October 2, 2024
“According to Pew Research, the median income for middle-class households reached $106,100 in 2022. That’s a 60% jump from the $66,400 median income in 1970. While that sounds impressive, it’s worth noting that upper-income households saw an even larger increase of 78%,… Continue Reading…
September 19, 2024
“On news that a potentially resource-draining lawsuit against the company had been dismissed, units of master limited partnership Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ: IEP) leaped almost 15% in price on Monday. This occurred on a rather sleepy trading session for stocks, with the S&P 500 index only… Continue Reading…
September 5, 2024
“The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($766,550 or less) decreased to 6.43% from 6.44% Applications for a mortgage to purchase a home did rise 3% for the week but are still 4% lower… Continue Reading…
July 10, 2024
“…Overall, only 36% of adults say they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education, according to the report released Monday by Gallup and the Lumina Foundation. That confidence level has declined steadily from 57%… Continue Reading…
July 2, 2024
“…1. Summit Therapeutics Summit Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SMMT) is sizzling hot this year, with its shares skyrocketing around 220%. All of this huge gain has come since late May… 2. Super Micro Computer Shares of Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) have nearly tripled so far in… Continue Reading…
May 13, 2024
“…The average Wall Street consensus price target for SoFi stock is a more modest 29%, but John Hecht at Jefferies has a price target of $12 — 72% higher than today’s price. That was actually a price cut from $15. As… Continue Reading…
April 5, 2024
“…The global benchmark Brent earlier pierced $91 a barrel, before trading little changed. The focus has shifted to a dramatic repricing of geopolitical risk, after Israel increased preparations for a potential retaliation by Tehran to a strike on an Iranian… Continue Reading…
April 2, 2024
“National debt is fast becoming the thorn in the side of the American economy that nobody wants to extract—and it will continue to cause damage, sending the U.S. into financial crisis and 10 years of stagnation. That is increasingly the opinion of… Continue Reading…
April 2, 2024
“…The Port of Baltimore processed a record 1.1 million containers of cargo in 2023, according to state data. That made it the ninth-busiest port in the nation based on U.S. trade volume, wrote Ryan Petersen, chief executive of Flexport, a supply chain… Continue Reading…
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