In general, many financial experts support their clientsā desire to buy cryptocurrency, but they donāt recommend it unless clients express interest. āThe biggest concern for us is if someone wants to invest in crypto and the investment they choose doesnāt do well, and then all of a sudden they canāt send their kids to college,ā says Ian Harvey, a certified financial planner (CFP) in New York City. āThen it wasnāt worth the risk.ā The speculative nature of cryptocurrency leads some planners to recommend it for clientsā āsideā investments. āSome call it a Vegas account,ā says Scott Hammel, a CFP in Dallas. āLetās keep this away from our real long-term perspective, make sure it doesnāt become too large a portion of your portfolio.ā In a very real sense, Bitcoin is like a single stock, and advisors wouldnāt recommend putting a sizable part of your portfolio into any one company. At most, planners suggest putting no more than 1% to 10% into Bitcoin if youāre passionate about it. āIf it was one stock, you would never allocate any significant portion of your portfolio to it,ā Hammel says.
NEWS: Telegram supports Facetime video calls NOW!
Secure video calling is in high demand. As an alternative to Zoom, many people are using end-to-end encrypted apps such as WhatsApp, FaceTime or Signal to speak to friends and family face-to-face since coronavirus lockdowns started to take place across the world. Thereās another optionāsecure communications app Telegram just added video calling to its feature set, available on both iOS and Android. The new feature is also super secureālike Signal and WhatsApp and unlike Zoom (yet), video calls will be end-to-end encrypted.
