Market Extra: Bitcoin Traders Are Losing Confidence In The Rally

Mortgage interest rates are at record highs for the current generation of first-time homebuyers, but on par with what boomers paid in the 1990s. What’s changed is home affordability, with prices that have ballooned as much as five times higher.

Apple CEO Tim Cook at the Worldwide Developers Conference in 2023. Josh Edelson/AFP Getty ImagesApple has largely held off from making any big reveals about its AI plans. A tech analyst says that that's par for course for the company."Apple is rarely first to market," an analyst told BI. For the better part of last year, Apple has felt increasing pressure from investors to debut in the generative AI space.

The crypto market is on a rollercoaster now. But analysts are optimistic that the market is moving toward a new all-time high. The next bull mania is expected to unleash toward the second half of 2024. Strategic investors are thinking beyond BTC, ETH, SOL, and XRP this time. While large-cap coins have saturated, new meme coins offer a large room for returns.

Warren Buffett and Bill GatesFrederic J. Brown/Getty Images; InsiderBill Gates said he learned an important scheduling lesson from fellow billionaire Warren Buffett. The Microsoft founder used to schedule his day down to the minute. But Buffett's intentionally light calendar helped him ditch the overbooked schedule. Microsoft founder Bill Gates says you should stop overbooking your calendar.

Will the Justice Department’s lawsuit against Ticketmaster and Live Nation give concertgoers, sports fan and theater patrons some relief from surging ticket prices? The lawsuit could potentially lead to a breakup of Live Nation Entertainment, a company that resulted from Ticketmaster’s 2010 merger with concert promoter Live Nation. Attorney General Merrick Garland said the aim is to allow more competition and to let smaller players gain more of the U.

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