US Pending Home Sales Jump To Highest In 33 Months
US Pending Home Sales Jump To Highest In 33 Months Pending sales of existing homes in the US surged 3.3% MoM (more than the expected 0.9% MoM move) in November as a modest improvement in prices and mortgage rates encouraged buyers. The gain was broad-based across regions and
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Zelensky Wants 50-Year(!) Security Guarantee From Trump
Zelensky Wants 50-Year(!) Security Guarantee From Trump There were no substantial breakthroughs in the latest Trump-Zelensky talks on Ukraine peace at Mar-a-Lago resort on Sunday, and fresh reporting on Monday reveals why. A major point of disagreement remains security guarantees. Ukraine has been pushing maximalist demands for something
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How The AI Bubble Is Being Masked Within Big Tech
How The AI Bubble Is Being Masked Within Big Tech Authored by Autumn Spredemann via The Epoch Times, As artificial intelligence (AI) investment ramps up, some analysts are now drawing comparisons to the early “dot com” days of the internet and the market crash that followed. It’s a
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Did US Land Strikes On Venezuela Begin Last Week & No One Knew It?
Did US Land Strikes On Venezuela Begin Last Week & No One Knew It? President Trump on Friday in a radio interview disclosed something which missed the attention of the US and global media. He let slip that a large land site had been knocked out by a strike
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Ilhan Omar’s Husband’s Venture Capital Firm Removes Names From Website Under Scrutiny
Ilhan Omar's Husband's Venture Capital Firm Removes Names From Website Under Scrutiny Authored by Bryan Jung via PJMedia.com, A venture capital firm run by Rep. Ilhan Omar’s (D-Minn.) husband quietly scrubbed important names from its website, as the Minnesota congresswoman faces mounting questions on her sudden wealth amid
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Confronting My Biggest Spelling Demons (and Yours Too)
One of the joys of having an eponymous personal finance blog is that I never feel compelled to ensure every article has to be about, well … personal finance. But, Len, it says right there in the header that this is ‘The off-beat personal finance blog for responsible
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Futures Drop As Silver Slides From Record
Futures Drop As Silver Slides From Record Stocks are extending their modest losses from their pre-Christmas record as another shortened trading week starts. As late last week, much of the market action is in precious metals, with silver first smashing through $80 for the first time before sliding
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One Year In, Trump’s Economy Defies The Experts And Outpaces G7
One Year In, Trump's Economy Defies The Experts And Outpaces G7 Authored by Daniel Lacalle via The Epoch Times, One year into Donald Trump’s new presidency, the verdict from the data is clear: the apocalyptic consensus forecasts have failed, and the United States stands as the only major
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China Conducts War Drills Around Taiwan, Simulating A Blockade Of Key Ports
China Conducts War Drills Around Taiwan, Simulating A Blockade Of Key Ports China launched large-scale military drills around Taiwan on Monday, showcasing Beijing's ability to simulate a full blockade of the self-ruled island's key ports. The live-fire exercises come just one week after the U.S. announced an $11.1
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‘No Smoking Gun’: Traders Search For Catalysts Amid Silver’s Sudden Slump
'No Smoking Gun': Traders Search For Catalysts Amid Silver's Sudden Slump Silver tumbled dramatically overnight after initially smashing through $80 an ounce for the first time (topping $84 at its highs), halting a near vertical recent rise driven by Chinese speculative demand. Surging Chinese investment demand has pulled
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