Category: Economy

Key Points in This Article: Market disappointment stems from lost China sales and slowing data center growth has led  to a 4% drop in Nvidia‘s (NVDA) stock. Investors question NVDA stock’s high valuation amid trade woes. However, the dip suggests market misjudgment, hinting at NVDA’s undervaluation. Nvidia made early investors rich, but there is a…

In the first half of this year, China’s EV giant BYD made $2.1 billion on revenue of $52 billion. The net income was up 14% from the previous year. The numbers demonstrate the remarkable success of BYD. Rival Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) posted relatively similar results for its first half. But BYD sold 4.2 million vehicles…

German Political Parties (Ex-AfD) Sign ‘Fairness Pact’ That Prevents Criticizing Immigration Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, In Cologne’s upcoming local election campaign, all major parties except the Alternative for Germany (AfD) have pledged to speak only positively about immigration and avoid linking it to social problems. The CDU, SPD, Greens, FDP, Left Party,…

Key Points Age 62 is the earliest age to claim Social Security. Financial guru Dave Ramsey thinks it could make sense to file for benefits then. The problem is that filing at 62 reduces your benefits, and many retirees can’t afford that. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match you…

The magnitude of enthusiasm surrounding higher-yielding covered call (premium income) ETFs has been strong among the retail crowd. And while the yields are above and beyond what you’d come to expect from an ETF that just owns shares of various dividend-paying companies, investors must consider the nuances before placing a big bet. Indeed, yields can…

Key Points You’re just not going to make the money you want in today’s low-yielding savings accounts. So, if it’s dependable income you’re after, one of the best things you can do is invest in higher-yielding stocks. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match you with a financial advisor in…

Germany Boosts Energy Security With New LNG Terminal By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com The German port of Wilhelmshaven is launching its second LNG terminal to process imported liquefied natural gas, Deutsche Energy Terminal (DET), the state operator of the facility, said on Thursday.   Wilhelmshaven 02 will commence commercial operations on August 29, following a successful…

Key Points in This Article: Ethereum’s (ETH) smart contract capabilities and institutional adoption have made it Wall Street’s preferred crypto, dubbed “the Wall Street token” by Jan Van Eck. Ethereum Treasury Companies (ETCs), holding $20 billion in ETH, follow Strategy’s Bitcoin (BTC) model, with SharpLink Gaming (SBET) and BitMine Immersion Technologies (BMNR) leading the charge….

Europe On Path To War Economy: Rheinmetall Opens Continent’s Largest Ammo Factory Submitted by Thomas Kolbe In Unterlüß, Lower Saxony, Europe’s largest ammunition factory began production yesterday. What started clandestinely is now being publicly scaled with full firepower: the European Union is building its own war economy. In the good old days in Germany, recessions…

Key Points Bitcoin’s year-to-date rally has caught the attention of digital-asset investors. However, there are three well-known stocks — AMD, RCL, and DASH — with even more upward momentum than Bitcoin in 2025. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match you with a financial advisor in minutes to help you…

Key Points in This Article: The S&P 500 hit a new all-time high yesterday, climbing despite market concerns like inflation and geopolitical tensions. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) tracks the index closely, but just four stocks drive most of its gains. The index’s rise reflects a “wall of worry,” with these tech giants fueling…

Key Points in This Article: Cannabis stocks surged in 2018-2019 on federal legalization hopes but crashed as progress stalled. Recent news of Trump’s potentially rescheduling marijuana and a Democratic descheduling bill sparked gains, with most cannabis stocks rising higher yesterday. Today’s retreat reflects ongoing volatility, raising questions about whether federal action justifies investing in cannabis…

It should go without saying that no matter how much money you make, it’s perfectly reasonable to feel stressed out about finances these days. This is especially true if you feel like you make a good living but also live in a high-cost-of-living area that leaves you feeling house-poor.  Key Points This Redditor lives in…

Key Points in This Article: Ethereum (ETH) is seeing massive ETF inflows, surpassing Bitcoin (BTC), with $1.5 billion in a week compared to Bitcoin’s $244 million. Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick predicts Ethereum will reach $7,500 by year-end 2025, a 55% jump from its recent high. BitMine Immersion (BMNR), the largest ETH treasury company, is aggressively buying…

In a number of my prior pieces, I highlighted the real costs of vehicle ownership and how many may be at risk of underestimating the true costs (think the phantom costs that go well beyond the purchase price of a new car) and overestimating how much they really need to own that flashy new ride….

Key Points These stocks have performed very well in recent years. The underlying businesses are growing fast, expected to benefit from AI, like Palantir. These are more sustainable bets that you can buy at lower multiples compared to PLTR stock. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match you with a…

Key Points The VOO and VYM ETFs provide broad diversification and respectable dividend yields. Meanwhile, the JEPI and SOXX ETFs offer tax-efficient income and prime exposure to an important technology sector. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match you with a financial advisor in minutes to help you answer that…

Everyone knows (or hopefully knows) that as soon as you buy a car and drive it off the lot, you’ve already lost a certain value of the vehicle. It’s a frustrating but true reality of vehicle ownership, and it doesn’t matter how much the car is or what brand it is. Once you drive it…

This post Make America Healthy (And Wealthy) Again appeared first on Daily Reckoning. I’ll never forget the first time I realized public health in America was about to change forever. It wasn’t in D.C. or at some think tank — it was live, on the airwaves, during a call with Dr. Marty Makary. This is…

Trump’s Global Tariffs Ruled Illegal By Washington Appeals Court, But… On the same day that President Trump flipped the switch on ‘de minimis’ exemptions, a US Appeals court has ruled that most of his global tariffs are illegal, finding that he exceeded his authority in imposing them. In May 2025, a lower court deemed them…

The CIA Vs DNI Tulsi Gabbard ‘Cage-Match’ Continues Authored by ‘sundance’ via The Last Refuge, If there is one key takeaway from what you are about to read, it would be this. DNI Tulsi Gabbard needs our support. DNI Gabbard is working deep within a massive silo system that manufacturers the illusion of isolation as…

Puerto Rico Has The Highest Share Of US Households On Welfare; Utah, The Lowest Between persistent inflation, trade wars, and AI-related job disruptions, the outlook on the U.S. economy is once again ticking to “uncertain.” If things get worse and unemployment starts to tick up, then more Americans might be forced to rely on state support to…

New Mexico Man Diagnosed With Plague In State’s First Case This Year, Say Officials Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), New Mexico health officials said they have confirmed the first human case of the plague in the state in 2025, occurring in a 43-year-old male from Valencia County who recently went…

Baltimore Real Estate Faces “Black Swan” Event, Hard Money Lenders Warn Baltimore has become ground zero for many failures of the Democratic Party. The so-called progressive utopia pitched by Democrats over the years has proven to be a massive lie, leaving behind a crime-ridden, deindustrialized city plagued by drugs, murder, and a collapsing population now…

Energy Price As An Economic Indicator Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, What are energy prices telling us about the economy? A recent article on Bloomberg noted that: “Hedge funds slashed their bullish position on crude to the lowest in about 17 years as risks of additional sanctions on Russian crude oil waned, bringing concerns about a…

Wild Splashdown Footage Of SpaceX Starship Megarocket After multiple launch attempts this week, most of which were due to adverse weather conditions and ground-based issues, Starship Flight 10’s launch was a wild success, with both the Super Heavy booster and the Starship Upper Stage successfully landing on their designated splashdown zones.  Yet the far-left corporate…

Jake Sullivan Ridiculed For Supporting Withholding Arms To Israel Via Middle East Eye Former US national security advisor Jake Sullivan was skewered as a hypocrite on Thursday after an interview aired of him saying he would support Congress voting to withhold military aid to Israel over its decision to abandon a Gaza ceasefire with Hamas in March. “The situation as it…

Labor Day Gas Prices Lowest Since 2020, New Analysis Finds Authored by Andrew Moran via The Epoch Times, U.S. motorists will see the lowest gasoline prices heading into Labor Day in five years, a new analysis shows. GasBuddy, which monitors national gas prices, projected in an Aug. 26 report that the cost of fuel will…

Watch: Mexican Senators Brawl After Heated Debate Over US Intervention Vs Cartels With cameras rolling, tension over potential US military intervention against Mexico’s drug cartels erupted into a shoving-and-slapping bout between legislators at the podium of the Senate chambers on Wednesday.  Senator Alejandro “Alito” Moreno, who leads the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), was apparently incensed…

Trump Unveils Another $825M Arms Sale To Ukraine, While Talking Peace At a moment peace negotiations look to be going nowhere, and as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has declared it’s ‘obvious’ Putin and Zelensky aren’t going to meet, the Trump administration has authorized another $825 million arms deal for Ukraine. Crucially, this package will include long-range…

Rock Paper Scissors By Elwin de Groot and Bas van Geffen, strategists at Rabobank Many readers will know “rock, paper, scissors.” The key feature of this game is that there is no upfront winner, it’s outcome is entirely determined by chance. Paper wins from rock, rock from scissors, and scissors wins from paper. In a…

Kremlin Rejects ‘Fabricated’ Report of Russian Drones Spying On US Weapons Routes In Germany The Kremlin has rejected claims that Russia or its agents have been using drones to track American and allied weapons shipments passing through eastern Germany, after a Thursday New York Times article alleged it. US officials suspect that Russian intelligence or its proxies…

Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. No Deathknell for Dell 10:12 am Barclays analyst Tim Long explained today’s curious reaction to Dell Technologies’ earnings beat today, noting that the mix of artificial intelligence server shipments knocked down gross margin, and it’s probably this weakness in the AI business that seems…

Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) has issued its 105th recall for 2025. No car company has reached that number in an entire year. The magnitude of the figure is colossal. This is particularly true for a company that identifies warranty problems as one of its most critical issues to address. These numbers show that the…

A new study shows that only a small fraction of people who might buy a Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) vehicle want a self-driving car. However, Tesla believes that its Full Self-Driving (Supervised), or FSD, is a primary reason people buy its cars. It is not so, and the gulf between people who want it and…