These are tough times for big retailers. They are beset by the cost of living, uncertainty about the global economy and rising staff costs, especially after the recent increase in employers’ national-insurance contributions. However, some well-run retailers have managed to rise above the turbulence.
One of these is Dunelm Group (LSE: DNLM),
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Nvidia’s rise as the world’s AI chip powerhouse has created enormous wealth for its insiders, who have now sold more than $1 billion worth of company stock over the past year, while insiders also offloaded over $500 million just last month alone, as Nvidia’s share price hit new record highs, as per a Financial Times report.
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock price prediction 2025: Can it maintain its AI-driven momentum or face fresh risks- Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been on a wild ride this year. After hitting a 52-week low of $86.62 in April 2025, shares have surged over 39.2% in the past 90 days, pulling the stock 14.1% higher than where it started the year.
SINGAPORE: Asian stocks stumbled on Wednesday (Jul 2) and the dollar languished near three-and-a-half-year lows as investors pondered the prospect of US interest rate cuts and the scramble for trade deals ahead of President Donald Trump’s Jul 9 deadline for tariffs.
Trump said he was not considering extending the deadline for countries to negotiate trade deals with the United States,
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Investors in PDD Holdings Inc. PDD need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the Jul 18, 2025 $50 Call had some of the highest implied …
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Today, Benzinga ‘s options scanner spotted 13 uncommon options trades for Microsoft. This isn’t normal. The overall sentiment of these big-money traders is split between 23% bullish and 69%, bearish.
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ETFs have grown into a dominant investment vehicle due to their intraday liquidity, with income-focused investors increasingly turning to high-yield names like PFLT, SCM, EFC, DX, and HRZN—each yielding over 9%.
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Bank of England policymaker Alan Taylor said on Wednesday that a soft landing for Britain’s economy is now at risk and that economic data had recently argued for five interest rate cuts in 2025 rather than four.
“Previously, I had seen a UK soft landing in the cards, with some remaining upside risks to inflation from the bump in 2025,” Taylor said in a speech at a European Central Bank summit in Sintra,
» Read more about: UK interest rates could fall to 2.25 per cent by late 2025, says BoE official »
Effective reading of a Dow Jones Chart starts with knowledge of the basic components that constitute such graphical illustrations of market data. The Dow Jones chart shows real-time prices and trading activity, giving investors direct access to real-time market conditions and trends.
Each chart has the necessary elements that combine to reveal the story of how the market performed.
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