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If you invested in Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) at the start of any year over the last 20 years, you’d be up on your investment five years later, every time. And this is true as well for time periods that haven’t yet hit the five-year mark. For example, if you invested at the start of 2024, you’d be up right now even though the stock has pulled back more than 20% from its high.In other words, it’s been a bad idea to bet against the stock, historically speaking. Nevertheless, there are some investors who are betting against this retail and cloud-computing…

Alvin Kan explains how crypto wallets are evolving into real-time intelligence hubs for on-chain capital flows, reshaping market analysis in digital assets.  By Alvin Kan, Chief Operating Officer at Bitget Wallet.      FinTech moves fast. News is everywhere, clarity isn’t. FinTech Weekly delivers the key stories and events in one place. Click Here to Subscribe to FinTech Weekly’s Newsletter Read by executives at JP Morgan, Coinbase, BlackRock, Klarna and more.     Stablecoins now move trillions of dollars through crypto networks, and on-chain trading has reached a scale institutions recognize. As someone who has watched this shift from inside…

presents a buy-now, get-paid-later scenario, with its share price poised to move higher and the special dividend thesis remaining intact. Share prices, up significantly from the late-2025 lows, can rise by at least another 20% to set fresh all-time highs, and potentially higher, given the trends. The trends include sustained growth driven by comps and new stores, as well as operational quality, cash flow, capital returns, and analysts’ sentiment.Bullish Analysts and Institutional Flows Point to Fresh Highs for CostcoAnalysts are a critical factor for Costco’s stock price, as they drive broader market sentiment. The response to Costco’s Q2 fiscal year…

Key PointsIn general, anyone with a tax-deferred retirement account must take withdrawals called required minimum distributions (RMDs) beginning at age 73.RMDs are calculated by dividing the retirement account balance from the prior year by a life expectancy factor (found on an IRS table) based on current age.The 2025 RMD for a 73-year-old with $500,000 invested in a traditional IRA as of Dec. 31, 2024, will equal $18,867.92.The $23,760 Social Security bonus most retirees completely overlook ›Tax-deferred accounts, like traditional individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and 401(k) plans, let workers delay taxes on qualified distributions, provided they meet income-based eligibility requirements. However,…

Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller discusses the potential inflationary impact of war with Iran, US payrolls, ongoing risks from tariffs, and his view of private credit markets. (Source: Bloomberg)

Introduction: Oil heading for biggest weekly gain in four yearsGood morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of business, the financial markets and the world economy.The oil price is on track for its biggest weekly gain in four years, fuelling fears of an inflation spike that will reignite the cost of living crisis and hurt growth around the globe.The Iran conflict has driven Brent crude, the international benchmark, has soared by 17.65% this week to over $85 a barrel. That would be the biggest jump since the week to 4 March 2022, after Russia invaded Ukraine.Oil has been driven up…

The federal bank regulatory agencies today jointly issued answers to frequently asked questions to clarify the capital treatment of tokenized securities. A security is often referred to as “tokenized” when ownership rights in the security are represented using distributed ledger technology. The answers to the frequently asked questions clarify that an eligible tokenized security should generally receive the same capital treatment as the non-tokenized form of the security under the capital rule. The agencies also clarified that the capital rule is technology neutral, and the technologies used to issue and transact in a security do not generally impact its capital…

The latest streak of inflows in US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) was interrupted by fresh outflows as the BTC price dipped below $71,000 on Thursday.Spot Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs saw $228 million in net outflows on Thursday, ending the three-day inflow streak of about $1.1 billion, according to SoSoValue data.While weekly inflows still held at $917.3 million heading into Friday’s session, year-to-date net outflows rose to around $900 million. Cumulative inflows in 2026 so far amount to $3.58 billion, while cumulative outflows total $4.49 billion.Total assets under management remained above $90 billion after reclaiming the threshold earlier this week. Daily…

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Anthropic’s Claude rises to No. 1 on Apple’s U.S. App Store, surpassing ChatGPT amid scrutiny over AI defense partnerships, data safeguards and public trust.    FinTech moves fast. News is everywhere, clarity isn’t. FinTech Weekly delivers the key stories and events in one place. Click Here to Subscribe to FinTech Weekly’s Newsletter Read by executives at JP Morgan, Coinbase, BlackRock, Klarna and more.       Claude Overtakes ChatGPT as AI Trust Debate Intensifies The race among artificial intelligence apps has taken an unexpected turn. Anthropic’s Claude chatbot has climbed to the No. 1 position on Apple’s U.S. App Store,…