An Investor sues Elon Musk for USD 258 bln. over Dogecoin

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Source: Dreamstime | Author: Valerii Piankovskyi

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An American cryptocurrency investor has filed a complaint with the federal court in Manhattan against Elon Musk, as reported by Reuters. The suit, seeking the impressive sum of $258 bln., claims that Musk is running a pyramid scheme which had artificially inflated the price of the Dogecoin cryptocurrency. 

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What Is a Bear Market (and How to Trade It)?

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Source: Dreamstime | Author: Ilkin Guliyev

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A bear market, or the period when stocks lose their value for a prolonged period of time, can no doubt sound scary to first-time investors. And while every market goes through this cycle at some point in its lifespan, the good news is that the bulls far outlive the bears when it comes to longevity.

So, what are bull and bear markets, what causes a bear market, and what can you do to protect your portfolio when all of your assets seem to be headed towards record lows?

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The Art of Short Selling – All You Need to Know

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First came the global pandemic. Now, a full-scale war not seen in nearly a century threatens to repeatedly shake the global economy to its core, and yesterday’s bullish markets have ventured deep into the red. Doom and gloom forecasts aside, there are still plenty of strategies that traders could employ to take advantage of today’s unstable price movements.

One such strategy is called short selling.

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Amazon Splits Its Stock for the First Time Since 1999; Here Is What This Means for Traders

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Source: Dreamstime | Author: Russell Vance

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In a move that closely mirrored Apple, Tesla, Google and other tech giants, on Wednesday Amazon announced its first stock split since the dot-com era, essentially informing investors that they will receive 19 extra shares for each share that they currently hold in the company. The e-commerce leader also said that it will kickstart a brand new $10 billion share buyback program, effectively replacing its previous $5 billion buyback program authorised back in 2016.

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