With bitcoin making fresh new highs, financial professionals may be wondering if bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies are here to stay or a passing fad or bubble.
For the investor seeking to understand some of the basics about bitcoin, particularly what it is, why it is important, and ways to think about it as a potential investment, where do they start?
CFRA research is an excellent resource for financial professionals with little or no prior knowledge of bitcoin and would like an independent summary of why it may warrant a position in an investment portfolio or why it may not.
Request your research on bitcoin today.
Thematics Research
An Investor’s Guide to Bitcoin
Published December 21, 2020
Will Payment Companies Benefit from Bitcoin’s Rise?
Published March 11, 2021
Publications
InvestmentNews: On Bitcoin and the Wells Fargo Asset Management sale
March 1, 2021 Episode 38
Jeff and Bruce delve into the murky world of Bitcoin. Chris Kuiper from CFRA sets Bruce and Jeff on the path to crypto enlightenment. They may not be “hodling” by the end of the episode, but you’ll learn some of the basic, but interesting details, why it works and whether crypto ETFs make any sense. Bruce and Jeff have also have a lively discussion about the sale of Wells Fargo Asset Management to PE.
https://the-investmentnews-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/on-bitcoin
TDA Ameritrade: The Watchlist with Nicole Petallides
March 18, 2021
Chris Kuiper And Janet Alvarez's Outlook For Payment Space In 2021
Chris Kuiper and Janet Alvarez weigh in on Square (SQ) and PayPal (PYPL) offering Bitcoin buying and selling services. However, it is not currently a major source of profit for either company but could become one in the future.
InvestmentNews: How to buy the Bitcoin dip without buying Bitcoin
June 4, 2021
With the price of Bitcoin falling another 6% following a Friday morning tweet by Elon Musk, financial advisers and investors might be rethinking their commitment to the highly volatile cryptocurrency, which is now down more than 42% from the all-time high reached on April 14.
But for those who might have been waiting for an entry point, the case could be made that now is a good time to buy.
With that in mind, a CFRA analysis of the cryptocurrency shows that there are some more user-friendly ways to gain exposure to the digital currency that might also avoid the same level of stomach-churning volatility.
Read the full article on Investmentnews, Benjamin, Jeff, (2021, June 4). "How to buy the Bitcoin dip without buying Bitcoin"
Analyst Video
In this video, CFRA Vice President of Equity Research, Chris Kuiper, takes a deep-dive into Bitcoin technology, how it works, why it may be a new alternative investment and some ways to think about valuation.
Watch the video here.
Webinars
2/11 Investor's Guide to Bitcoin
In this session, moderated by Ken Leon, CFRA Director of Equity Research we'll hear from Chris Kuiper, CFRA Equity Analyst as he provides a crash course on bitcoin and attends to the following questions:
Watch the replay and Download the slide deck
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Chris KuiperCFRA, Vice President of Equity ResearchChris Kuiper is Vice President of Equity at CFRA, conducting fundamental analysis and valuation assessments within the Consumer Finance, Capital Markets, and REITs areas. |