These Companies Just Scored Robotaxi Commercial Licenses In Shanghai China’s Robotaxi revolution is shifting into a higher gear. In May, we highlighted a Goldman Sachs note forecasting that 500,000 autonomous robotaxis would be operating across ten major cities by 2030. New data from the bank’s analysts now show acceleration: a wave of new commercial operating…
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Ron Paul: Nobody for Fed Chairman
This post Ron Paul: Nobody for Fed Chairman appeared first on Daily Reckoning. President Trump has recently suggested that, unless Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell cuts interest rates, the president might revert to his The Apprentice days and tell Powell, “you’re fired.” President Trump backtracked on firing Powell after the president’s comments caused stock markets…
Another Canary: The Las Vegas Economy Is Tanking Just Like It Did In 2008 And 2009
If you want to get a really good indication of where the U.S. economy is heading, just look at what is happening in Las Vegas. During good times, hotel occupancy rates are very high and lots of money is thrown around in the casinos. But when times are getting tough, less people head to Las…
Cynical, Aloof And Insatiable: The Rise Of The Postmodern State Aristocracy
Cynical, Aloof And Insatiable: The Rise Of The Postmodern State Aristocracy Submitted By Thomas Kolbe While the political class freely taps into outsized debt programs, it urges citizens to embrace austerity. The increasingly brazen plundering of taxpayers’ dwindling resources signals the emergence of a detached state aristocracy in Berlin. Two legendary quips—likely apocryphal—best capture the decadent…
Sydney Sweeney Wears Jeans In Ad, Woke Liberals See Nazis
Sydney Sweeney Wears Jeans In Ad, Woke Liberals See Nazis American Eagle Outfitters’ marketing pivot from the toxic ‘woke’ era, which originated from cultural Marxism, to actress Sydney Sweeney’s ‘assets’ appears to be the correct move for the clothing company, given that the Overton Window has shifted center-right, with mainstream Americans cheering the ‘end of…
Earnings Live: Complete Beyond (BYON) 2Q Coverage
Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. Retail Recovery in Motion 4:14 pm Despite fewer customers and orders, larger baskets and better monetization per customer helped offset topline attrition — a signal that BYON’s SKU rationalization is working. Metric Q2 2025 Q2 2024 YoY Change Active Customers 4.36M 6.22M -30% Orders…
Earnings Live: Complete Tilray Brands (TLRY) 4Q Coverage
Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. Guidance for the coming fiscal year 4:33 pm Tilray expects FY2026 adjusted EBITDA of $62–72 million, a 13–31% YoY increase. No revenue guidance was given, but expect ongoing international expansion, AI-driven cultivation efficiency, and beverage optimization through Project 420 completion by Q3 FY2026. Earnings…
Why This Is a Big Week for Boomers Living Off Social Security
Key Points Later this week, the Federal Reserve will meet to discuss monetary policy. Although an interest rate cut is not expected, anything could happen. A rate cut by the Fed could benefit seniors on Social Security, but it could also hurt them in an indirect way. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s…
Trump On Gaza: “We Have To Get The Kids Fed”
Trump On Gaza: “We Have To Get The Kids Fed” President Donald Trump while speaking from Scotland in the context of his bilateral meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer issued rare acknowledgement of the severe hunger and malnutrition crisis which has gripped Gaza. The president said he has been in current contact with Israeli…
UPDATE: Combined Annual Revenue of Nuclear Energy Opponents Is $3.3 Billion
Two weeks ago, I reported the combined annual revenue of the American nonprofits with known opposition to emissions-free nuclear energy was at least $2.8 billion. But this did not account for 45 subsequently discovered and previously uncounted anti-nuclear nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). Adding in those nonprofits vaults the combined annual revenue of the American anti-nuclear movement…
Live: Will Cadence Design Systems Jump After Releasing Q2 Earnings?
Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. Detailed Q2 Earnings Summary 4:29 pm by Eric Bleeker CDNS | Cadence Q2’25 Earnings Highlights: Adj. EPS: $1.65 ; UP +29% YoY Revenue: $1.275B []; UP +20% YoY GAAP Diluted Net Income per Share: $0.59; DOWN -30% YoY GAAP Operating Margin: 19.0% []; DOWN…
5 Dogs of the Dow Are Crushing the S&P 500 and Nasdaq in 2025
The Dogs of the Dow is a well-known strategy first published in 1991 by Michael O’Higgins. The plan aims to maximize investment yields by purchasing the 10 highest-yielding dividend stocks from the Dow Jones Industrial Average each year. The highest-yielding stocks are also the lowest-priced stocks in the venerable average, as the lower a stock…
PBS And NPR To America: We’re Here For You (Dummies)!
PBS And NPR To America: We’re Here For You (Dummies)! Authored by Stephen Soukup via American Greatness, In the waning weeks of their financial relationship with the federal government, the powers that be at PBS and NPR all appeared to agree on the same, rather bizarre strategy. Rather than argue that their programming is necessary…
Live: Will Celestica Soar After Announcing Q2 Earnings Tonight?
Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. A Look Back at Celestica’s Q1 2:28 pm by Eric Bleeker Before Celestica reports its Q2 earnings, let’s take a look back at what the company reported in Q1. The company reported earnings on April 24th and is up a scorching 84% since then….
This ETF-Only Portfolio Can Make You $1,000 in Monthly Passive Income
Key Points This ETF-only portfolio can get you $1,000 per month, or even more in the long run. These ETFs give you exposure to the stock market, the bond market, and options premiums. All three ETFs are currently sustainable, pay monthly, and have very high yields. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free…
Who Funds The WHO?
Who Funds The WHO? Via JonFleetwood.com, A new BMJ Global Health study has confirmed that the World Health Organization’s (WHO) private fundraising arm—the WHO Foundation—has received tens of millions of dollars from pharmaceutical giants, Big Tech companies, and anonymous sources, with nearly half the funding now untraceable. The study findings come after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F….
3 Dividend Growth Stocks That Will Deliver Meaty Returns After 5 Years
Key Points Sufficient earnings growth to continually increase dividends at a comfortably low payout ratio that also accommodates expansion capex is an excellent signal for strong upside potential. Companies with a 5-year track record of dividend increases at a substantial double-digit percentage furthers the upside prospects, provided that there are no management or industry events…
Why Rare Earth and AI Energy Stocks Are Soaring in 2025
Key Points Energy Demand Surge: The increasing energy requirements for large data centers highlight a significant investment opportunity in the energy sector. For example, Meta’s recently announced intention to build data centers that could reach 6 gigawatts in capacity requires more power on the scale of the largest cities in America. US-China Energy Dynamics: The US…
Ugly, Tailing 5Y Auction Sees Lowest Foreign Demand In 3 Years
Ugly, Tailing 5Y Auction Sees Lowest Foreign Demand In 3 Years 90 minutes after a solid 2Y auction stopped through in the first sale of this week’s abbreviated bond auction schedule, moments ago the Treasury sold $70BN in 5 year paper in what was a surprisingly ugly auction. Starting at the top, the high yield…
ASML Just Plummeted After Earnings: Is This a Buying Opportunity
Key Points ASML’s Market Position: ASML’s recent 10% decline is attributed to uncertainty regarding growth projections for 2026, primarily due to geopolitical tensions and trade restrictions. NVIDIA’s Impact: The ability of NVIDIA to sell chips to China may influence ASML’s market dynamics, but the company remains vulnerable to ongoing geopolitical issues. While the Commerce Department cleared…
Delta Passengers Stunned As Pilot Hauled Off Plane On Child Porn Charges
Delta Passengers Stunned As Pilot Hauled Off Plane On Child Porn Charges Passengers aboard a Delta Airlines flight had quite a jaw-dropping conclusion to their journey on Saturday night, as federal agents boarded their plane upon landing, handcuffed the co-pilot and marched him off the jet — with Fox News reporting that he faces charges…
Tempus AI (TEM) vs. Recursion (RXRX): Which AI Biotech Stock Is Better?
Key Points Tempus AI and Recursion Pharmaceuticals are fine ways to play the AI revolution from the health angle. Both AI stocks are eyeing a piece of the massive biopharma market as they bring their AI expertise. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match you with a financial advisor in…
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey Soars As Respondents Demand “Lower Interest Rates Now”
Dallas Fed Manufacturing Survey Soars As Respondents Demand “Lower Interest Rates Now” Texas factory activity picked up notably in July, according to business executives responding to the Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey. The production index, a key measure of state manufacturing conditions, jumped 20 points to 21.3, its highest reading in more than three years and…
Down 10%, These 2 LNG Stocks Just Got the Green Light to Soar
Key Points in This Article: The U.S.-EU trade deal secures $750 billion in energy purchases, with $250 billion annually for LNG, boosting the sector. Europe’s shift from Russian energy drives demand for U.S. LNG, benefiting infrastructure and export companies. Risks include steel tariffs, global price volatility, and potential EU regulatory or commitment challenges. Nvidia made…
3 AI Stocks You Haven’t Heard of With Explosive Upside Potential
Key Points These AI stocks are still quite unknown to most retail investors. They are gaining popularity fast and can build on their momentum. All three stocks are already up by triple digits in the past year, but there’s more room for gains. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match…
NRC Approvals Move Palisades Nuclear Plant Closer To Restart
NRC Approvals Move Palisades Nuclear Plant Closer To Restart By Robert Walton of Utility Dive The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday granted multiple licensing and regulatory approvals necessary for the 800-MW Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan to restart operations later this year. Palisades is now authorized to receive new fuel and formally transition licensed…
Only Have $50 to Invest? This ETF Offers Big Dividends and Steady Returns
Key Points in This Article: This ETF offers a high dividend yield of around 4.4%, significantly surpassing the S&P 500’s average, ideal for income-focused investors. Its low expense ratio and equal-weighting strategy enhance diversification and cost efficiency, suitable for small investments. Historical data supports high-yield stocks for strong long-term returns, balancing income with growth potential….
What You Share With ChatGPT Can Be Used Against You
What You Share With ChatGPT Can Be Used Against You Authored by Martin Young via CoinTelegraph.com, OpenAI could be legally required to produce sensitive information and documents shared with its artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT, warns OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. Altman highlighted the privacy gap as a “huge issue” during an interview with podcaster Theo Von last week,…
Russia’s Aeroflot Forced To Cancel Over 50 Flights After Major Pro-Ukraine Cyberattack
Russia’s Aeroflot Forced To Cancel Over 50 Flights After Major Pro-Ukraine Cyberattack Russia’s biggest and most well-known airline, Aeroflot, was forced to cancel and delay many dozens of flights on Monday after a major system failure that was later claimed to be the result of a coordinated cyberattack by Ukrainian and Belarusian hacker groups. If the…
More Russia Hoax Evidence Set To Drop, Directly Implicating Hillary Clinton’s Role
More Russia Hoax Evidence Set To Drop, Directly Implicating Hillary Clinton’s Role Authored by Matt Margolis via PJMedia.com, CIA Director John Ratcliffe revealed Sunday that explosive new evidence tied to the Russia collusion hoax is about to be declassified—and it points directly at Hillary Clinton and key Obama-era intelligence officials. During an appearance on “Sunday…
Nuclear Boom Ahead: Cameco vs. Uranium Energy — Which Stock Is the Better Buy?
Key Points in This Article: The uranium sector is set to grow due to global nuclear capacity expansion and supportive U.S. policies aiming for significant nuclear growth by 2050. Larger, established companies offer stability and consistent performance, while smaller players provide higher growth potential with increased risk. Investor choice depends on risk tolerance, with policy-driven…
Key Events This Extremely Busy Week: Avalanche Of Macro, Central Banks, Earnings And Trade News
Key Events This Extremely Busy Week: Avalanche Of Macro, Central Banks, Earnings And Trade News It’s a huge macro week ahead, with an avalanche of earnings, data and central banks. But, as has been the case since April’s Liberation Day, we start with trade. This week’s key August 1st trade deadline has largely become a non-event….
Coal- And Gas-Fired Power Plants Have A New Best Friend: Data Centers
Coal- And Gas-Fired Power Plants Have A New Best Friend: Data Centers By Abbe Ramanan of UtilityDive, In 2020, the Virginia Assembly passed the Virginia Clean Economy Act, a law that required the state’s largest utility, Dominion Energy, to generate all its electricity from renewable resources by 2045. However, Dominion has found a useful loophole…
“What The F*ck!”: Jim Cramer Snaps On Live TV As Rate-Cut Frustration Boils Over
“What The F*ck!”: Jim Cramer Snaps On Live TV As Rate-Cut Frustration Boils Over As most Zero Hedge readers already know, there’s been mounting controversy over the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates where they are as the rest of the world lowers rates, with some critics alleging that Chair Jerome Powell is intentionally…
U.S. Postal Service Processes Over 100 Billion Pieces of Mail Annually Despite Digital Shift
Since the birth of the United States, the post office has existed in some form or fashion. In many ways, the development of the post office paralleled the country’s growth and development, and is still a hot-button topic even to this day. Key Points The United States Postal Service was initially established in 1792, while…
Seven High-Yielding ETFs to Help Keep Your Portfolio Safe
Key Points The Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income ETF, for example, invests in large-cap companies with a strong history of dividend growth. The JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Equity Income ETF generates income by selling options and by investing in U.S. large-cap growth stocks. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement? SmartAsset’s free tool can match…
NVIDIA’s $300 Billion Windfall: Why Mark Zuckerberg’s AI All-In Has One Clear Winner
In a recent AI Investor Podcast discussion, hosts Austin Smith and Eric Bleeker delved into the monumental announcement by Meta Platforms (Nasdaq: META) regarding its plans to construct a one-gigawatt data center (named Prometheus) with plans to add up to five gigawatts of more capacity in the future. That scale rivals the energy consumption of…
Investing Like A Psychopath: A Poignant Tribute
Investing Like A Psychopath: A Poignant Tribute Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance I’ve already talked a lot recently about the two things I think will make the market crash: the passive bid and options gamma. For those of who have been subscribed long enough to remember the days of yonder where I actually thought something as…
Stock Market Live July 28: EU Trade Deal Success Pushes S&P 500 (VOO) Even Higher
Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. Firefly Lights Up the IPO Market 11:31 am Space company Firefly Aerospace just announced it will sell 16.2 million shares at its upcoming IPO, and plans to price the shares between $35 and $39. The company earlier this year became only the second American…
U.S.-EU Trade Pact Powers Tech Stocks: Top 3 Picks for Investors
Key Points in This Article: The U.S.-EU trade deal includes zero-for-zero tariffs on semiconductor equipment, boosting U.S. tech firms’ competitiveness in Europe. Stable trade relations and tariff relief drive demand for AI, cloud computing, and data analytics in the EU market. Risks like potential tariff escalations if the deal falls through, as well as EU…
Oil Rips As Trump Reduces Russia’s 50-day Deadline For Peace Deal With Ukraine
Oil Rips As Trump Reduces Russia’s 50-day Deadline For Peace Deal With Ukraine “I’m disappointed in President Putin,” President Donald Trump said in Scotland alongside UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, just prior to a bilateral meeting with the European leader. He weighed in on stalled Ukraine peace, after last week’s third round of talks between…
Baby Boomers: Sell the Rally Now, Shift to These 3 Safe Income Investments
The “buy the dip” financial news teleprompter readers and the 35-year-old portfolio managers who have never experienced a market crash are pounding the table, claiming that stocks are still headed to the moon, even after hitting all-time highs and climbing almost 28% after a 20% February to April sell-off. Market veterans and “hey Boomer” professionals…
This Stock Has Jumped 23% and Has a 4% Yield
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) was founded in 1885 and was the dominant telephone company until 1984. That’s when the federal government, which claimed the telecom was a monopoly, broke it up. After some of the smaller companies created by the breakup merged, one of them took on the AT&T name again in 2005. 24/7 Wall…
Ford F-150 Lightning’s Tiny Sales
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) has promoted the fact that its F-150 Lightning outsells the Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) Cybertruck. In the first half of the year, Ford sold 13,029, which was down 16.7% from the year before. That is an average of 72 per day nationwide. 24/7 Wall St. Key Points: Ford Motor Co….
Is $15 a Pipe Dream for Rumble Stock?
Key Points Rumble stock previously zoomed to $15 due to election-related developments. It’s possible for Rumble stock to revisit $15 as the company increases its cryptocurrency holdings. 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 today. Each advisor has…
CRCL vs. COIN: Better Crypto Infrastucture Play?
The blockchain and cryptocurrency-related industries have really attracted the investment dollars of the retail crowd in recent quarters. The broad fintech space has been much heated in recent years, thanks in part to the rally in Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) and growing adoption of such digital tokens. Add the rise of stablecoins into the equation,…
Do I Need A Financial Advisor for My $74k Portfolio?
Key Points A Reddit user is concerned that he is losing too much money to a financial advisor. He has $74K in his account, and he paid a percentage of assets under management that cost him 40% of his returns. The OP shouldn’t give up on getting financial help– he needs to find the right…
Samsung’s Texas Fab To Build Tesla’s Next-Gen AI Chips In ‘Made-in-USA’ Push
Samsung’s Texas Fab To Build Tesla’s Next-Gen AI Chips In ‘Made-in-USA’ Push Tesla’s next-generation AI6 chip, designed to power the Full Self-Driving (FSD) system, will be manufactured at Samsung’s new, massive chip fabrication plant in Texas, strategically located near Tesla’s Model Y and Cybertruck production facilities. “Samsung’s giant new Texas fab will be dedicated to making Tesla’s…
Nasdaq Composite Live: Market Gains Momentum on US-EU Trade Deal
Live Updates Live Coverage Updates appear automatically as they are published. Nasdaq Heading to Higher Highs 9:54 am The Nasdaq is up about 70 points at the open, last trading at 21,177.76. Adding to the upside, AMZN is up about $1.43 a share ahead of earnings. NVDA is gaining momentum, up about $1.45. AMD is…
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) Bull, Base and Bear Price Prediction and Forecast
Shares of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) lost 5.49% over the past five trading sessions in the wake of the EV maker reporting expectedly poor Q2 financials. The stock remains down more than 26% from its year-to-date high on Jan. 15, and since hitting its all-time high on Dec. 17, 2024, TSLA is down more than 34%….
Salesforce Inc. (NYSE: CRM) Price Prediction and Forecast 2025-2030 (July 2025)
Shares of Salesforce Inc. (NYSE: CRM) lost 1.58% over the past month, dragging down the stock’s year-to-date loss to 18.61%. Over the past year, it has mustered a gain of just 4.07%. Amid that slump, the company’s market cap has shrunk to around $257 billion, with 1,270 institutional owners having decreased their positions. Still, the company…
