From the course: Understanding Capital Markets

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Cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies

- [Narrator] One thing that's changed in the last few years is the growth of cryptocurrencies. We can't really talk about investments in capital markets without acknowledging cryptocurrencies. This wasn't necessarily true five or certainly 10 years ago, but let's take a look at cryptocurrencies and why you might consider thinking about if they should be in your portfolio in the future. So I'm here on cnbc.com. CNBC, very well known, very well respected platform for financial news related to stocks, bonds, and all things capital markets, right? You see really across the top, here's their US tab showing the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P, the NASDAQ, the Russell 2000. Here's the European markets, that's the Xetra DAX for Germany, the FTSE for Britain, the French CAC 40. Here's Asia, the Nikkei, the NIFTY 50, the Hong Kong markets, Shanghai, et cetera. We've got bonds in the US and abroad. We've got major currencies. And now, notice they've added another tab. This is for crypto…

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