Investors with a lot of money to spend have taken a bearish stance on Trade Desk TTD. And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the trades showed up on publicly available options …
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The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage edged up this week, ending a five-week decline in borrowing costs for homebuyers.
The long-term rate ticked up to 6.72% from 6.67% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.89%.
Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages,
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Technology is showing mixed signals, down 0.22% despite the Nasdaq’s earlier record. The sector’s slight pullback follows recent AI-driven rallies, with traders selectively booking profits while maintaining longer-term optimism on AI’s market impact.
Nike is leading Dow gainers, surging 2.5% on strong brand momentum and international demand.
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Don’t bet against the continued strength of Big Tech.
Mary Ann Bartels, chief investment strategist at Sanctuary Wealth, expects to see AI drive earnings growth and boost the S&P 500 to new all-time highs by the end of the year.
Bartels, whose accurate bullish forecast earned her a spot in Business Insider’s Oracles of Wall Street last year,
As JPMorgan Chase &
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The vast majority of independent workers prefer alternative work arrangements to traditional employment, and 80% of these workers would like access to workplace benefits, according to a HELP statement. Yet decades-old federal labor and employment laws, including the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 and the National Labor Relations Act of 1935,
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Coffee prices are on the rise after President Donald Trump announced a sweeping 50% tariff on imports from Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producer, sending a shock through global commodities markets and setting off fresh volatility in futures trading.
Arabica coffee futures on the Intercontinental Exchange rose to $288.67 per pound,
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TOKYO — Japanese companies are set to raise their dividends to a fifth straight record high this fiscal year, even with trade tensions expected to erode earnings, in a potential boost to consumer spending as inflation drags down real wages.
Annual dividends at about 2,300 companies that close their books in March are expected to grow 3% to 19.99 trillion yen ($136 billion),
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A 20-PERCENT tariff imposed on Philippine goods bound for the United States poses a threat to the export industry and could spill over into the broader economy if not addressed, analysts warned.
Philippine Institute for Development Studies senior fellow John Paolo Rivera said the 20-percent duty — higher than the 17 percent announced last April — would particularly hit the electronics,