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A Fundamental Analysis of Amazon and eBay

A Fundamental Analysis of Amazon and eBay

Emerging in the 1990s, both Amazon.com (AMZN) and eBay Inc (EBAY) facilitated the expansion of the global electronic commerce sector. Although Amazon and eBay are both multinational e-commerce corporations, eBay is solely a marketplace to conduct...

Betterment Enters Crypto With Makara Acquisition

Betterment Enters Crypto With Makara Acquisition

Digital investment advisor Betterment has acquired robo-advisory firm Makara that offers cryptocurrency. The acquisition’s terms were not disclosed. Betterment, which is the biggest independent digital advisor in the United States, pioneered robo-investing—an industry that...

Investing in Nvidia Stock (NVDA)

Investing in Nvidia Stock (NVDA)

NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA) designs, develops, and markets graphics processors as well as related software and hardware products. The company has played a pioneering role in the development of the graphics processing unit (GPU), a...

Currency War Definition

Currency War Definition

What Is a Currency War? A currency war is an escalation of deliberate currency devaluation policies among two or more nations, each of which is trying to stimulate its own economy. Currency prices fluctuate...

The Biggest Bribery Cases In Business History

The Biggest Bribery Cases In Business History

Paying foreign officials for expediting legal processes or obtaining contracts was a common business practice around the world well into the 1970s. In 1973, the Watergate scandal, that ultimately caused Richard Nixon’s resignation as...

2022 Personal Finance Calendar

2022 Personal Finance Calendar

Financial Planning for 2021 Planning for the future can be a difficult and stressful process. There are so many events and deadlines to keep track of and, when it comes to personal finances, missing...

The Lipper Rating System Explained

The Lipper Rating System Explained

You may be familiar with the phrase “compared to its Lipper Average,” a line repeated in many TV and radio advertisements for mutual funds. It sounds impressive when a mutual fund company boasts about...

The Economics of Gaming Consoles

The Economics of Gaming Consoles

The video game console wars are closely followed by gamers worldwide. Though the financial aspect is often lost in the noise surrounding it, profitability is the most important metric that a company looks for in the end. The...

How Education and Training Affect the Economy

How Education and Training Affect the Economy

How does a nation’s education system relate to its economic performance? Why do most workers with college degrees earn so much more than those without degrees? Understanding how education and training interact with the...