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Central Banks Bet on Gold-Should You?
Gold is on a historic upswing, shattering records as central banks stockpile unprecedented amounts. It recently soared to an all-time high of $2,865 per ounce, marking a 30% gain over the past year.
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DeepSeek Isn't a Threat to the AI Boom
AI stocks are in recovery mode. A few weeks ago, Chinese startup DeepSeek shocked the world with its new artificial intelligence (AI) model R1. It was the first Chinese AI model that matched-and even exceeded-the capabilities of US rivals like ChatGPT.
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Tariff Threats Pave Way to Gold's All-Time $2,946 High
Gold prices advanced to an all-time high Wednesday as trade war tensions and concerns over global economic growth drove safe-haven flows following U.S. President Donald Trump's new tariff threats.
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Vanguard Pauses Corporate Meetings Over New ESG Guidance
Top mutual fund manager Vanguard has paused meetings with portfolio companies while it reviews the impact of new guidance on investor activism from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to people familiar with the matter.
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US Lags World Stocks But Still Flirts With New Highs
Even though Wall Street stocks lag world markets this year, the S&P500 still managed to wring out another record high on Tuesday - with a mix of new tariff threats, housing updates and Federal Reserve minutes to digest later today.
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Vanguard ETF Overtakes State Street's Fund as World's Biggest
Vanguard Group's Standard & Poor's 500 ETF finally seized the title of the world's largest exchange-traded fund from rival State Street Global Advisors' product, the SPDR S&P 500 Trust, according to data from FactSet, LSEG and other sources.
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Futures Tread Water as Markets Weigh Auto Tariffs
U.S. stock index futures were largely flat Wednesday as investors evaluated President Donald Trump's latest tariff threats and awaited minutes of the Federal Reserve's January meeting, expected later in the day.
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BlackRock Managers Pause Meetings Due to New ESG Rules
BlackRock has temporarily paused meetings with some portfolio companies while studying the impact of new reporting rules from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Chinese Brokerages, Funds Rush to Embrace AI
Tiger Brokers said Tuesday it embedded DeepSeek's model into its AI-powered chatbot, as brokerages and money managers race to capitalize on the Chinese start-up's artificial intelligence breakthrough, and develop use cases for the financial industry.
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Goldman Sees Gold at $3,100 on Central Bank Demand
Global banks predict gold prices will stay high in 2025, potentially reaching $3,000 due to geopolitical uncertainty, while Goldman Sachs revised its price target upwards citing sustained central bank demand.
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Trump Issuing Fewer Market-Moving Social Media Posts
Donald Trump has so far sent comparatively fewer market-moving social media posts since being re-elected than during his first term in power, a study by U.S. investment bank JPMorgan has estimated.
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Fed's Waller: Trade Uncertainty Shouldn't Paralyze Rate Moves
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said his "baseline" view is that the Trump administration's new tariffs will have only a modest impact on prices that the central bank should try to look through in setting monetary policy.
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Gold Extends Gains as Tariffs Fuel Safe-Haven Flows
Gold prices rose for a second straight session Tuesday, but traded below the recent all-time highs, as uncertainty around U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff plans continued to fuel economic growth concerns and safe-haven flows into bullion.
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Futures Inch up With Focus on Fed's Rate-Cut Plans
U.S. stock index futures rose Tuesday as investors sought insight into the Federal Reserve's policy plans following a decline in Treasury yields in the last session and braced for any announcements on the tariffs front.
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European Shares Hit Records on Ukraine Peace Hopes
European shares hit record highs Tuesday as defense stocks soared on expectations of a spending bump and as investors switched more cash into non-U.S. markets to avoid the inflationary pressures of trade tariffs.
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3 Dividend Growth Stocks for Long-Term Income
Income investors typically focus on stocks with high dividend yields. However, investors with a longer time horizon should also consider dividend growth stocks, as these may provide more income over the long run.
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Unloved Dollar Hit by Tariff Delays, Yield Recoil
As world stocks got a fresh lift, the U.S. dollar has retreated to its lowest of the year so far on a mix of reversing U.S. Treasury yields and another delay in tariff implementation.
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Revalue Treasury Gold, Not Monetize It
Here's why gold is fast approaching $3,000 an ounce and may even soar to $4,000, $5,000 or $6,000.
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The New Physical Gold Rush
In a dramatic turn of events, physical gold is flooding out of London and into New York at a surprising pace.
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Peace & Prices: Inflation Vies With Ukraine Talks
Talks to end the Ukraine war have partly cut across the hot U.S. inflation report for world markets, reining in both oil prices and capping aggravated U.S. borrowing rates - while also lifting the euro and European shares.
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US Q4 2024 Earnings Growth to Be Highest in 3 Years
S&P 500 earnings growth for the fourth quarter of 2024 is on track to be the highest since the end of 2021, according to LSEG, thanks to much stronger-than-expected results in communication services, financials and other sectors.
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Wall St Falls as Hot Inflation Data Dents Rate Cut Hopes
Wall Street's main indexes hit an over one-week low Wednesday, as a hotter-than-anticipated inflation reading added to concerns that the Federal Reserve would not cut interest rates anytime soon.
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Futures Subdued in Lead-up to Latest Inflation Test
U.S. stock index futures were muted Wednesday, as investors refrained from making big bets ahead of a crucial inflation reading which could influence the Federal Reserve's interest rate path this year.The January consumer price index (CPI) data is due at 8:30 a.m. ET, with...
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Calm Descends on Markets as Inflation, Tariffs Parsed
Hyperactive U.S. policy moves appear to have frozen macro markets this week, with Wednesday's key U.S. inflation release set to hold Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell's benign take on economy up to the light.
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3 High-Yield Dividend Compounders to Buy Now
The average dividend yield in the S&P 500 Index remains low at 1.3%. As a result, income investors should focus on higher-yielding securities if they want additional income from their stock portfolios.