Friday Funding: Therabody Announces $165M Round, Introduces New Products

By |2022-09-23T15:58:22+00:00September 23, 2022|Staking|

Making Massage Guns Therabody was founded in 2008, after Dr. Jason Wersland suffered a traumatic motorcycle accident. While struggling with different ways to overcome the pain he discovered, percussive therapy made a huge difference. His company Therabody produces Theragun, a percussive massage gun that stimulates blood flow and healing. Now [...]

Cashless-Tipping Is Coming To Hotels, But How Much Are You Supposed To Tip Anyway?

By |2022-09-22T13:19:55+00:00September 22, 2022|Staking|

Tip Via App New Jersey-based Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (WH) is rolling out a digital tipping option for the owners of more than 6,500 hotels in the US and Canada. The move aims to solve a modern problem, being that many people increasingly don’t carry cash while traveling. But what [...]

Retailers Are Pushing Back Against High Credit Card Fees

By |2022-09-22T10:07:21+00:00September 22, 2022|Staking|

Cash or Card? Did you know that using a credit card when you check out is actually a premium service? Merchants like Walmart (WMT) and Target (TGT) have to pay companies like Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) for processing — and they pay a lot. US merchants paid a total [...]

Liz Looks at: The Fed’s September Statement

By |2022-09-22T00:34:28+00:00September 22, 2022|Staking|

How Would You Like that Cooked? The Fed’s move to increase the Fed Funds Rate (FFR) by another 75 basis points to an upper bound of 3.25% was widely anticipated and what the chef (or market) suggested. Their quarterly summary of economic projections is what moved markets, due to the [...]

Thinking About Installing Solar Panels? Here’s What To Know

By |2022-09-21T11:18:37+00:00September 21, 2022|Staking|

The Costs There are a wide variety of factors when it comes to the cost of solar panels. Both the equipment itself and the installation are things to consider. On average, solar panels will cost a homeowner around $16,000. They can run as high as $35,000 and as low as [...]

Why Adobe Bought Figma for $20B, Despite Some Objections

By |2022-09-20T13:08:30+00:00September 20, 2022|Staking|

The Deal’s Details Adobe (ADBE) announced its largest-ever acquisition last week, after it agreed to buy startup Figma for $20 billion. The deal speaks to the widespread growth of content creation and the way video and photo editing has exploded since the start of the pandemic. Figma, a software developer, [...]

How Porsche Could Warm Up Europe’s Ice-Cold IPO Market

By |2022-09-20T11:05:45+00:00September 20, 2022|Staking|

VW’s Balancing Act Beginning September 29, shares of Porsche will begin trading on the open market in what will be one of Europe’s largest public listings in decades. Parent company Volkswagen (VWAGY) says around half of the gross proceeds will be distributed to shareholders as a special dividend. The IPO [...]

The Fed Is Raising Rates: How Does That Impact Your Finances?

By |2022-09-20T10:06:47+00:00September 20, 2022|Staking|

Up Next The Federal Reserve is planning to raise interest rates by 75 basis points this week. The central bank has already hiked rates four times this year, for a total increase of 2.25%. By raising interest rates, the Fed hopes to slow spending and raise the cost of borrowing [...]

Investing in Sports Teams: It’s Not Just for Billionaires Anymore

By |2022-09-19T13:42:18+00:00September 19, 2022|Staking|

MANU Up 3% YTD With the S&P 500 market index (SPY) down 19.7% year-to-date, 2022 has been a dismal year for the stock market. By comparison, the 3% yearly gain observed in the publicly-traded Manchester United (MANU) looks stellar. What’s even more impressive is that the English Premier League club’s [...]

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