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The Investor’s Guide to Making Money in Crypto
By Adam Sharp on January 28, 2022
I talked with an old friend this week. After we caught up, he asked, “You still doing that crypto stuff?” He wanted advice on various coins, trading and people to follow. So I told him what I know. Here are the key points. Don’t Trade Just don’t trade crypto. Instead, buy and hold coins long term. Trading fees eat into your potential profits constantly. And most people time trades poorly. And if…
Two Ways Startups Are Benefiting From the Great Resignation
By Allison Brickell on January 26, 2022
Headlines about the “labor shortage” have become a near daily occurrence. Millions of Americans are quitting their jobs and looking for better offers. But in reality, there isn’t a shortage of people who want to work. It’s just that more people are rejecting the low pay…
The Fed’s Policy Tightening Mirage
By Adam Sharp on January 21, 2022
Bitcoin is “crashing” once again. As I write this, it’s trading around $39,000. It’s down from around $43,000 a week ago. Altcoins are correcting much more severely, with many down 15% over the last 24 hours. As usual, all the crypto traders on Twitter are freaking…
Bitcoin Enters the Jack Dorsey Era
By Vin Narayanan on January 19, 2022
Bitcoin is now in the Jack Dorsey era. The former Twitter CEO (and co-founder) is betting big on bitcoin. Dorsey renamed his payment company — formerly Square — “Block” to signal its new focus on crypto and blockchain technology. And his outsized presence looks like it may dominate…
Chronic Fear Is Bad for Our Health
By Adam Sharp on January 14, 2022
Nothing is more relevant to our current situation than fear. The first thing to realize about fear is that it’s not very helpful in modern society. In some ways, it’s an artifact of evolution. I found a very interesting description of what fear does…
Crowdfunding Challenges the VC Preference for Serial Founders
By KingsCrowd on January 12, 2022
Note from Early Investing Senior Editor Allison Brickell: It takes a lot of work for a startup founder to secure funding. As our own Vin Narayanan wrote back in 2019, “Raising money is hard. It’s a grind. No matter…
The Fed Still Isn’t Ready to Stop Quantitative Easing
By Adam Sharp on January 7, 2022
Once again, the Federal Reserve is posturing as if it’s ready to taper quantitative easing (QE) and raise interest rates. Here’s the latest on that front from The Wall Street Journal: Federal Reserve officials at their meeting last month eyed a…
Five Steps to Achieve Your Investing Goals in 2022
By Allison Brickell on January 5, 2022
It’s a new year. And that means it’s the perfect time to set goals for 2022. Whatever your investing goals are, now is the right time to define them. Get specific about what you want to accomplish. Whether you prefer to have a five-year plan or…
Early Investing’s 2022 Predictions Extravaganza
By Early Investing on December 29, 2021
2022 is almost here. And we’re thinking about what the new year might bring. So the Early Investing team has decided to make some predictions – most of which are sure to be wrong. But we like to try anyway.
KingsCrowd Startup Investing Podcast: Rialto Markets Co-Founder Shari Noonan
By KingsCrowd on December 22, 2021
Note: Our friends at KingsCrowd have fascinating conversations with all kinds of entrepreneurs on their startup investing podcast. In a recent episode, KingsCrowd founder Chris Lustrino spoke with Shari Noonan, CEO and co-founder of Rialto Markets. Rialto provides a secondary market trading platform for buying and selling shares…
How to Build an Investment Portfolio for Current Market Conditions
By Adam Sharp on December 17, 2021
The other day I was talking to a friend who is just getting started with investing. He asked my opinion on how to build a portfolio from scratch. In this environment, that is a very tricky question. The S&P 500 currently trades…
All About the New Early Investing Website
By Vin Narayanan on December 15, 2021
The new Early Investing website is now live! For the first time since 2013, we’ve updated our look. Our continuing goal is to make the Early Investing website as easy to use as possible so that you can…
Separating Signal and Noise in Crypto Markets
By Adam Sharp on December 10, 2021
Back in September, I wrote a piece called “Beware the Cardano Price Mirage.” In it, I warned that “cheap” tokens like Cardano (ADA) aren’t actually cheap at all. Here’s an excerpt: So although Cardano does currently trade at “just”…
The New Early Investing Website
By Early Investing on December 10, 2021
Using the Early Investing website is about to get easier! For the first time since we launched in 2013, we’re updating the look and feel of our website. And our entire mission is to make it easy for you to use and…
Customization and the Future of Retail
By Allison Brickell on December 8, 2021
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I traveled to Pennsylvania to visit family. Thanksgiving dinner — filled with plenty of pie, of course — was delicious. And the next day (Black Friday) I took a leisurely stroll through the local Boscov’s. Now, I typically don’t pay too much…
Big Tech Censorship Gives Rise to New Free Speech Platforms
By Adam Sharp on December 3, 2021
This week Jack Dorsey resigned as CEO of Twitter. Jack founded Twitter and guided it pretty well over the years. I’ve used Twitter for more than 10 years. Twitter has been a fantastic social network. In my opinion, it’s the best…