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Gold has rallied to a three-month high – and like bitcoin (see earlier post) it is partly down to a fall in the value of the US dollar and a selloff in bond markets.
CRISPR Therapeutics (NASDAQ: CRSP) is up only slightly more than 8% so far this year, well under the 27% return of the Nasdaq Biotechnology index and slightly below the 12% return of the S&P 500. That’s not particularly surprising, since the biotechnology company has one commercialized therapy and has never shown a profit.
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All three major US indices opened in the green on Tuesday as a cooling Treasury selloff gave equity markets room to breathe. The S&P 500 climbed roughly 0.2% to around 7,708, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added about 120 points to reach approximately 53,463, and the Nasdaq followed suit with modest gains.
The catalyst: the US Treasury Department announced plans to at least double its buybacks of longer-term Treasury bonds,
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Agilent Technologies (NYSE:A | A Price Prediction) heads into a pivotal earnings setup for retirement-oriented portfolios, with a company-confirmed Q3 2026 report after the close on Aug. 26 arriving on top of a raised guide,
Donald Trump will ban a government-backed children’s savings account from investing in environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds.
The White House said a newly launched fund for under-18s – known as “Trump Accounts” – will bar ESG investments to protect them from “political activism”.
Trump Accounts, which launched last month,
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The 30-year fixed-rate for VA loans is 6.35% as of today, according to data released by Optimal Blue. That’s the same as it was on Wednesday.
The Optimal Blue Mortgage Market Indices is an average of locked rates during the weekday prior across a third of all mortgage providers in the U.S.
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Social Security is now just six years away from a possible 22% benefit cut, according to the latest Trustees’ Report. It’s made for a lot of scary headlines over the last few months, and for many people, it might be the first time they’ve learned how serious Social Security’s financial situation actually is.
But this wasn’t news to Washington.
Following the recent demerger of its aluminium, oil and gas, iron and steel, and power units, financial results are only available for one quarter of the standalone Vedanta entity that retains the copper business. For Q1FY27, the company reported revenue of ₹24,205 crore and net profit of ₹5,294 crore.
