China's State Media Claims Victory After US Trade Talks
Chinese state media has hailed their government’s “resolute posture” as the reason behind the deal to walk back China’s trade war with the United States.
The framing is part of a familiar narrative since President Donald Trump hiked tariffs in a bid to shrink the U.S.’s $300 billion trade deficit with China,
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Read More2 Tech Stocks You Can Buy and Hold for the Next Decade
Quality tech stocks trading at reasonable valuations aren’t easy to find lately. The sector has plenty of highly successful stocks, but many of them range from expensive to really expensive when comparing valuations.
Two notable exceptions are Meta Platforms (META 7.93%) and PayPal (PYPL 2.83%).
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Read MoreWashington Wants to Make Big Social Security Changes That May Hurt Retirees
President Trump during his campaign proposed exempting Social Security from federal income tax. Several lawmakers in Congress have recently introduced legislation that aims to accomplish the same goal.
- Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.) in January announced the You Earned It, You Keep It Act.
- Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-N.J.) in January announced the No Tax on Social Security Act.
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Read MoreDow Jones surges over 1,000 points as US-China tariff truce sparks Wall Street rally
Dow Jones surges over 1,000 points as US-China tariff truce sparks Wall Street rally
Wall Street opened sharply higher on May 12, 2025, following a major breakthrough in US-China trade talks. At the opening bell, the Dow Jones surged by 1030 points, the S&P 500 jumped 150 points,
Read MoreA financially independent trader who's returned 33% in 2025 says right now is a 'massive opportunity for investors'
As an options trader, Erik Smolinski thrives in chaotic markets.
“In the options-trading world, what you need is not necessarily persistent, directional moves like most standard buy-and-hold portfolios might,” he told Business Insider in May 2025. “What you need is volatility, which is what we’ve got in spades.”
Smolinski has been trading since 2007,
Read MoreThe Burst
Is Palantir on the Precipice of a Sharp Fall?
Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) has been among the biggest beneficiaries of this year’s AI bull run and the more recent post-election rally. The stock started this year at just $16.58 and has since skyrocketed to over $60 per share.
The last month has been particularly dramatic when PLTR started November a little over $40 before being pushed skyward following election news that was deemed positive and a stellar Q3 earnings report.
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2 Billionaires Buy This Former Out-Of-Favor Bank, Why?
As recently as 2020, few analysts could have predicted that Stanley Druckenmiller, a billionaire who used to manage Quantum Fund with George Soros, would invest in Citigroup, a multinational banking company with a reputation for mismanaging funds and contributing to the Great Recession.
Despite those facts, Druckenmiller’s firm, Duquesne Family Office, bought more than 327,000 shares in Citigroup last quarter.
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Will Bitcoin Rise 16.1x?
In November 2012, the first bitcoin halving cycle was recorded, and the event reduced the reward for mining new Bitcoin blocks by half. Every four years or so 210,000 blocks are mined and the rate at which new bitcoin is mined is cut by 50%.
The supply limit and increased difficulty have been instrumental in the thesis that bitcoin’s price can only rise in time to offset the inflationary effects of fiat currency.