June 22, 2025
Intangible Assets

Amazon faces tariff pressure as sellers stockpile inventory

Amazon’s tariff transparency plans President Trump has said tariffs will likely impact shoppers, saying in a Cabinet meeting that tariffs could lead to fewer, but more expensive gifts this upcoming holiday season. Fox – 5 DC Amazon AMZN.O on Thursday tried to temper investor concerns about the impact of the Trump administration’s tariffs on its e-commerce business,

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Financial Assets

How the stock market has responded to Trump’s first 100 days in office

Nov 6 2024 Donald Trump wins reelection Trump takes the stage to speak at his election night rally in West Palm Beach, Florida, on November 6. (Will Lanzoni/CNN) Trump makes a momentous political comeback, breaking through the “blue wall” to win 312 electoral votes. Trump becomes only the second US president in history to be

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Financial Assets

Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures rise as hopes for US-China trade talks banish Big Tech gloom

US stock futures rose on Friday as a possible thawing in US-China trade tensions boosted spirits after earnings from Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN) shed light on the likely cost of tariffs. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) moved up roughly 0.5%, coming off an eighth straight day of gains for the blue-chip index. S&P

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Gold Investing

The Real Trade War Winner? Gold. Here’s Our Top Dividend To Play It

Gold bars on Chinese yuan bill banknotes background. getty So far in this trade war, there is one “winner” left on the board: gold. The barbarous relic has glittered amidst the financial carnage. And while everyone is climbing aboard now, we contrarians see a better buy window ahead. Below, we’ll “dig into” 4 tickers to

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Financial Assets

U.S. Dollar’s Weakness Creates an Opportunity for the Euro. Can It Last?

President Trump’s shake-up of the global trade system has sent tremors through the long-held view that the United States is the source of the world’s safest financial assets. That’s created an opportunity for Europe. The market tumult in which investors simultaneously sold off the U.S. dollar, American stocks and U.S. Treasury bonds eased last week

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Financial Assets

Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq swing amid earnings, data rush with auto tariff relief in sight

Home prices rose again in February as limited supply continued to prop up the market amid high mortgage rates and affordability challenges. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index rose 0.3% over the prior month in February on a seasonally adjusted basis, easing from the 0.5% monthly gain recorded in January. On an annual

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Financial Assets

Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq rise amid rush of earnings, hopes for auto tariff relief

Home prices rose again in February as limited supply continued to prop up the market amid high mortgage rates and affordability challenges. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index rose 0.3% over the prior month in February on a seasonally adjusted basis, easing from the 0.5% monthly gain recorded in January. On an annual

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Financial Assets

Internet scams hit record $16 billion in losses; $1 billoin in Florida

Cryptocurrency scams cost Americans more than $5.6B last year: FBI The FBI announced on Monday, Sept. 9, that Americans lost more than $5.6 billion in cryptocurrency scams in 2023. Straight Arrow News Floridians lost over $1 billion to online scams in 2024, with seniors being the most targeted group. Investment and cryptocurrency scams led to

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Fixed Assets

Trump policies could threaten public land protection, advocates warn

Tufan Neupane  |  Special for the Arizona Republic Arizonans worries about Trump plan to extract resources on public land Residents worried about Trump’s calls to open public lands to resource extraction gathered March 27, 2025, at the Arizona Capitol to voice their grievances. Conservation advocates raised concerns that Trump administration policies could undermine public land

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Financial Assets

Criminals stealing money from SNAP recipients in Central Massachusetts

Criminals are preying on low-income families who are struggling to put food on the table, and the numbers highlight the problem. In Worcester, 245 households had a total of more than $100,000 stolen from electronic cards issued by the government that are used to buy groceries, according to state figures from Jan. 1 through March

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