On Soccer, Trucking & Digital Deposits

The largest Word Cup soccer tournament ever held will kick off massive spending in the US, one of its host countries this year. Numerous industries stand to benefit, Jackie reports, as global tourists flock in and spend on hotels, airline tickets, food, drink, and souvenirs. … Also: Two trucking stocks that have travelled north an impressive 50% ytd made abrupt U-turns yesterday when Amazon announced it would be entering their market. … And in our Disruptive Technologies segment: Competitive pressures from cryptocurrencies are forcing big banks to accept digital deposits. They’ll be launching a tokenized digital deposit network next year to keep deposits in the banking system and subject to banking regulations.