Day: June 18, 2022

Fed Rate Hikes
Federal Reserve

Nearly All of Wall Street – and the Fed – Botched Calls for 2022

(Bloomberg) — So far 2022 has been a year where just about everyone on Wall Street got it wrong. As did the Fed and a cadre of global central banks. Back in December, strategists at the world’s top investment firms like JPMorgan Chase & Co. predicted the S&P 500 would gain 5% in 2022. Economists […]

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Crypto
Crypto Crash
Cryptocurrency

Crypto’s Excruciating Week Has Traders Bracing for Next Crisis

(Bloomberg) — It was one of the most dramatic weeks in the short history of the cryptocurrency market, bookended by the type of announcements investors fear the most from a counterparty: We’re sorry, but we just can’t return your money right now. In between, a nascent technocratic industry with grand ambitions to reinvent the financial […]

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Bitcoin

Bitcoin Breaches $20,000 for the First Time Since 2020

(Bloomberg) — Bitcoin fell below $20,000 for the first time since December 2020 as evidence of deepening stress within the crypto industry keeps piling up against a backdrop of monetary tightening. Bitcoin fell as much as 6% to $19,377.08 at 2:54 pm Hong Kong on Saturday. The largest token by market value has fallen for […]

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