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Social media financial content is a 'Wild West.' Here are the red flags to watch out for before investing your money

While social media content creators may tout all-or-nothing or get-rich-quick schemes, you may want to do a gut check before you invest.

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CFTC Commissioner: Average Retail Investor Protection Should Be Different Than Millionaires

Decrypt | Alys Key | Dec 1, 2022 The CFTC chief has proposed that the average crypto investor should get different protection from professional and high-net-worth individuals. In remarks prepared for a conference in Singapore, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero said the current regime’s definition of a “retail investor” is too


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3 years ago

'It's possible the market can rally': Financial advisors say a recession isn't inevitable

The CEOs of some of the biggest American companies believe the economy may be heading for a recession. There's still hope for investors, financial advisors say.

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OSC Seeks Feedback on 2023-24 Statement of Priorities by December 22

AUM Law | Nov 30, 2022 The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has released its most recent draft statement of priorities (SoP) in OSC Notice 11-797 – Request for Comments Regarding Statement of Priorities for Financial Year to End March 31, 2024. The draft SoP is open for comment until December 22, 2022, and describes the


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4 financial moves if you have — or are worried about — long Covid

Households can manage or plan for the financial impact of long Covid via insurance, health, tax and estate planning.

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Despite economic uncertainty, it’s a ‘great moment’ for dollar-cost averaging, says Betterment CEO

Despite economic uncertainty, experts at CNBC's Financial Advisor Summit urge investors to stay in the market in 2023. Here's what to know.

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Biggest Education Technology Trends for 2023

Guest Post | Dec 6, 2022 Education is what makes us humans capable of thinking and personal growth. All the processes that take place in our society influence how people perceive information. The major recent impact has been made by the Internet and its accessibility. It opened the gates to the world of knowledge in


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U.S.-listed Chinese stocks rally as investors turn bullish on reopening shift

The rally came as some big cities including Beijing and Shenzhen are taking steps to ease Covid testing requirements and quarantine rules.

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U.S.-listed Chinese stocks give up earlier gains as investor digest reopening shift

The rally came as some big cities including Beijing and Shenzhen are taking steps to ease Covid testing requirements and quarantine rules.

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NYT DealBook Summit: Sam Bankman-Fried Interviewed About the Collapse of FTX

New York Times | Dec 1, 2022 Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of the cryptocurrency firm FTX, gave his first live interview since his company filed for bankruptcy. Andrew Ross-Sorkin of The New York Times asked Bankman-Fried to address allegations of fraud and mismanagement and whether the people and organizations who are owed money will get any


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CBDC Adoption in Africa and Caribbean is Slow. India Piloting CBDC Anyway

TechMonitor | Afiq Fitri and Greg Noone | Dec 5, 2022 CBDCs are on the march From China to the UAE, the Bahamas to Nigeria, countries around the world have started trialling the use of central bank digital currencies as a way to translate their national fiat currencies into a means of digital exchange. One


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3 years ago

Leger Survey: More Education is Required to Increase Awareness of Fintech Adoption in Canada

Leger | Dec 1, 2022 What do Canadians think about fintech in Canada? Do they trust online banks? How much do they know about fintech? And how likely are they to use different financial technologies in the future? We conducted a large-scale online survey to find out. Survey: A total of 1,544 Canadians were surveyed


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3 years ago

Worried about Social Security benefit cuts? How calculators may help gauge how changes may affect you

To get an idea of how much any retirement benefit cuts may affect you, using a reputable Social Security calculator can help.

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Supreme Court likely to rule that Biden student loan plan is illegal, experts say. Here's what that means for borrowers

The fate of Biden administration's student loan forgiveness plan rests with the Supreme Court. That could be bad news for borrowers, legal experts say.

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Worried about Social Security benefit cuts? Calculators can gauge how changes may affect you

To get an idea of how much any retirement benefit cuts may affect you, using a reputable Social Security calculator can help.

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