On September 16, shortly after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, Colby Smith of The New York Times asked Fed Chair Kevin Warsh about the usual script. “When the Fed starts raising rates, it generally follows with a sequence of hikes,” Smith said at the press conference, before asking whether anything made this time different. Read More
On September 17 the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board published its revenue figures for August. Total gaming revenue across casinos, online play, sports wagering, truck-stop terminals and fantasy contests came to $569,738,545, down 2.16% on a year earlier. The one large line that grew was online casino play: $245,699,011, up 6.25%. That split has held for Read More
A futures trader who checks an index quote before the cash open is treating a price as a forecast. Nobody surveyed anyone to produce that number. It came out of people committing money against each other, and it will move the instant one of them learns something the rest have not. The same mechanism has Read More
Markets run on numbers and stories at the same time. A discounted cash-flow model may say one thing while a compelling narrative about artificial intelligence, energy scarcity, or consumer behavior pulls attention somewhere else. Neither side can simply be dismissed. The practical skill is knowing which claims can be tested and which are merely persuasive Read More
Most teardowns start in the wrong place. You look at what a company sells and assume that’s what it charges for. In sweepstakes gaming those two things come apart, and the gap between them is the entire model. The games on screen look like online slots. The revenue line underneath them does not behave like Read More
Financial trading was once conducted in a secure office block, behind a firewall and IT department that patched up everything the same night. That world is largely lost. A trader can make orders from a kitchen table, a co-working space or a hotel room three time zones away from home today. Convenient? Absolutely. Safe? Not Read More
Freedom Holding Corp. – listed on NASDAQ fintech digital ecosystem – is reaching a new level. It is planning to use the new capital raise of $300 million to accelerate the next phase of growth – expanding the telecommunications business and scaling the digital ecosystem internationally. This will lay the foundation for Freedom’s long-term ambition Read More
Financial markets and digital entertainment platforms may appear to operate in very different worlds, but both involve a common factor: decision-making under uncertainty. Investors analyse market movements, economic indicators, and company performance, while online gaming audiences consider factors such as probability, strategy, and responsible choices. In both areas, understanding risk and reward has become increasingly Read More
Launch performance metrics are one of the strongest indicators investors have to assess new companies. Pre launch hype, funding rounds and marketing campaigns all come before the launch – but none of those guarantee success. Similarly, while products can often build on a small initial market to long-term success, the six months to a year Read More
The Forex market doesn’t follow a typical working day, as while one financial center is winding down, another is just getting started. Trading moves from Asia to Europe and then on to North America before the cycle begins all over again. For you, keeping track of every session simply isn’t practical, especially if you have Read More
