Bitcoin was the best investment of 2024, but not without its usual volatility

Bitcoin was the best investment of 2024, but not without its usual volatility

Bitcoin was far and away the best-performing asset class in 2024 as new exchange-traded funds ushered in more widespread adoption and hopes for deregulation under a new presidential administration lifted digital assets to record levels. But owning cryptocurrency also came with its usual unpredictability and dizzying swings, as this month’s trading clearly illustrates. Bitcoin has … Read more

What tariffs could mean for car prices

What tariffs could mean for car prices

Professionalstudioimages | E+ | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump has been vocal about potentially raising tariffs on imported goods, which experts say could bump up car prices. Trump has talked about implementing an additional 10% tariff on Chinese imported goods, as well as adding tariffs of 25% on all products from Mexico and Canada. On … Read more

CEO departures at U.S. companies hit a record this year

CEO departures at U.S. companies hit a record this year

Clockwise from top: Former Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun (CNBC), Starbucks former CEO Laxman Narasimhan (Getty Images), former Nike CEO John Donahoe (Reuters), former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger (Getty Images) TL: CNBC | TR: Getty Images | BL: Reuters | BR: Getty Images Retired, ousted or poached, CEOs headed for the exits this year. U.S. public … Read more

Bitcoin crosses $106,000 as investors await this week’s Fed decision

Bitcoin crosses 6,000 as investors await this week’s Fed decision

Omar Marques | LightRocket | Getty Images Bitcoin rallied to a new all-time high Sunday evening as investors awaited an expected interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve later this week. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by more than 4% at $105,207.00, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it hit a new … Read more

This is the best time of year to buy a used car

This is the best time of year to buy a used car

Ljubaphoto | E+ | Getty Images If you’re in the market for a used car, the best time of the year to buy one is fast approaching. New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day are the best days of the year to buy a used car, because there are 47.9% more deals than average, according … Read more

Brain rot was word of the year, dynamic pricing was also a contender

Brain rot was word of the year, dynamic pricing was also a contender

9parusnikov | Istock | Getty Images Oxford University Press may have crowned “brain rot” the word of the year, but “dynamic pricing” was also a top contender. Originally coined by economists in the late 1920s, dynamic pricing refers to “the practice of varying the price for a product or service to reflect changing market conditions. … Read more

Bitcoin falls below $100,000 after reaching the milestone level for the first time

Bitcoin falls below 0,000 after reaching the milestone level for the first time

The price of bitcoin reaches over $100,000 for the first time, as seen on a screen at a cryptocurrency exchange store in Hong Kong, Dec. 5, 2024. Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Images The price of bitcoin soared past the long-awaited $100,000 benchmark for the first time ever late Wednesday evening. The flagship cryptocurrency … Read more

Bitcoin heads for nearly 40% November gain as it edges closer to $100,000

Bitcoin heads for nearly 40% November gain as it edges closer to 0,000

“Make Bitcoin Great Again” hats displayed for sale at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, July 27, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The price of bitcoin is tracking for one of its best months of the year after former President Donald Trump’s election victory catapulted the flagship cryptocurrency to new records consistently … Read more

Bitcoin bounces back above $96,000 as investors eye $100,000 milestone

Bitcoin bounces back above ,000 as investors eye 0,000 milestone

Bitcoin on Wednesday climbed back above $96,000, recovering slightly from a pullback this week that knocked it from record levels. The price of the flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by nearly 6% at $96,676.70, according to Coin Metrics, while ether jumped more than 9% to $3,636.46. The broader crypto market, as measured by the CoinDesk … Read more

59% of Americans say this a top sign of success — it’s not wealth

59% of Americans say this a top sign of success — it’s not wealth

Pt Stock | Moment | Getty Images When Americans measure success, they’re not often thinking about their net worth or account balances. About 59% of polled Americans say that happiness — specifically, the ability to spend money on things that make them happy — is the most important benchmark of success, according to a new … Read more