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We Asked Market Pros Two Big Questions About 2025. Here's What They Told Us.

Jan 15, 2025 | luckboxmagazine.com | Ed McKinley

We Asked Market Pros Two Big Questions About 2025. Here’s What They Told Us. A Luckbox panel of financial experts see plenty of reasons for optimism in 2025. One already calls it the year of quantum computing stocks. The others predict Q1 gains for QQQ, bitcoin, digital assets, Treasury bonds and just about any currency other than the U.S. dollar.
What Would Chris Wright’s Confirmation Mean for Nuclear Power?

Dec 4, 2024 | luckboxmagazine.com | Ed McKinley

What Would Chris Wright’s Confirmation Mean for Nuclear Power? President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for energy secretary has a stake in the nuclear power industry but amassed a fortune in the fossil fuel business. What his confirmation would mean for the administration’s policies on nuclear plants and advanced atomic energy research remains an open question.
How Much Do Moats Matter?

Nov 21, 2024 | luckboxmagazine.com | Ed McKinley

How Much Do Moats Matter? Two of the richest people alive, Warren Buffett and Elon Musk, disagree on a fundamental principle of finance. They’ve expressed diametrically opposing views on the importance of something called an “economic moat.”We’re not talking about a ditch filled with water around a medieval castle. An economic moat is anything that offers a business a sustainable competitive advantage that safeguards market share and ensures long-term profits.
Will America Issue a Central Bank Digital Currency?

Nov 14, 2024 | luckboxmagazine.com | Ed McKinley

Will America Issue a Central Bank Digital Currency? The price of Bitcoin skyrocketed to record highs this week, but the excitement isn’t spilling over into central bank digital currency, or CBDC. Just ask Donald Trump. The President-elect has expressed nothing but contempt for CBDC.
How Much Does the U.S. Really Spend on NATO and Foreign Aid?

Nov 7, 2024 | luckboxmagazine.com | Ed McKinley

How Much Does the U.S. Really Spend on NATO and Foreign Aid? Some Americans denigrate our European allies for supposedly failing to shoulder their fair share of the cost of NATO. Truth be told, the U.S. paid $567 million or 15.8% of NATO’s $3.5 billion budget last year. But isn’t the U.S. still paying too much? Maybe not. It happens that 23 of the organization’s 32 members are quietly meeting or even exceeding the alliance’s goal for contributions.
$4.4 Billion Has Been Spent on This Election

Oct 31, 2024 | luckboxmagazine.com | Ed McKinley

$4.4 Billion Has Been Spent on This Election Whether it’s a billionaire subsidizing a Super PAC or a day laborer chipping in five bucks in response to an email, presidential campaign fundraising attracts plenty of scrutiny. But not as many of us are paying attention to where all the cash winds up. Perhaps we should.
What's Driving the Price of Gold?

Oct 16, 2024 | luckboxmagazine.com | Ed McKinley

What’s Driving the Price of Gold? The gold rush isn’t over. In fact, the glittering yellow metal is becoming even more precious after already doubling in value in just the last four years. A troy ounce was worth $2,677 this morning, up more than 28% in 2024 and far ahead of the 18.5% increase in the S&P 500. Plus, gold’s gains for this year are on top of a 13% increase in 2023. A comparison with past highs shows it has surpassed the peak caused in 2020 by the pandemic.
Big Crypto's Campaign Cash

Oct 10, 2024 | luckboxmagazine.com | Ed McKinley

Big Crypto’s Campaign Cash Cryptocurrency companies account for nearly half of the corporate money contributed to the 2024 election campaigns—dwarfing spending by big oil, healthcare or any other sector, according to a report from Public Citizen, a nonprofit progressive advocacy group and think tank. Of the $119 million the crypto industry has poured into the election, 80% has come from just two companies.
Who is Hindenburg Research?

Oct 2, 2024 | luckboxmagazine.com | Ed McKinley

Who is Hindenburg Research? Recently, Hindenburg Research helped sink the stock price of Super Micro Computer. It’s not the first time Hindenburg’s research has exposed a company’s problems. Hindenburg sells short and then makes a profit when its reports reduce a company’s share price. A report from short seller Hindenburg Research alleging “recidivist” accounting irregularities at Super Micro Computer (SMCI) contributed to a precipitous fall in the value of the company’s stock.
Is BlackRock Really Buying Up Homes?

Sep 25, 2024 | luckboxmagazine.com | Ed McKinley

Is BlackRock Really Buying Up Homes? Americans want to know if Blackstone, the world’s largest alternative investment firm, is buying up tens of thousands of single-family houses and turning them into rentals. Don’t believe that’s a burning question?