She’s considered an influencer who uses TikTok, Instagram and YouTube to make financial education fun for young audiences. Kyla Scanlon, 26, is a former options trader and the founder of Bread, a company that produces videos and skits that go viral. “I’ll pretend to be [Federal Reserve Chair] Jerome Powell [or] pretend to be different
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Changpeng Zhao, founder and chief executive officer of Binance, waves as he arrives on stage for a panel session on the second day at the Vivatech Conference in Paris, France, on Thursday, June 16, 2022. The conference, also known as VivaTech, runs though to June 18. Photographer: Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images Bloomberg | Bloomberg
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his plane for travel to Berlin at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, June 22, 2021. Andrew Harnik | Pool | Reuters BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to travel to Beijing this weekend in his first trip to China under the Biden administration. Delayed by
A major financial services CEO warns the economy hasn’t fully absorbed higher interest rates yet. Thomas Michaud, who runs Stifel company KBW, notes there’s a delayed reaction in the marketplace from the last hike — calling a 25 basis point move at 5% a very different situation than off a half percent. related investing news
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The GPT-4 logo is seen in this photo illustration on 13 March, 2023 in Warsaw, Poland. Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Major banks and fintech companies claim to be piling into generative artificial intelligence as the hype surrounding the buzzy technology shows no signs of fizzling out — but there are
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