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Speed and Affordability: Cost of Internet Access Over Time

One of the fastest-changing areas of technology is internet access with “5G” currently being implemented across the country.   Not only are Speeds going up, usage is going up, and with the current pandemic, it has become a lifeline for many. Interestingly, although speeds are continuously increasing, costs are not. Overall, the trend is towards the decline, allowing people to get more for their money. While you can try to determine the way things are moving forward, the equation is likely far more complex than this and is liable to change with infrastructure or political events. Please continue reading for more insights and in-depth examination of the issue:

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Bankruptcy

2020 Pandemic Bankruptcy Statistics

It’s no surprise to any that have lived through the recent COVID-19 pandemic that the economy has suffered greatly. Individuals who relied on their weekly paycheck found themselves out of work for months and waiting on unemployment checks. Businesses have found themselves unable to employ workers and produce the number of products and services they’re used to. Recently, there have been a number of statistics released about how this pandemic is affecting the economy. Overall, there have been many disruptions, increases in bankruptcy filings, from May to June, and also from 2019 to 2020. Meanwhile, non-business filings fell, surprisingly. Here is a brief overview.

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5G

Top 5 Reasons Why 5G Will Change the Finance Industry 

They say 5G will soon change the way people do business. With its fast speeds, low latency, and huge data capacity,  5G promises an expanded mobile ecosystem. 5G will impact every industry, making safer transportation, remote healthcare, precision agriculture, digitized logistics — and more. Aside from the efficiency it promises, 5G allows industries to explore possibilities. With it, the world can discover, develop, or improve technologies, such as augmented reality and virtual reality. With 5G set to arrive this year, unparalleled levels of disruptions may be expected. This means organizations may have to prepare for a lot of things. After all, this new generation of network connectivity is set to reinvent the world, particularly the finance industry.

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30 Year Mortgage Rates

Financial Real Estate Trends Investors Should Understand for 2020

As we enter into the New Year, it’s important for successful home investors to understand your investment properties outlook for 2020 and beyond. Currently, the prices of single-family homes in high-population areas like San Fransisco and Seattle have almost doubled since the bottom of the cycle in 2011. According to Zillow the median home in San Francisco is almost $1.4 million. But the median household income is only $96,265. Can this be sustainable?

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Dow Last 10 Years

The Markets in Perspective: What Goes up Must Come down?

Traders routinely fixate on short-term price movements in their chosen financial instruments. Longer-term investors need a wider focus on stocks, forex, indices, FED actions and commodities to gain a better market perspective. The performance of US markets is worthy of mention, particularly since the epic global meltdown following the financial crisis of 2009/10.

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Bitcoin Outlawed

Bitcoin Trends

Although Bitcoin has been around for about a decade now it wasn’t until recently, that it has become fashionable and common knowledge. This year we’ve published several articles about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general. Including Bitcoin: The New Safe Haven?, Cryptocurrency: Is Bitcoin the Future of Money?, and  eCommerce Trends: What’s in Your eWallet? It seems like every time you turn around there is a new CryptoCurrency being created some of which have advantages over the original Bitcoin, some of which are just “Me Too” people trying to jump on the Bandwagon and others that are just outright scams. Today we will take another look at the Digital Currency Trend.

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Justice

Are Regulations Strangling Free Enterprise?

To believe that regulation is unnecessary and harmful is not an idealistic and detached view. It flows necessarily from a belief in human equality. If you firmly believe all humans are equal, what is it that allows a third person to infringe with the threat of violence on the right of two people to transact freely with one another? Bouazizi and his customers were both made worse-off by both being denied the right to transact freely by government.

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