As you look at the stock markets around the world, it’s always a balance of trying to decide when is the right time to buy. This is true whether you are looking at the NYSE, Nikkei, London Stock Exchange, or any other European exchange. Key Points The European stocks on this list should not be…
Whether it’s because you want to look at guaranteed income from your investments or you want to diversify your portfolio, dividends are becoming more of the norm for investors. This is true both in the US and overseas in Europe, where numerous stocks offer substantial dividend yields. Key Points There is no doubt that dividends…
What is fascism, and what place does it occupy in political philosophy? There is more to that question than the standard identification with the extreme right, as echoed by the encyclopedia Britannica: Although fascist parties and movements differed significantly from one another, they had many characteristics in common, including extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral…
Stalled Global Circulation Signals “Stout Heat Dome In July” For readers waking up across the Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York City metro areas, conditions remain gloomy with overcast skies and mild temperatures hovering in the mid-70s°F—quite a change from triple-digit heat that gripped the region earlier last week, straining power grids and sending electricity prices…
For younger investors or those on a tight budget, investing in stocks to generate consistent passive income can be daunting because many top dividend stocks trade at prices ranging from $25 to over $100 per share. Realizing a significant return on investment can be challenging with a small investing capital base of $1,000. When building…
Recent AI news has been very bullish for stocks in the space. Yet, one company seems to be winning the most from recent announcements. Broadcom (Nasdaq: AVGO) has seen its business designing custom AI processors boom. Its largest customer to date is Google, and news recently broke that the company is working with OpenAI to move AI workloads…
With Pride Parade Ban, Tensions With The EU Will Only Increase For Hungary Via Remix News, Hungary has every right, as a sovereign state, to block what it views as harmful to children. However, the ban on the Pride Parade could prove a headache that is not worth the risk for the Hungarian government. Remix…
AI stocks have been on a ferocious rally in June. NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) is up 13% in the past month and currently sits at an all-time high, trading for $157.75 per share. In the segment below, 24/7 Wall St. Analyst Eric Bleeker discusses the big news that’s been driving AI stocks north. Recent news from Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) and…
Shares of Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) lost 2.42% over the past month, pausing a rally that has seen the blue-chip stock gain 13.27% so far in 2025. In June, it was reported that the company is continuing its strategic push for premiumization, with the beverage maker focusing on the success of higher-end and health-focused products like Fairlife, Coca-Cola…
Key Points Social Security COLAs are not always as big as seniors would prefer. In some years, COLAs were as low as 0%. Some of the lowest COLAs hovered in the 2% to 3% range. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match you with a financial advisor in minutes to…
Key Points in This Article: CoreWeave’s (CRWV) 300% stock surge since its March IPO highlights its role as a leading AI cloud-computing provider, attracting significant investments from billionaire hedge fund managers. CoreWeave’s revenue growth and its Nvidia (NVDA) partnership are drivers of its potential, but the AI shop faces risk from high debt loads and…
In this piece, we’ll check in on a case of a 20-something-year-old individual who took to the r/MiddleClassFinance subreddit in search of advice for how they can save up for their future using the Roth IRA. Indeed, the Roth IRA is an invaluable tool that can help young Americans really get ahead financially. Indeed, staying…
UK Pulls Plug On £24 Billion Desert Power Fantasy Authored by Charles Rotter via WattsUpWithThat.com, It comes as little surprise that yet another grandiose techno-utopian vision has ended not with a triumphant march toward Net Zero, but with a flick of the off-switch. Last week, Britain’s energy secretary quietly announced that the government “has pulled…
Fossil Fuel Subsidies Are Mostly Fiction, But the Real Energy Subsidies Should Go by Adam N. Michel, Cato at Liberty, June 25, 2025 Excerpt: The US Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) tallies all federal energy subsidies, including direct expenditures, tax expenditures, research and development, and loan guarantees. The result? Fossil fuels received the…
Mapping The World’s Wealthiest Cities Where do the world’s wealthiest live? Globally, the millionaire population is clustered in urban centers that offer business-friendly environments and attractive lifestyles. In this Markets in a Minute graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Jenna Ross, created in partnership with Terzo, we highlight the cities with the most millionaires. Tracking the Millionaire Hotspots…
Key Points in This Article: Jim Cramer’s bullish stance on Tesla (TSLA) highlights its potential as a high-risk, high-reward investment driven by transformative technologies. Tesla’s ambitious projects, balanced against challenges like high valuation, regulatory scrutiny, and competition, appeal to investors with high risk tolerance. Nvidia made early investors rich, but there is a new class…
“I’m Not Putting On A F***ing Hijab” – UK Singer Refuses To Virtue Signal For Palestine, Pulls Out Of Festivals Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Singer Azealia Banks has pulled out of two events in the UK, charging that the organisers relentlessly pressured her to express support for Palestine while promoting her scheduled appearance….
Photo by Digitmed via Wikimedia Commons There are many things to despise about Trump’s deeply unpopular budget bill, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill, or BBB. It would expand the national debt to dangerous levels with irresponsible and unnecessary tax cuts. It would shift the distribution of income upward. But perhaps the most ridiculous,…
Key Points in This Article: The Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF’s (SCHD) Q2 dividend cut ought to be a minor setback against its 11.5% average annual dividend growth since 2011, reassuring investors of its income reliability. The ETF offers a diversified portfolio, low expense ratio, and strong risk-adjusted returns, positioning it as a stable choice…
Senate Advances Trump Tax & Spending Bill In Saturday Night Vote Update (2335ET): Senate Republicans narrowly advanced President Trump’s tax and spending package, as GOP lawmakers in both chambers are hoping to pass the legislation by the 4th of July. Now that the bill has advanced, it will be followed by a Democrat-demand to read the entire 1,000-page…
White House Pressures Syria To Normalize Ties with Israel Amid ‘Quiet Talks’ President Trump believes Syria may soon join the Abraham Accords, based on comments given to reporters by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Friday. The reasoning seems to be that with Assad out, this provides an opportunity to control the outcome and…
The Business Of Broken Self-Worth In The Digital Age Authored by Kay Rubacek via The Epoch Times, A new study from JAMA Pediatrics should stop us in our tracks: early adolescents who report addictive use of screens—not just frequent use—are more than twice as likely to consider suicide within two years. Not because they’re online…
Russian Military Instructs China How To Beat US & NATO Weapons One key trend to have emerged over the course of the Russia-Ukraine war is that China, Iran, and Russia are increasingly and very openly cooperating militarily and technologically, including Moscow sharing experience gained in the course of its Ukraine ground operations. Newsweek reports that…
Why Gold Based International Trade Is A No Brainer Via SchiffGold.com, With the recent strikes on Iran, the United States’ role on the international stage has become a much larger topic of conversation. No one seems sure of the America that will emerge from the tension between historically serving as the world’s policeman and more…
Bibi Fumes After IDF Soldiers Confirm Lethal Weapons Routinely Used On Crowds At Gaza Aid Sites Soon after the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) began distributing aid to war-torn Gaza in May, disturbing reports emerged of Israeli soldiers killing unarmed Palestinians approaching aid points for food. As the world’s eyes turned from Gaza to Israel attack…
Follow The Money: Where Buffett’s $6 Billion Donation Could Really End Up Bloomberg reports Warren Buffett has donated roughly $6 billion in Berkshire Hathaway shares to five foundations, continuing his long-standing philanthropic commitment. However, the financial outlet conveniently overlooks any scrutiny of where that money may ultimately be going. A closer examination of these nonprofits…
Lessons Unlearned From Israel’s Bombing Of Iraq’s Osirak Reactor Authored by Jeremy R. Hammond via The Libertarian Institute, In a recent New York Times opinion article, Amos Yadlin, a former chief of Israel’s military intelligence, attempted to defend Israel’s recent decision to start a war with Iran, in which Israel was briefly joined by the U.S. government under the administration…
Iran Holds Huge Public Funeral For Slain Military Commanders & Scientists Hundreds of thousands of people are in the streets of Tehran on Saturday for a funeral procession honoring military commanders, nuclear scientists, as well as civilians killed in Israeli strikes earlier this month. State television broadcast scenes of mourners dressed in black, waving Iranian flags,…
Trump Says He Will Only Appoint Fed Chair Who Wants To Cut Interest Rates Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump said on Friday that he may appoint someone who is more inclined to lower interest rates to succeed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. “If I think somebody’s going to keep…
China recently experienced a housing crash that is comparable in size to what the US experienced during 2006-10. Before considering the impact of that housing crash, let’s review what happened in the US. Between January 2006 and April 2008, housing construction in the US plunged by more than 50%. Despite that crash the economy continued…
Trump Blasts CNN ‘Hoax, Fake News’ Report That US Looking At $30BN Deal With Iran President Donald Trump has once again blasted CNN and the “hoax” media reports saying his administration was considering a $30 billion deal to assist Iran in developing civilian nuclear facilities, as one option for future deal-making in the wake of the 12-day…
Musk Rages Against ‘Utterly Insane’ Senate Tax Bill That Will ‘Destroy Millions Of Jobs’ Update (1642ET): Elon Musk has weighed in on the Senate’s latest iteration of President Trump’s tax and spending bill, calling it “utterly insane and destructive,” and that it will “destroy millions of jobs in America and cause immense strategic harm to our…
Who Has The Moral High Ground On Money? Authored by Jay Davidson via AmericanThinker.com, Economic theory, and the profound impact it has on our lives, is much simpler than trained economists (apologies to my economist friends) would have you believe. To understand the politics of economic theory, one need only to consider two opposing ideas….
Netanyahu Wants To Visit White House To ‘Celebrate’ Iran Strikes With Trump Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to meet with President Trump at the White House in the coming weeks after the 12-day US-Israeli war on Iran, Axios has reported. Israeli officials said that Netanyahu wants to “celebrate” the joint…
Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) researchers recently released a paper named ‘Illusions of Thinking‘ that casts new doubts on the capabilities of ‘reasoning’ models that are seeing tens of billions of dollars of research and development in the AI space. In the segment below, 24/7 Wall St. Analyst Eric Bleeker breaks down the implications of Apple’s newest paper….
Supreme Court Decision Allows States To Defund Planned Parenthood A recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of South Carolina allows states to deny Medicaid funds to NGO Planned Parenthood in a move that sets a precedent for conservative states across the country to block tax dollars going to abortion providers. Medina v. Planned Parenthood South…
In this economic/financial news report we discuss predictions from some real estate analysts and forecasters on the current state of the US real estate market, and more. This channel contains news and analysis that often includes ‘one mans opinion’. The information conveyed should never be taken as investment advice. Everyone should do their own due…
Regardless of the reason, many Americans are relocating to international cities. On the plus side, there is a good chance they are doing so because not just of a changing view, but an opportunity to save money. Key Points For many Americans, there is a strong desire to move abroad to live more affordably. There…
Turley: The Chilling Jurisprudence Of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Authored by Jonathan Turley, For most citizens, the release of Supreme Court opinions is about as exciting as watching paint dry, particularly in a case dealing with the limits of district courts in issuing universal injunctions. Yet Friday’s Trump v. CASA case included a virtual slugfest between…
Deadly Russian Drone Strikes Have Increased On Ukraine’s Odesa Russian drones slammed into the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa overnight, killing two people and injuring at least 17 others, Ukrainian officials announced Saturday. Emergency services said a drone struck a residential high-rise, damaging three floors and trapping residents inside, with the regional governor identifying…
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has a pretty decent yield that’s just shy of 4.3% at the time of this writing. That’s not at all a bad yield for an investment that’s free from risk. With the S&P 500 finishing last week at fresh all-time highs just shy of 6,200 despite the ending of trade…
It says a great deal about the EV industry that China’s BYD shares are up 40% this year, while America’s Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is off 20%. BYD has taken over from Tesla as the best selling EV company in the world. BYD is also moving into several markets around the world, going toe-to-toe with Elon…
Key Points Whether you’re taxed on Social Security hinges on your income and where you live. There are some states that impose a tax on benefits. It’s important to know what taxes to expect once you retire. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match you with a financial advisor in minutes to…
Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META) CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn’t afraid to make ‘risky’ bets. In 2021, he changed the name of the company from ‘Facebook’ to ‘Meta Platforms’ to demonstrate the company’s focus on building the metaverse. His significant investment in VR and other metaverse initiatives was a key factor in the company’s stock cratering below $90…
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy seems intent to repeat the mistakes of the past. While responding to an NBC Nightline interview question regarding the recent spate of aviation accidents and incidents (most recently to the interview, a private jet inadvertently entering an active runway in Chicago Midway Airport causing a Southwest flight to execute a…
This post The “Wall of Worry” Climb Is Over appeared first on Daily Reckoning. Stocks aren’t climbing a wall of worry. Instead, they’re standing atop the wall, arms swinging overhead in triumph, while exuberant pikers chisel away souvenir bricks with their tiny hammers. Sounds like fun, but someone’s bound to get hurt. The Nasdaq 100…
Gambling on a margin is a terrible idea, even if you’ve been on a bit of a lucky streak with a knack for spotting winners of late. Indeed, long-term investment and getting rich slowly, over the course of many years, is the far better way to go than something that could be highly regretful, such…
In the segment below from the AI Investor Podcast, 24/7 Wall St. analyst Eric Bleeker and Autin Smith break down what agentic AI is and what could become the top AI agentic stocks to buy in 2025. Key Points Agentic AI refers to models trained to use tools, access data, and take real-world actions—potentially redefining…
Incoming Riots Or Just July 4 Prep? White House, Treasury Lined By Anti-Scale Fence Reporters and breaking news X accounts indicate that anti-scale fencing was erected late Friday night into early Saturday morning around the White House and Treasury Department buildings in Washington, D.C. While no official statement has been released, prevailing speculation online attributes the…
Key Points in This Article: Dividend growth investing prioritizes companies that consistently raise payouts, signaling financial strength and resilience, ideal for income-focused investors navigating volatile markets. Dividend Kings, a rare group of 55 stocks, have increased dividends for at least 50 years, showcasing exceptional commitment to shareholders across economic cycles. High-yield dividend stocks offer passive…
Judge Blocks Treasury’s Anti-Cartel Rule Targeting $200 Cash Transactions Along Border Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked a new Trump administration policy targeting small-dollar cross-border transactions aimed at curbing cartel money laundering, siding with two businesses who argued it was crippling their operations…
