Roaring Kitty’s GameStop stake grows to 9 million shares

Roaring Kitty’s GameStop stake grows to 9 million shares

Keith Gill, aka Roaring Kitty, hosting a YouTube livestream on June 7th, 2024. Source: Roaring Kitty | YouTube Meme stock champion Keith Gill, known as “Roaring Kitty” online, seemed to increase his ownership in GameStop‘s common stock and appears to be holding more than 9 million shares. Gill posted a new screenshot of his E-Trade … Read more

Here’s the Fed’s new rate forecast that’s moving the markets

Here’s the Fed’s new rate forecast that’s moving the markets

Federal Reserve Bank Chair Jerome Powell announces that interest rates will remain unchanged during a news conference at the bank’s William McChesney Martin building on May 01, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The Federal Reserve on Wednesday projected only one rate cut for the remainder of 2024, down from its March … Read more

Robotics startup cofounded by Synapse CEO raises funds with exaggerated GM claims

Robotics startup cofounded by Synapse CEO raises funds with exaggerated GM claims

The GM logo is seen on the facade of the General Motors headquarters in Detroit on March 16, 2021. Rebecca Cook | Reuters A humanoid robotics startup cofounded by the CEO of bankrupt fintech firm Synapse has canvassed Silicon Valley investors for funds by claiming close ties and an imminent investment from General Motors — … Read more

GameStop tanks with huge volume in the call options owned by ‘Roaring Kitty’

GameStop tanks with huge volume in the call options owned by ‘Roaring Kitty’

A holding page for Keith Gill, a Reddit user credited with inspiring GameStop’s rally, before a YouTube livestream arranged on a laptop at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Friday, June 7, 2024.  Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images A sell-off in GameStop shares intensified in afternoon trading Wednesday, … Read more

Roaring Kitty has some tough choices to make on his GameStop options

Roaring Kitty has some tough choices to make on his GameStop options

Keith Gill, a Reddit user credited with inspiring GameStop’s rally, during a YouTube livestream arranged on a laptop at the New York Stock Exchange on June 7, 2024. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images As Roaring Kitty continues to watch his favorite GameStop shares swing wildly, he might be contemplating what to do with … Read more

Cryptocurrencies fall as investors await Fed decision, bitcoin dips under $67,000

Cryptocurrencies fall as investors await Fed decision, bitcoin dips under ,000

Cryptocurrencies slumped on Tuesday as bitcoin extended its recent slide and investors awaited the Federal Reserve’s next rate decision. The price of bitcoin dropped more than 4% to $66,475, according to Coin Metrics, extending a decline that began Friday when bitcoin retreated from the $70,000 level. Ether fell 6.1% to $3,452.02. Cryptocurrencies broadly, along with … Read more

Affirm buy now, pay later loans coming later this year

Affirm buy now, pay later loans coming later this year

Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple device users will soon be able to tap into buy now, pay later loans from Affirm for purchases, the companies said Tuesday. Affirm will surface as an option for U.S. Apple Pay users on iPhones and iPads later this year, the San Francisco-based fintech company said in … Read more

GameStop shares slide 14% following Friday’s 40% sell-off

Roaring Kitty has some tough choices to make on his GameStop options

Keith Gill, a Reddit user credited with inspiring GameStop’s rally, during a YouTube livestream arranged on a laptop at the New York Stock Exchange on June 7, 2024. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images GameStop shares fell more than 14% on Monday as the meme stock extended Friday’s sell-off sparked by a dismal earnings report … Read more

Family offices are planning big investments in private companies

Family offices are planning big investments in private companies

Family offices are increasingly becoming their own private equity funds and investing in companies directly, according to a new survey. A majority (62%) of family offices made at least six direct investments last year, where they buy a stake in a private company or provide lending, according to the survey of family offices by BNY … Read more

What the next president means for your taxes

What the next president means for your taxes

Joe Biden and Donald Trump 2024. Chip Somodevilla | Alex Wong | Getty Images Trillions in expiring tax breaks are at stake this election season — and those sunsets could raise taxes for most Americans after 2025 without extensions from Congress. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, or TCJA, temporarily reduced taxes for most … Read more