Customers shop for food at a grocery store on Jan. 15, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty ImagesMany of the items that U.S. shoppers browse and buy in retailers' aisles come from far-away factories or farms โ a reality that could soon force many consumers to change their buying...
Year: 2025
Here are the top 10 U.S. stock analysts, according to TipRanks
The year 2024 was quite an eventful one for the U.S. stock market, with the S&P 500 Index gaining more than 20% for the second consecutive year. Several factors, including elevated inflation and interest rates, geopolitical tensions, the U.S. presidential elections, and the generative artificial intelligence (AI) boom influenced investor...
Stanley Druckenmiller says ‘animal spirits’ are back in markets because of Trump with CEOs ‘giddy’
Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller believes Donald Trump's re-election renewed a jolt of speculative enthusiasm in the markets and surging optimism within businesses."I've been doing this for 49 years, and we're probably going from the most anti-business administration to the opposite," Druckenmiller said on CNBC Monday. "We do a lot of talking to CEOs...
Trading platform Dub will pay some retail investors to share portfolios through TikTok-like ‘creator program’
Manusapon Kasosod | Moment | Getty ImagesDub, a platform that allows retail traders to mimic the investments of notable people in business and government, debuted a service Thursday that pays select everyday investors to share their portfolios.Retail traders accepted into Dub's so-called top creator program will be paid royalties for...
Home insurance costs soaring as climate-related events surge, Treasury Department says
A firefighter douses flames during the Eaton fire in Pasadena, California on January 08, 2025. Josh Edelson | Afp | Getty ImagesClimate-related natural disasters are driving up insurance costs for homeowners in the most-affected regions, according to a Treasury Department report released Thursday.In a voluminous study covering 2018-22 and including some...