February 18, 2025
Tangible Assets

Robinhood And Coinbase Cash In On Crypto Surge, Crypto’s D.C. Blitz

This is a published version of our weekly Forbes Crypto Confidential newsletter. Sign up here to get Crypto Confidential days earlier free in your inbox. Photo Illustration by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images NurPhoto via Getty Images DOGECOIN CHAMPION POSTS BLOWOUT EARNINGS Dogecoin, the $39 billion joke-turned-blue-chip of the meme coin economy, has been on

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Fixed Assets

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture visits Louisville for Farm Machinery Show

Trump picks Brooke Rollins to be agriculture secretary U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday chose Brooke Rollins, president of the America First Policy Institute, to be Secretary of Agriculture. Brooke Rollins, who was recently confirmed as secretary of agriculture, visited Louisville Friday for the National Farm Machinery Show. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins visited

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Tangible Assets

Indonesian investors flock to gold amid economic uncertainty – Markets

lobal prices soared to an all-time high this week as many investors, including individuals at home, turn to the precious metals as a safe haven asset amid geopolitical and global economic uncertainty. Gold hit a record US$2,942.70 [Rp 48.1 million] per ounce in Asian spot trading on Tuesday, marking an increase of 11.2 percent since

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Gold Investing

Gold Surge Shows Why Trump Will Beat Powell’s Fed

The battle over America’s monetary future is about to begin. This week’s Congressional testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell touched on inflation, interest rates, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and cryptocurrency. But beneath the standard Federal Reserve script lies a more critical issue: the entire model of American central banking is fundamentally broken. Powell

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Fixed Assets

Deere shares drop with global farm slump hitting sales

Michael Hirtzer  |  Bloomberg Deere & Co. shares slid in pre-market trading as the world leader in farm machinery anticipates another challenging year. The maker of the iconic green and yellow machines used to plant and harvest crops kept its 2025 net income estimate between $5 billion to $5.5 billion, while sales in the key

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Gold Investing

Gold Rally Hits Pause as Traders Digest Data, Powell Remarks

(Bloomberg) — Gold was little changed, hovering near a record high, as traders digest the latest inflation reading in the US and remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Most Read from Bloomberg US inflation picked up broadly at the start of the year, further undercutting chances of multiple Fed interest-rate cuts this year at

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Operating Assets

How Short-Term Politics Is Derailing Corporate Climate Strategy

By Samantha Walravens Climate change and American flag in two directions on road sign. Withdrawal of climatic agreement. getty Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement is already having a chilling effect on corporate climate commitments, with major banks backing away from environmental pledges and businesses reconsidering their green investments. The implications for

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Tangible Assets

Gold prices soar to 11-week high amid Trump jitters, dollar dip

Image credit: Getty Images Gold prices hit an over 11-week peak on Wednesday, not far from an all-time peak touched last year, boosted by safe haven demand stemming from uncertainty surrounding US President Donald Trump’s trade policies and a softer dollar. Spot gold added 0.3 per cent to $2,751.89 per ounce, after hitting its highest since November

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Tangible Assets

Trump’s Fossil Fuel Expansion Could Derail Clean Energy Momentum

The silhouette of oil pumps on a beautiful sunset sky with sun setting in between them.Siberia. Oil … [+] and gas production getty At the start of every year, we publish our popular Periodic Table of Commodity Returns, an interactive infographic detailing the gains and losses across the commodities market. Gold stood out as a

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Financial Assets

US close: Stocks higher as Trump returns to the White House

Wall Street stocks closed higher on Tuesday as the first trading day of Donald Trump’s second presidential term was a positive one for major indices. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.24% at 44,025.81, while the S&P 500 advanced 0.88% to 6,049.24 and the Nasdaq Composite saw out the session 0.64%

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