Well, he’s gone. Bernie Madoff has left to meet his maker, having spent the past dozen years in prison.

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Well, he’s gone. Bernie Madoff has left to meet his maker, having spent the past dozen years in prison.

Early this year, I took a deep breath and uttered what I thought was a laughable price target on Bitcoin, which was based on its Fibonacci extension. The target was above $73,000 and, hard as it may be to believe, we’re getting awfully close, with “only” about 15% to go.


When it was primarily known for making video game chips, Nvidia would have models dressed up as video game characters at its trade show booths. Here, one dresses up as some kind of fairy.
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