Brad Simpson On Perception Vs. Reality In The Markets: Are Investors Right To Be Worried?

champpixs While equities have had a positive performance year to date, many investors are still positioned for risk. Brad Simpson, Chief Wealth Strategist with TD Wealth, joins MoneyTalk’s Anthony Okolie to discuss the dichotomy he’s seeing. Transcript Anthony Okolie – While equity markets have had positive performance so far this year, there’s still a lot…

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ServiceNow Q4 Review: Solid Report, But Valuation Is Out Of Step With Reality (NYSE:NOW)

JHVEPhoto Brief Review Of ServiceNow’s Q4 2023 Earnings Report Heading into its Q4 2023 report, ServiceNow, Inc. (NYSE:NOW) was projected to deliver revenues and normalized EPS of $2.40B and $2.78, respectively. SeekingAlpha With ServiceNow beating consensus street estimates on both top and bottom lines [revenue: $2.44B (up +25.78% y/y), normalized EPS: $3.11], the stock is…

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SMR Nuclear Dreams: NuScale’s Reality Fades (NYSE:SMR)

Orhan Turan The World Nuclear Association’s “Nuclear Power in the European Union” reads like a history of an industry in decline, notwithstanding that it has an “Updated December 2023” byline. There’s little evidence of any new developments and the big news is mostly about small extensions to nuclear closures. The current buzzword, SMR (Small Modular…

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Ur-Media and Reality, Inc

This article is featured in Bitcoin Magazine’s “The Withdrawal Issue”. Click here to subscribe now. A PDF pamphlet of this article is available for download. The world you live in was never disenchanted. The curse of disenchantment, otherwise known as the Age of Reason, achieved only a confusion of the sacred and profane. One particular…

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Q3 2023 Update: A Reality Check And Call To Action

vanilla_jo/iStock via Getty Images Investment Landscape: Inflation, Recession, or Both The third quarter of 2023 was a wake-up call for many investors after equity markets powered relentlessly upward in the first half of the year. Global stocks and bonds sank in the third quarter, raising fears of a correlated drop in both asset classes, as…

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Generative AI Will Face Reality Check Next Year

CCS Insight predicts that the EU will indeed be the first to introduce specific regulations for AI. CCS Insight, a leading technology research firm has made a bold prediction that generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is in for a reality check in 2024, as the hype surrounding this transformative technology gives way to the practical challenges…

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Coming To Terms With The Economic Reality Of Scaling

The blocksize war marked a pivotal chapter in Bitcoin’s nascent history, illuminating the ability of node operators to withstand systemic changes that could undermine the network’s foundational principles of decentralization and censorship resistance. At the crux of the controversy was the issue of scaling Bitcoin to accommodate growing transaction volumes. While one camp advocated sacrificing…

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Virtual Reality + Psychedelic Therapy

nopparit Listen here or on the go via Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Transcript Rena Sherbill: Welcome to the show, Prash and Agnieszka. It’s great to have you on the show. Thanks for taking the time and making it out here. Agnieszka Sekula: Hello. Dr. Prashanth Puspanathan: Thank you very much for having us. RS: Yeah,…

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