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Economy, Precious Metals

“Gold Drops Exceedingly; Fed Ducks Reality”

“Having settled the week exceedingly down 6.2% at 1764, Gold is now priced by the market at but 46% of its currency debasement value (as measured by the StateSide “M2” money supply) of 3870, even as adjusted for the increase in the… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Dow drops 150 points to start the week as tech shares lag”

“The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 150 points, or 0.45%, as Home Depot and Boeing weighed on the blue-chip index. The S&P 500 also lost 0.45% as the tech sector pulled back 0.7%. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.7%. Big Tech quickly came under pressure to start… Continue Reading…

Economy

“Holiday crowds at the mall will be smaller this year: ShopperTrak predicts as much as 25% drop in shoppers”

“Black Friday might be losing its clout. But it is still expected to be the busiest day in stores during the 2020 holiday shopping season, according to a new report… Traffic in retail stores is expected to be down 22% to… Continue Reading…

Real Estate

“Manhattan rental market plunges, leaving 15,000 empty apartments in August”

“There were more than 15,000 empty rental apartments in Manhattan in August, up from 5,600 a year ago, according to a report from Douglas Elliman and Miller Samuel. The inventory of empty units is the largest ever recorded since data… Continue Reading…

Business, Stocks

“Zoom shares drop following Tuesday’s 40% surge”

“Shares of Zoom dropped around 7% Wednesday morning, as investors likely took their profits from Tuesday’s stock surge.  The videoconferencing software company’s stock soared 41% on Tuesday after it reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that were better than analysts had expected and raised its full-year guidance. The company… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Stocks retreat from records, consumer confidence unexpectedly drops in August”

“Stocks drifted lower Tuesday morning after each of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq touched yet another record intraday high earlier in the session. A closely watched index tracking US consumer confidence unexpectedly deteriorated in August to a fresh pandemic-era low, cooling hopes… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Why Novavax, Vaxart, Sorrento Therapeutics, and Other Coronavirus Stocks Plummeted Today”

“What happened Coronavirus-related stocks declined sharply on Wednesday, extending their losses following Russia’s announcement on Tuesday that it had developed the world’s first COVID-19 vaccine.  As of 11:55 a.m. EDT, shares of Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX), Heat Biologics (NASDAQ:HTBX), Sorrento Therapeutics (NASDAQ:SRNE), Vaxart (NASDAQ:VXRT), and iBio (NYSEMKT:IBIO) were down 20%, 17%, 15%, 14%,… Continue Reading…

Economy

“U.S. consumer spending rises for second straight month, income drops further”

“The Commerce Department said on Friday that consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S. economic activity, rose 5.6% last month after a record 8.5% jump in May as more businesses reopened. Consumers stepped up purchases of clothing… Continue Reading…

Stocks

“Tesla shares slide 9% as traders take profits from 2020′s high-flying stocks”

“…The stock dropped 9%, building on a 5% decline from the previous session. Friday’s losses put Tesla on track for its first back-to-back weekly decline since early May; the stock was also headed for its worst day since May 1.… Continue Reading…

Business

“Twitter says it’s looking at subscription options as ad revenue drops sharply”

“Twitter (TWTR) is actively exploring additional ways to make money from its users, including by considering a subscription model, CEO Jack Dorsey said Thursday. The move comes as Twitter suffers a sharp decline in its core advertising business. “You will likely see… Continue Reading…