can process 30,000 per second; Mastercard 15,000. BitCoin can process around 5 transactions per seconds., and uses an inordinate amount of electricity and CPU power to do it. Not what I would describe as efficient.

I read the article, and it is obvious that neither Buffett or Gates are fans of Bitcoin. However, I failed to see how you came to the conclusion that that they are frightened of Bitcoin. Buffett for years has stated that he is not a fan of US Treasuries. That doesn't mean he if frightened of...

Technical Analysis is more art than science. If it was pure science, then programmers would simply code algorithms to perform the analysis and make tons of money. And, as with all art, some people get it almost immediately, and some never will. If you having been trying the same failed strategy...

Good question. I didn't notice that at the time, but now I remember the interviewer saying that it was going to become public knowledge anyway when all security holdings were disclosed at this weekend's annual Bershire meeting. I now wonder if the interviewer has spotted the same violation that...

News of the Buffett's Apple buy was first announced on CNBC at 03:47 AM, and that part of the interview was repeated several times during the pre-market session. The same interview part also announced that Buffett had sold all his IBM stock, yet IBM is up 1.3% as of 2PM. I doubt that Buffett's...

i don't use the GOOGLEFINANCE spreadsheet function, but I do use the Google Finance web site for fetching quotes. I have noticed that as of two days ago, the site no longer returns any EOD quotes more recent than April 30th. The intraday quotes however, still work.

I agree with Lawrence-Lugar. Most people vastly overestimate how much computer they need to do trading. Three recommendations: Check out Dell-Outlet to save money; Get Windows Pro instead of Windows Home; Instead of 4 PCIe 256GB SSD drives, get one PCIe 500GB drive and partition it in two...

So if bitcoin reaches $700,000, cryptocurrencies will be worth almost as much as all the farmland, and about 25% of the total stock market.

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MLPs Look Attractive Again, and Yield as Much as 8% By Daren Fonda April 21, 2018 PHOTO: DENIS CARRIER The recent spike in crude-oil prices to a three-year high of $68 a barrel has sent energy stocks up 11% in the past month. But the news has barely registered among investors in pipeline...

Google may be his friend, but Barron's is not. It has a paywall.

First I agree that one should get data from multiple source. However, quoting from your own link to the BitcoinMagazine.com article: "While it is consensus oriented, Ripple is not a blockchain."

The earnings can be release at any time during the session (i.e. Before Market Open or After Market Close). However, there is usually a conference call scheduled to discuss the earnings, so the company always releases the earnings before the scheduled conference call. Contrary to what you may...

From Forbes mag: Ripple doesn't use blockchain but uses a distributed consensus ledger using a network of validating servers and crypto tokens called XRP (sometimes referred to as Ripples).

Is this Privacy Policy as Loyalty Oath?

It's not so much as believing one article vs the other. It is from a lifelong observation of the ability of the super-rich to skirt all rules and laws, and to exert political influence to get what they want.

Sorry, but I find it hard to believe the linked article. If the Swiss banks are not protecting depositors identities, then why are they continuing to use the Swiss banks since they are paid negative interest rates? Especially since their are other haven (Caymans, Panama) that will protect...

I think this is the best bet for a crypto to survive -- to be actually based on something of value, and the value could be audited.

The Swiss have changed virtually nothing. I suggest you read this article in Forbes mag: Swiss Bank Secrecy---Their Lips Say Yes, But Their Eyes Say No. https://www.forbes.com/sites/taxanalysts/2017/04/05/switzerland-their-lips-say-yes-but-their-eyes-say-no/#314fa2455783 I believe that as...