The Bank of England on Thursday cut its key interest rate by a quarter point to 4.25 percent as the threat of US tariffs starts to weigh on economic growth.
“Prospects for global growth have weakened as a result of…
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Bitcoin has officially surpassed the $99,000 mark today, breaking through this historic threshold after weeks of upward momentum.
Bitcoin’s historic achievement comes amid significant diplomatic developments on the global stage. President Donald Trump announced a “major trade deal” with what he called a “big, and highly respected, country” yesterday via Truth Social,
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Investors love dividend stocks, especially high-yield varieties, because they offer a significant income stream and have substantial total return potential. Total return includes interest, capital gains,
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Blue Ridge Associates announced today that it has acquired Qualified Retirement Plan Services, Inc. (QRPS) based in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Founded in 1988, QRPS manages over 1,000 retirement plans that serve more than 31,000 participants, with assets exceeding $2 billion, primarily within the small and middle-market business community.
In comparison,
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The OCC’s policy reversal allows national banks to buy, sell, and custody cryptocurrency assets for customers. This regulatory shift creates opportunities for new crypto listings and integration with traditional financial institutions.
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The average stock on the S&P 500 yields just 1.4%. If you invested $54,000 into stocks averaging that kind of a yield, you’d collect just $756 in annual dividend income. But if you invested that same amount, spread across the three high-yielding stocks listed below, your dividend income could come in at over $3,100 for a full year.
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The stock market has been on a wild ride over the past several weeks. After plunging by nearly 20% between February and April, the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.43%) has rallied by more than 13% in the past month, as of this writing.
But with new tariffs now taking effect,
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Three years ago the ports on the US west coast, their container terminals and rail lines hopelessly congested by the supposed post-Covid dislocation of value networks,
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