Powellarization Ahead Of T-Day By Benjamin Picton, Senior Market Strategist at Rabobank The FOMC surprised nobody yesterday by opting to keep the upper band of the Fed Funds rate target unchanged at 4.50% while continuing to tighten monetary policy through balance sheet runoff. While the decision was completely predictable, the meeting was notable for the…
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Live: Will Reddit (RDDT) Rally After Earnings Today?
Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. How Reddit Stock Performed After Recent Earnings 12:30 pm Reddit shares have traded lower after two of the last four earnings calls, despite strong revenue growth and positive surprises. The most favorable stock response came after Q4 results, suggesting investors are still calibrating expectations….
Can Shares of Roblox Rally to $150 Next?
Key Points The company did post an EPS loss of 41 cents, which missed estimates by five cents. However, revenue soared 21% to $1.08 billion, with bookings of $1.44 billion. Analysts at Bank of America raised their price target by $30 to $133 a share, with a buy rating. Are you ahead, or behind, on…
Why Applied Digital Is Soaring Over 35% Right Now
Key Points Applied Digital signed a 15-year, 400 MW lease with CoreWeave worth $11 billion. Shares are up more than 35% as analysts raise targets and investors reposition APLD as a serious AI infrastructure provider. Get Our Top AI Investment Ideas for Free: Nvidia made early investors rich, but there is a new class of…
Trump’s Tariff Reversal Tanks Copper: Are Miners a Bargain Now?
Key Points in This Article: President Trump’s decision to limit copper tariffs to semi-finished products caused a sharp price drop, impacting U.S. miners’ profitability. Despite short-term declines, copper’s role in electrification and infrastructure supports long-term demand growth. Investors must weigh operational strengths against global competition and smelting constraints when considering miners. Nvidia made early investors…
SEAL-Grade Firepower: The TAC-50’s 6,500-Foot Lethal Reach
Key Points The McMillan TAC-50 is an integral tool for many Navy SEAL operations The TAC-50 serves as a sniper or anti-materiel rifle, and its range is almost unparalleled at over 6,500 feet With its powerful ballistics, enemy vehicles, fortified positions, and high-value targets are all on the menu Are you ahead, or behind on…
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) Stock Price Prediction and Forecast 2025-2030 (July 31)
Shares of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) are trading for almost 5% more than a week ago, even though the electric vehicle (EV) maker posted disappointing second-quarter results and warned of rough quarters to come. The share price is still 21.0% lower than six months ago, underperforming the broader markets in that time. 24/7 Wall St….
Apple Retreats In China: Closes Flagship Store Opened In 2008 Amid iPhone Erosion
Apple Retreats In China: Closes Flagship Store Opened In 2008 Amid iPhone Erosion Whether it’s the rise of Chinese rivals like Huawei, Xiaomi, and Vivo, the deepening deflation and softening consumer sentiment across China, or the elevated Sino-U.S. trade tensions, Apple is feeling the squeeze in the world’s largest smartphone market. State-run media outlet Securities Times (abbreviated…
Live: Is Cloudflare (NET) The Next AI Stock to Top Earnings Expectations?
Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. What Wall Street Expects When Cloudflare Reports Today 10:14 am Here’s Wall Street’s consensus expectations for Q2 earnings. Revenue: $501.6 million Adjusted EPS: $1.8 Gross Margin: 77.8% Free Cash Flow: $29.9 million More importantly, Cloudflare will likely need to raise forward guidance if shares are going…
720 Reasons Why Romania Dominates Europe’s Artillery Game
Key Points Romania stands tall as Europe’s leading power in towed artillery with over 700 units at the ready These assets from the Cold War era are still central to the country’s military doctrine, in both offensive and defensive aspects Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match you with a…
Stock Market Live July 31: S&P 500 (VOO) Rises on Positive China, Earnings News
Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. Roblox a Winner! 11:08 am Roblox (Nasdaq: RBLX) — not an S&P 500 component — is up a big 14% this morning despite reporting worse than expected “earnings.” Actually, a loss of $0.41 per share. Bookings, however, came in at $1.4 billion, nearly $200 million ahead…
AI’s Next Power Play: Vistra (VST) or OKLO?
Key Points VST and OKLO shares have been massive winners in the early innings of the AI boom. Both energy plays are overheated near-term, but could prove stellar bets in the long-term. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match you with a financial advisor in minutes to help you answer…
Q2 Ad Surge Fuels Meta Platforms’ Ambitious AI ‘Superintelligence’
Key Points in This Article: Meta Platforms‘ (META) Q2 revenue reached $47.5 billion, with ad revenue up 21% to $46.5 billion, driving a 36% net income increase to $18.3 billion. Capital expenditures hit $17 billion, with full-year spending projected at $66 billion to $72 billion to support AI infrastructure and Meta Superintelligence Labs. Zuckerberg’s vision…
Want $2750 per Year in Passive Income? Invest $25,000 in These 2 Warren Buffett Stocks
If any investor has stood the test of time, it’s Warren Buffett, and with good reason. For years, the Oracle of Omaha has had a rock-star-like presence in the investing world. His annual Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-B) shareholders meeting draws thousands of loyal fans who are investors. They were stunned at this year’s meeting…
“Oh Canada!” Trump Threatens To Blow Up Trade Talks As Carney To Recognize Palestinian State
“Oh Canada!” Trump Threatens To Blow Up Trade Talks As Carney To Recognize Palestinian State Another G7 member is set to add its name to a growing list of nations planning to recognize a Palestinian state at the United Nations summit in September, following France pledging to do so, and after the UK only this week…
Should You Dive into Nvidia’s Leading Cloud Bet: CoreWeave (CRWV) for Long-Term Gains?
CoreWeave (NASDAQ:CRWV) enjoyed an incredible rally after its IPO. Shares have almost tripled, but the music has also been fading. CRWV stock is down by more than 30% over the past month. Some investors believe it is a good buying opportunity, while others are still skeptical about the company’s valuation. The stock has a lot…
This Dividend King’s Stock Just Soared to a 6-Year High
Tobacco company and Dividend King Altria Group Inc. (NYSE: MO) has a 6.6% yield, among the highest of S&P 500 stocks. Its shares recently hit a six-year high, which is rare among corporations with big payouts. A day ago, its stock rose 4.8% to $62.61 a share. It has not traded there since November 2018….
Microsoft Is 2nd Company to Hit $4 Trillion Market Value
Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has joined Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) in the $4 trillion market cap club, only the second company ever to be valued that high. Based on a surge after earnings, its stock is up 26% this year. The S&P 500 is up 8%. Its earnings beat expectations. Its cloud operations and a…
Eminent Domain and the Problem of Government
In our forthcoming paper at the Review of Law & Economics, “The Long-Term Impact of Kelo v. City of New London: Comparing State Legislative and Judicial Responses”, my former Western Carolina University colleagues Ed Lopez and H. Justin Pace and I discuss justifications for eminent domain.[1] Primarily, we discuss the holdout problem. The holdout problem…
China Dominates Global Naval Power With More Ships Than Russia and India Combined
Key Points China commands the largest naval fleet on the planet, with an impressive 754 vessels in active service China’s fleet widely surpasses other regional fleets in Russia and India, practically double that of either one individually This massive naval force is the result of a decades long mandate for rapid naval expansion from the…
Nio (NYSE: NIO) Stock Price Prediction and Forecast 2025-2030 (July 31)
The tariff-driven market volatility has been rough on shares of Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio Inc. (NYSE: NIO), which in April fell to a multiyear low of $3.02. Shares rebounded afterward, but they are now up 3.4% year to date, after a 6.4% pullback in the past week ahead of the launch of its…
U.S. Fast-Food Prices Jump 47% in 10 Years as Only 14% Still See It as ‘Budget Friendly’
A Zappi survey recently sought to measure U.S. public perception regarding fast-food. The survey revealed that fast-food, which used to be seen as an inexpensive meal, is no longer viewed as budget friendly by the majority of the population. In fact, only 14% say they categorize fast-food as an easy-on-the-wallet option. Instead, fast-food is more…
U.S. Coffee Drinkers Reap 18 Health Benefits as Burger King Challenges Starbucks with New Menu
Many of us would never consider fast food giant Burger King a competitor of coffee chains. However, coffee is so popular that even burger joints want to get in on the action. With the introduction of several new drinks to its menu, Burger King appears to be directly competing with Starbucks. Of the six new…
Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) Stock Price Prediction and Forecast 2025-2030 (July 2025)
Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has a lot to celebrate in 2025, including upcoming seasons of popular shows such as “Wednesday” and “Stranger Things”; the success of international content from Korea, Latin America, and elsewhere; and the introduction of live and interactive content. All this has helped buoy the stock despite economic uncertainty. Shares hit an…
Taking a Look at the Best EV Cities as Tesla Sales Plunge in California
California, the largest EV market in the nation, has experienced a huge drop in Tesla vehicle sales. Sales plunged 21% in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the same time period in 2024. This slowdown in sales has contributed to stagnation in the EV market as a whole. Experts say the dip is likely…
Nasdaq Composite Live: Earnings Beats are Pushing the Index to New Record Highs
The Nasdaq doesn’t know the meaning of down. At the moment, the tech-heavy index is up about 300 points in premarket, last trading at 23,773. From here, we wouldn’t be shocked to see it challenge 25,000 over the next few days. Fueling Momentum, Microsoft Crushed Earnings Forcing the index even higher, Microsoft – up $42…
Some School Districts Increase Funding For Migrant Instruction Despite Local Budget Gaps
Some School Districts Increase Funding For Migrant Instruction Despite Local Budget Gaps Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times, Despite federal effectiveness at curbing illegal immigration, most states still allocate extra money for students learning English, regardless of whether they are here legally. All states apply a per-pupil funding formula for local districts. Above…
Hollywood Never Learns: New Spartacus TV Series Stars Diverse Girl Boss Gladiator
Hollywood Never Learns: New Spartacus TV Series Stars Diverse Girl Boss Gladiator The woke “girl boss” trope is back and despite failing over and over again at the box office and in streaming numbers, Hollywood is still desperate to push the narrative that women “kick ass” and are just as strong and effective as their…
Reclaiming ‘Environmentalism’ From The Climate Extremists
Reclaiming ‘Environmentalism’ From The Climate Extremists Authored by Gary Abernathy via RealClearEnergy, Americans are reclaiming ‘environmentalism’ from the radical left. Certain words and phrases take on new meaning as time goes by, often due to the politicization of our language. A clear example of such evolution is in regard to what it means to be…
Putin Spox Boasts ‘We Have Developed Immunity’ To Sanctions
Putin Spox Boasts ‘We Have Developed Immunity’ To Sanctions The big geopolitical headline this week was President Trump on Monday and Tuesday making clear that if Russia can’t reach a ceasefire agreement with Ukraine within 10 days, secondary sanctions will follow, which takes the new deadline to Friday, Aug. 8. The Kremlin has again responded in follow-up, boasting that…
1 In 4 Non-Antibiotic Drugs Linked To Disrupted Gut Health
1 In 4 Non-Antibiotic Drugs Linked To Disrupted Gut Health Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), While patients have long known that antibiotics can disrupt gut health, researchers have now discovered that seemingly harmless medications—including common allergy pills, antidepressants, and hormone treatments—may also pose a threat to the protective bacteria that…
Bill Gates’ $645M Secret Hydrogen Superyacht To Make Splash At Monaco Yacht Show
Bill Gates’ $645M Secret Hydrogen Superyacht To Make Splash At Monaco Yacht Show A luxury news website reports that a 390-foot superyacht, designed to run entirely on liquid hydrogen, is set to make waves at the Monaco Yacht Show this September. The yacht is reportedly linked to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. Luxury Launches reports the $645 million superyacht has “14 balconies,…
Blackout-Prone Syria To Begin Receiving NatGas From Azerbaijan Via Turkey
Blackout-Prone Syria To Begin Receiving NatGas From Azerbaijan Via Turkey Via The Cradle Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced on Wednesday hat Turkey will begin supplying natural gas from Azerbaijan to Syria on August 2. “We made a swap agreement with Azerbaijan, and the gas that will come from Azerbaijan will be exported to Aleppo,…
Berkshire’s Next Buy?
This article is nothing more than my wild ass guess—if I had to pick one name Berkshire might be quietly diving into next with its enormous cash pile. It’s not a prediction, not investment advice, just an exercise in thinking like Buffett and Munger might when looking for value in today’s market. Read more Click…
Global Food Prices Are Creeping Up Again
Global Food Prices Are Creeping Up Again Following a period of recovery from the dual shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, global food commodity prices have started to creep up again this year. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the FAO Food Price Index climbed to 128…
Why The UK’s Age-Verification System (Probably) Won’t Work
Why The UK’s Age-Verification System (Probably) Won’t Work Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, On Friday, the “Age Verification” clause of the UK’s Online Safety Act officially came into force. The result was a sudden surge in discussion, and a lot of people realising – finally – what the law really means. People have been…
Myanmar’s Kachin State Is At The Center Of The Sino-US Scramble For Rare Earths
Myanmar’s Kachin State Is At The Center Of The Sino-US Scramble For Rare Earths Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, The US seeks influence over this region that supplies much of neighboring China’s rare earth industry… Western media has published a spree of articles raising awareness of the important role that Myanmar’s Kachin State plays…
Ring Of Fire Awakens: Pacific Megaquake First Sparked Tsunami, Now Eurasia’s Tallest Volcano Erupts
Ring Of Fire Awakens: Pacific Megaquake First Sparked Tsunami, Now Eurasia’s Tallest Volcano Erupts A tsunami triggered by a massive underwater earthquake off the eastern coast of Russia, impacting Hawaii, Alaska, and the U.S. West Coast in the overnight hours, has now led to the eruption of Eurasia’s highest and most active volcano, located on the Kamchatka Peninsula….
Cadence To Pay $140 Million For Selling Chip Design Tech To Blacklisted Chinese University
Cadence To Pay $140 Million For Selling Chip Design Tech To Blacklisted Chinese University Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Cadence Design Systems, a leading developer of electronic design automation (EDA) software and hardware, has agreed to pay a $140 million fine to settle claims that it illegally sold semiconductor design…
Trump Punishes Brazil With Sweeping Tariffs, Sanctions – Which Bolsonaro Hails As ‘Not Revenge, But Justice’
Trump Punishes Brazil With Sweeping Tariffs, Sanctions – Which Bolsonaro Hails As ‘Not Revenge, But Justice’ In a huge move which the Brazilian government has blasted as rank political interference in its internal affairs, the Trump administration on Wednesday pulled the trigger on previously threatened sweeping tariffs on Brazil, and in addition sanctioned the judge overseeing…
VIG vs. DIV: Which Dividend ETF Will Outperform in 2026?
Dividend ETFs offer cash flow and diversified holdings. You don’t have to stay up late at night researching dividend stocks to get respectable returns and extra income. Some dividend investors put their money in multiple ETFs for additional diversification, but some investors prefer to pick a dividend ETF that they believe will outperform the competition….
Check Out the 7 Most Dangerous Gangs in Texas
Because of its large size, international border, and booming metropolitan areas, Texas has always been a crossroads—of culture, commerce, and, unfortunately, criminal activity. With all it has going for it, it also has the ideal conditions for organized gangs to grow and operate. From local prison-born groups to transnational cartels, gang activity in Texas is…
Chikungunya Fever Spreading Rapidly In South China; CCP Downplays Outbreak
Chikungunya Fever Spreading Rapidly In South China; CCP Downplays Outbreak Authored by Alex Wu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Chikungunya fever has spread rapidly in many places in Guangdong Province and spilled over to other parts of China. Local residents told The Epoch Times that the Chinese communist regime is forcing residents into quarantine…
Maryland Democrats Scramble As Green Energy Agenda Sparks Power Bill Hyperinflation
Maryland Democrats Scramble As Green Energy Agenda Sparks Power Bill Hyperinflation Democratic leaders across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast have really done it this time. Their reckless decarbonization agenda is backfiring spectacularly, driving power prices to some of the highest in the nation and financially crushing the very working-class families they claim to champion. In Maryland, Democrats and Gov. Wes Moore…
Holly Was Knocked Out By A Black Mob, And Cincinnati’s Leftist Officials Blamed Her
Holly Was Knocked Out By A Black Mob, And Cincinnati’s Leftist Officials Blamed Her Update (2115ET): Meet Holly, the woman brutally knocked unconscious and beaten in the street by a Black mob during last weekend’s Cincinnati Jazz Festival in the downtown area. Here’s Holly. Holly days later. According to Council Member Victoria Parks, Holly and the other…
Marine Corps Force Design: A Failed Operational Concept
Marine Corps Force Design: A Failed Operational Concept Authored by Gary Anderson via RealClearDefense, When the Marine Corps adopted a concept called Force Design as its new warfighting concept in 2019, so called military experts hailed it as a groundbreaking adoption of emerging technology. Unfortunately, most of the praise has come from senior Marine leaders…
Iran Plans To Abandon GPS & Replace With China’s BeiDou System
Iran Plans To Abandon GPS & Replace With China’s BeiDou System Recent reports in Mideast regional media say that Iran is actively exploring abandoning GPS technology and instead adopting China’s main navigation satellite system, BeiDou. Such a drastic change can’t be accomplished overnight, however, as the world’s dominant system (GPS) has long been embedded in Iranian industries…
New Guidelines Will Allow Federal Workers To Express Religious Beliefs At Workplace
New Guidelines Will Allow Federal Workers To Express Religious Beliefs At Workplace Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) issued a memo on July 28 aimed at protecting religious expression among federal workers, allowing them to display religious items and discuss religion in the workplace. The…
ICE Looking To Hire Personnel, Offers $50,000 Signing Bonus
ICE Looking To Hire Personnel, Offers $50,000 Signing Bonus The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched a recruitment drive to hire “brave and heroic Americans” for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to tackle illegal immigration, the DHS said in a July 29 statement. The “Defend the Homeland” recruitment initiative aims to hire individuals as…
‘Creeping Authoritarianism’: Motion Against Search Engine Age Checks Passes Australian Senate
‘Creeping Authoritarianism’: Motion Against Search Engine Age Checks Passes Australian Senate Authored by Crystal-Rose Jones via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), An urgent motion to prevent search engine users from being subject to age verification has passed Australia’s Senate with sweeping support from across the political spectrum. A teen holds a smartphone and prepares to…
Trump Envoy Says This Time Oil Sanctions On Russia Will ‘Bite’
Trump Envoy Says This Time Oil Sanctions On Russia Will ‘Bite’ Keith Kellogg, Trump’s special envoy to Russia and Ukraine, has freshly warned in newly published comments that oil sanctions will have a serious and hard-hitting economic impact if properly enforced – though they haven’t been up till now, he suggested. His prediction comes after President…
