8 Tools You Should Only Buy in February When They Go on Clearance
Image source: Shutterstock.com If you’ve ever wandered through a hardware store in February, you may have noticed something magical happening between the snow shovels and the power tools. Prices drop. Clearance tags multiply. And suddenly, tools that were full price just weeks earlier are practically begging you to
Read More
The “Frozen Pipe” Mistake Homeowners Make During Temperature Swings
Image source: Shutterstock.com There’s a special kind of panic that hits when you turn on a faucet in winter and nothing comes out. It’s the homeowner equivalent of your car making a noise you’ve never heard before—your brain instantly jumps to the worst-case scenario. Frozen pipes. Burst pipes.
Read More
Futures, Bitcoin, Gold All Tumble As Momentum Liquidations Accelerate
Futures, Bitcoin, Gold All Tumble As Momentum Liquidations Accelerate Stock futures slide, hitting session lows just after 7am ET, after a two-day drop that saw an ETF tracking software stocks sink to its lowest since April. As of 8:00am ET, S&P 500 futures have slumped to session lows, down 0.7% following
Read More
EUR Flat As ECB Leaves Rates Unch; Cable Drops On BoE’s ‘Dovish Hold’
EUR Flat As ECB Leaves Rates Unch; Cable Drops On BoE's 'Dovish Hold' In a surprise to traders, The Bank of England came within a vote of cutting interest rates and predicted inflation will fall below its target, a closer-than-expected decision that revived hopes of a move next month.
Read More
“Challenging External Environment”: Volvo Crashes Most On Record After Earnings Miss
"Challenging External Environment": Volvo Crashes Most On Record After Earnings Miss Shares in Volvo Cars crashed the most on record in Stockholm, with Bloomberg data going back to late 2021, after it reported fourth-quarter earnings that missed analyst expectations. A toxic blend of higher US tariffs, cuts to
Read More
Iran’s IRGC Seizes Two ‘Fuel-Smuggling’ Vessels In Gulf Amid US Showdown
Iran's IRGC Seizes Two 'Fuel-Smuggling' Vessels In Gulf Amid US Showdown Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy says it has seized two vessels near Farsi Island allegedly carrying large quantities of smuggled fuel, the country's Students' News Agency (ISNA) reported Thursday – at a moment the nation's
Read More
Initial Jobless Claims Jump As YTD Job Cuts Hit Highest Since 2009, AI Blamed
Initial Jobless Claims Jump As YTD Job Cuts Hit Highest Since 2009, AI Blamed Initial jobless claims rose more than expected last week to 231k (212k exp) from 209k prior. While a significant rise, it remains – for now – within the low range of the last four
Read More
Memory Shortage Fears Spread, Raising Alarm At Qualcomm And Arm
Memory Shortage Fears Spread, Raising Alarm At Qualcomm And Arm Consumers are about to learn that one of the most frustrating side effects of the AI boom will be the "great memory crunch." Surging data center demand is siphoning high-bandwidth memory (HBM) supply away from consumer devices, setting
Read More
Gold’s Going To $10,000: Martin Armstrong Warns “Europe Is Desperate For War”
Gold's Going To $10,000: Martin Armstrong Warns "Europe Is Desperate For War" Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Legendary financial and geopolitical cycle analyst Martin Armstrong warned in late December to be ready for the “Perfect Storm for Debt, Economy, War, Gold & Silver.” The rain and thunder started at the beginning of
Read More
Sneaky Price Tricks Your Grocer Doesn’t Want You to Know
I spent my teenage years working in a supermarket, initially as a box boy. Within six months of being hired, however, I was promoted to checker. Eventually, I got to work almost every job in the store including working the deli counter, and helping the overnight stock crew
Read More