US consumer spending rose in July by the most in four months as stronger income growth bolstered demand in the face of high prices.
While Americans continue to spend, the momentum is at risk of ebbing as job growth slows and prices keep climbing. The Federal Reserve’s preferred gauge of core inflation picked up to 2.9% on a year-over-year basis,
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Bullish, a cryptocurrency-trading company led by the former head of the New York Stock Exchange, priced its eagerly awaited initial public offering above an already raised range.
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Smart money is shifting focus toward XRP after a bullish pennant pattern has been confirmed on crypto charts. This setup, often associated with strong rallies, is hinting at XRP’s path toward $5.
Moreover, XRP has been trading around the $3 mark while facing resistance at $3.10. If this zone is flipped, analysts say the token could extend its upward trajectory.
When investors debate the future of the artificial intelligence (AI) trade, the conversation generally finds its way back to the usual suspects: Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices, and cloud hyperscalers like Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet.
Each of these companies is racing to design GPUs or develop custom accelerators in-house.
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Buying an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 card this year has been a nightmare of tariffs, scalpers, and shortages, but the PC graphics cards market appears to be rebounding.
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Ravens’ Derrick Henry reveals retirement plans originally appeared on The Sporting News
Derrick Henry knows that he’s getting up there.
When his Baltimore Ravens teammates implored the superstar running back to do touchdown dances last season, he explained, “I’m old now. I’m over it now.”
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Three Motley Fool contributing analysts give their top picks for tech companies that could multiply in value.
Everybody loves a multibagger stock. Indeed, just a few of these gems in a portfolio can help turn modest regular contributions into life-changing totals.
So we asked a panel of Motley Fool contributing analysts which stocks they think are most likely to deliver serious multibagger growth from here.
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Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD) CEO Vladimir Tenev believes artificial intelligence will fundamentally reshape how Americans think about investing, predicting that putting money to work in the markets will become a “much bigger and more necessary part of individual lives’” within the next decade.
