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Amazon’s Retail Swiss Army Knife

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At the ripe old age of 120, the Swiss Army knife holds a unique place in retail. Now, the idea of an Amazon Echo with a touchscreen is not exactly new — it was reported in November 2016 that mega e-retailer Amazon was working on such a device — whose code name is said to be the Amazon Knight. Many of whom are also named Karl.

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101 Ways Financial Advisors Can Add Value For Their Clients

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Outside of work, he serves as a volunteer financial planner and class instructor for non-profits in the Northern Virginia area. Another area where advisor expertise can add value for clients is in the decision-making process surrounding employee stock options or an otherwise concentrated stock position.

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Transcript: Kristen Bitterly Michell

Barry Ritholtz

And so, with this gave me exposure to everything from investment banking to retail, looking at like checking account campaigns, like how do you get more assets in the door to credit risk. BITTERLY MICHELL: Not in leveraged, no, not at all, give more …. And ultimately, to make a very long story short, I fell in love with derivatives.

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Transcript: Kathleen McCarthy

Barry Ritholtz

And it became the most profitable private equity investment ever made and — it is true. And Blackstone’s funds through that period, generated substantial profits because we had made those good choices, not just about the investments — RITHOLTZ: Right. RITHOLTZ: Is that true? That’s amazing. Cambridge U.K.,

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Musings on Markets: Control, Complexity and Politics: Deconstructing the Adani Affair!

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Among Indian institutions, LIC is the largest holder with just over 4% of the shares, but the retail investor presence in this company is small, largely because of the low float, though the surge in the company’s price in the last two years has drawn some traders to it.

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Control, Complexity and Politics: Deconstructing the Adani Affair!

Musings on Markets

Among Indian institutions, LIC is the largest holder with just over 4% of the shares, but the retail investor presence in this company is small, largely because of the low float, though the surge in the company's price in the last two years has drawn some traders to it.

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Why It’s Time To Shut Down Cryptocurrencies

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Bitcoin’s infrastructure is highly concentrated and not all that secure. As a result, bitcoin mining is concentrated in two countries : China, with 60 percent, and Georgia , with 15 percent of bitcoin processing power. The FBI reports that some $28 million in losses were reported to them in 2016, triple what they say they saw in 2015.