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10 Risks To America's Economic Future: High Prices, Housing Woes, Student Loans And More
Thursday, May 22, 2025 - 6:55pm | 803The U.S. economy faces a growing list of headwinds that could threaten growth and stability in 2025. Persistent tariff pressures, rising borrowing costs, low consumer confidence and the resumption of student loan payments each has the potential to slow growth and disrupt economic stability. ...
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As China Downplays Trump Tariffs With 5% Growth Target, Top Economist Warns Of '90% Chance Of A US Recession' Amid Trade War
Monday, April 28, 2025 - 5:04am | 509China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the country's top economic planning agency, is downplaying the impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs and projecting strong growth despite mounting macroeconomic headwinds. What Happened: On Monday, Zhao Chenxin, Vice Head of the NDRC,...
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AVAX Zooms Higher After J.P.Morgan's Onyx Teases Avalanche For Tokenized Funds
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 - 5:22pm | 429J.P.Morgan Chase & Co.’s (NYSE: JPM) Onyx and Apollo Global have teamed up to launch a proof-of-concept (PoC) with Avalanche (CRYPTO: AVAX) under the Monetary Authority of Singapore's Project Guardian, as reported on its blog. Also Read: JPM Coin Transactions 'Going To Start...
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Caesars Entertainment Asset Sale Coming In At Higher Price And Could Bring More Upside
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 - 11:16am | 421After a large acquisition in the casino and online gaming space, Caesars Entertainment Inc (NASDAQ: CZR) put an asset up for sale. It has attracted higher bids than expected, leading to a bullish callout from an analyst. The Caesars Entertainment Analyst: Bank of America analyst Shaun C....
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Insider Buys Of The Week: JPMorgan, Salesforce, Signet And More
Saturday, April 21, 2018 - 4:34pm | 852Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors/ An insider made a buy after a financial giant posted quarterly earnings. An insider at a software company bucked the trend of executives selling. Conventional wisdom says that insiders and 10-percent owners really only buy shares...
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Tech, Semiconductors Among Worst Performers As Sell-Off Continues
Friday, October 10, 2014 - 5:06pm | 2294U.S. stocks continued to sell off on Friday on higher than usual volume. Semiconductor stocks were hit hard following Microchip's profit warning and cautious sector-wide comments. The rest of the tech sector was weak, especially "momentum" and high-beta stocks as the Nasdaq index...
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Market Wrap For May 27: S&P 500 Closes At New Record High After Holiday Weekend
Tuesday, May 27, 2014 - 4:48pm | 1979U.S. stocks rose on a light volume trading session following a three day weekend. Regardless, the S&P 500 index hit a new intraday all time high of 1,912.28. Tuesday's trading session saw the release of mostly positive economic data including durable goods and the S&P/Case-Shiller...
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Market Wrap For May 12: Dow And S&P Close At Record Highs
Monday, May 12, 2014 - 4:37pm | 2248U.S. stocks rose as both the Dow and S&P 500 indices closed at record highs. With over 90 percent of S&P 500 companies reported earnings, investor focus has shifted to renewed merger and acquisition activity that provides a higher level of confidence that the economy is expanding. The...
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Barron's Recap: The Tech Bust
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 6:35am | 873This weekend in Barron's online: why the tech bust should be no surprise, a special report on retirement, as well as the prospects for Caesars Entertainment, Lands' End, 3D printers and more. Cover Story "The Highfliers Are Still Too High" by Andrew Bary. Though Internet and biotech stocks are...
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Market Wrap For January 16: Markets End Two Day Winning Streak
Thursday, January 16, 2014 - 5:46pm | 2518The market took a bit of a breather Thursday following two strong days of gains. Earnings from two major banks failed to keep the momentum alive and investors focused on Best Buy's (NYSE: BBY) disappointing holiday guidance which contradicts the strong retail sales report earlier this week....