Facebook is looking at integrating into more areas of your life. Integrating different aspects is something we have seen in apps like Tencent’s Weixin, or WeChat as we know it in the western world.
Facial recognition technology is rolling out fast. There is no more privacy, not even when you are in public. Everything you do is getting tracked.
Although it still may be too early to tell, the markets responded positively on the back of the LNP win. On Monday, the markets opened for the first time since the election, and they went…
With the Liberals in, the franking credit refund policy so beloved of retirees was saved. It was back to business as usual for many investors as they plunged back in. But I think this could…
Transmission medium problems.’ That’s the message you would have gotten on the screen if you were trying to stream the series finale for Game of Thrones (GoT)…in China. People couldn’t stream GoT on Tencent, who…
Starbucks is facing some growing competition in China. Luckin Coffee has been around for a little over a year and has gone from nine stores to a whopping 2,370 in that time frame. In comparison…
The future of banking looks to be open banking. But what is open banking?
The bank of Mum and Dad is to be replaced by the Bank of Scott or Bill. The new scheme, announced by Prime Minister Morrison earlier this week and matched by Bill Shorten, will allow…
While some pollies might wax lyrical about the future of the mix, in the end, it won’t be their decision. No matter what they tell you. That decision will come from something much more mundane.…
Today I want to describe what buy and sell pivots are and why they matter. They aren’t the holy grail of trading. They are simply a logical necessity when markets change direction. They aren’t dependant…
While everything else is going to all hell, one sector has been making steady progress. A market that has consistently been on the rise all year. Perhaps the least expected market of them all. Bitcoin.
It’s clear that we need recessions as much as we need booms. Recessions are not all bad. They are a way for the system to cleanse itself.
Uber did debut on the New York Stock Exchange last Friday and it was one of the most expected IPOs of the year. There were massive expectations for it. But it didn’t do too well…
It will come as no surprise that many sectors are down again for the quarter. The only sector up is hospitality, and that can be attributed to the many holiday’s we had in April; Easter…
Airlines have been testing facial recognition programs since 2015.Now US homeland security is looking at rolling this out in more airports. The goal is to check 97% of passengers leaving the country in the next…