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Another day, another digital currency surge. Ripple, or XRP, leaped 37.5 percent from Tuesday’s close to a record high of 51.37 cents Wednesday, according to CoinMarketCap. The gains pushed ripple past litecoin into fourth place by cryptocurrency market capitalization at $18.23 billion, according to CoinMarketCap. Ripple last traded slightly off […]

Whether or not bitcoin is in a bubble, the cryptocurrency’s performance “dwarfs” nearly all bubbles, including the 1929 stock market crash, investor Ken Fisher told CNBC on Wednesday. Bitcoin, which has surged more than 1,500 percent this year, has many market participants warning of a bubble. Fisher suggested looking at […]

Tesla shares have surged 12 percent in the last week, but one equity strategist sees trouble on the horizon. The stock has risen for three-straight sessions on a slew of news the market appeared to like: CEO Elon Musk said last week the electric car manufacturer was working toward custom […]

With one of the longest bull markets in history showing little sign of slowing down, Leuthold Group’s Doug Ramsey shared his view that it has more room to run with CNBC PRO’s Mike Santoli. “I’ve got to say it’s acting very youthful. I mean, we’ve joked that at a time […]

After the Dow Jones industrial average hit yet another all-time high on Tuesday, CNBC’s Jim Cramer had to investigate to see if the white-hot index is showing any signs of cooling. “I think it’s worth asking which red-hot groups will have the staying power once 2018 rolls around,” the “Mad […]

Apple just celebrated a new milestone – 37 years since its IPO. Apple made its Wall Street debut on Dec. 12, 1980, at $22 per share, or 39 cents split adjusted, and since then the stock has gained more than 43,600 percent to trade near $172 on Tuesday. For reference, […]

A handful of stocks are enjoying a sort of halo effect from investors’ bitcoin mania — but market watchers are cautioning against getting into the names at current levels. Shares of Overstock.com have surged 118 percent in the last three months as the company announced it would enter into the […]

Amazon’s stock is up big this year, but hedge-fund legend Stanley Druckenmiller thinks the e-commerce giant’s shares have more room to run. “I love Amazon. This company, which everybody keeps quoting the multiple, is selling for less than three times sales. The S&P 500 is selling for over two times […]

Coinbase, the leading U.S. platform for buying and selling major digital currencies, said twice on Tuesday that transactions in ethereum were “temporarily disabled.” In the morning New York time, Coinbase said buys and sells of ethereum and litecoin were temporarily disabled. That issue was resolved around noon ET. But by […]

Airline stocks have been soaring, but Ari Wald of Oppenheimer says there’s one name investors should absolutely look to buy now. Spirit, Southwest, JetBlue, American and Delta have been on a tear over the last month, the stocks surging 21, 19, 15, 12 and 11 percent, respectively, in that time. […]