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Tech investors have a big decision to make these days. Should they chase after high-growth artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups with little in the way of profitability, or should they focus on entrenched tech leaders with billions of dollars in profits flowing in each year?
If revenue and profitability matter to you as an investor, then it's impossible not to sit up and take notice of Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: COIN). It's now on pace to post more than $2.5 billion in net income each year. And it has a brand-new "everything exchange" strategy that is positioning it for future growth ahead.
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For Robert Kiyosaki, gold and Bitcoin have long shared the same role in his playbook: protection.
The "Rich Dad Poor Dad" author has spent years warning that fiat currencies, especially the U.S. dollar, steadily lose purchasing power over time.
As a frequent critic of central banks, debt-driven growth, and what he sees as systemic currency debasement, he argues hard ***** ets are the escape hatch.
Related: ***** yst says Bitcoin will meet or beat gold's market cap
Kiyosaki began speaking publicly about Bitcoin around 2018, often placing it alongside gold and silver. His framing is consist

What Trump's appointment of Kevin Warsh could mean for interest rates this year

After President Trump on Friday nominated former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh to lead the central bank, market participants quickly began speculating what his chairmanship would mean for the path of interest rates this year.
If confirmed by the Senate, Warsh will face a deeply divided Fed at a time when the 19-member committee has set up the potential for a long pause in cutting rates. Many members feel the central bank has done enough to shore up concerns about softening job growth with three rate cuts

Jan. 2 (UPI) -- Mexico closed 2025 with weak economic growth and is heading into 2026 with limited expansion prospects, keeping the country among the least dynamic economies in Latin America, according to local projections and estimates from United Nations agencies.
Mexico's central bank, Banco de México, cut its gross domestic product growth forecast for the end of 2025 by half, to 0.3% from 0.6% estimated in August.
With that outcome, Mexico's economy will post two consecutive years of growth below the average for Latin America and the Caribbean, according to estimates from the Economic Co

The K-shaped economy has returned, with gaps widening between high and low-income Americans.
Higher earners see steadier opportunities, while lower-income households face cooler prospects.
Some economists are warning that this uneven growth could threaten economic stability in 2026.
The post-pandemic era marked by growing wages and opportunities for lower-income Americans has flipped around.
The K-shaped economy is back, and it could mean more trouble in 2026.

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A new year invites reflection and resolve. As Monroe County enters 2026, we do so with momentum and a clear understanding of what it takes to compete in a rapidly changing economy. Looking into the rearview mirror of 2025, hindsight offers perspective that sharpens our focus and guides the choices shaping our economic future.
Over the past several years, the Bloomington Economic Development Corp. (BEDC) has remained focused on the fundamentals of long-term growth: business attraction, business expansion, and community readiness. Since 2021, these efforts have helped catalyze more than $1 bill

The U.S. market has been dominated by tech and growth stocks for the past three years.
As parts of the economy show signs of slowing, a rotation from growth to value stocks may be in the cards.
Investing in value now means capturing attractive opportunities in financials, healthcare, and industrials.
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It's no secret that the market has been dominated by tech, growth, and the "Magnificent Seven" stocks over the past few years. The earnings and GDP growth backdrops are certainly there that could help propel this

The S&P 500 advanced 16% in 2025, notching double-digit gains for the third straight year.
Federal Reserve research suggests President Trump's tariffs will slow economic growth.
The S&P 500 trades at the most expensive valuation since the dot-com crash in 2000.
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The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) added 16% in 2025, marking the third consecutive year in which the benchmark index has recorded double-digit gains. Unfortunately, investors have reason to think 2026 will more challenging. Evidence suggests President Trump's tariffs are hurting the economy,

Key Takeaways
Bitcoin’s Christmas Eve price history underscores extreme volatility.
2017 marked Bitcoin’s first true mainstream breakout — and its risks.
Analysts believe holiday trading rarely changes Bitcoin’s broader trend.
A year-by-year look at Bitcoin’s price on the day before Christmas highlights how a particular festive year, almost ten years ago, reshaped investor perceptions — and set the stage for Bitcoin’s massive growth.

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A growing acceptance of crypto next year could lead to a surge in price for the world's top digital currency, Bitcoin.
XRP, being much smaller in market cap and with tremendous growth opportunities ahead, could be overdue for a strong rally.
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XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) are two of the most popular cryptocurrencies in the world. Bitcoin remains far and away the most valuable, with a market cap of about $1.7 trillion. XRP at around $116 billion is just a small fraction of that, but that's still large enough to make it the fifth-largest cr

Bitcoin rallies thwarted by fading Fed rate cut odds, softening US macro

Bitcoin continued to sell near $90,000 as investors reacted to weak US jobs data and slowing economic growth by shifting into safer ***** ets.
Key takeaways:
Strong demand for US Treasurys and lower odds of a Fed rate cut indicate that investors are shifting toward safer ***** ets, reducing interest in Bitcoin.
Economic weakness in ***** an and softer US job data add pressure to Bitcoin, limiting its use as a hedge in the near term.
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Key Takeaways
Bitcoin volatility may fall further in 2026, according to Bitwise.
The firm said Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana are all expected to reach new all-time highs in the new year.
Short-term risks remain for Bitcoin.
Bitcoin could become less volatile than high-growth U.S. technology stocks, such as Nvidia, by 2026, while both Bitcoin and Ethereum are likely to reach new record highs, according to crypto ***** et manager Bitwise, which cited growing institutional adoption and regulatory clarity.

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Bitcoin’s three-year rally may be over, with signs pointing to the leading cryptocurrency entering a prolonged bear market.
That’s according to blockchain data firm CryptoQuant, whose researchers said in a Friday report that investors should be prepared for the end of Bitcoin’s four-year cycle.
Buyer exhaustion means the biggest digital coin could still drop as low as $56,000, the report noted. But it reassured investors that such a move was unlikely — if Bitcoin does drop that low, it would be the sharpest drawdown in a bear market on record.
“Bitcoin demand growth has decisively slowed, s

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K-shaped economy: Why it’s being discussed

DEC 6, 2025
WASHINGTON — From corporate executives to Wall Street ***** ysts to Federal Reserve officials, references to the “K-shaped economy” are rapidly proliferating.
So what does it mean? Simply put, the upper part of the K refers to higher-income Americans seeing their incomes and wealth rise while the bottom part points to lower-income households struggling with weaker income gains and steep prices.
A big reason the term is popping up so often is that it helps explain an unusually muddy and convoluted period for the U.S. economy. Growth a

Strive, a Nasdaq-listed firm and the 14th-largest public holder of Bitcoin, is pushing back against MSCI’s plan to remove companies with significant digital-asset exposure from its global indexes.
Key Takeaways:
Strive says MSCI’s plan to exclude crypto-heavy firms would shut investors out of key growth sectors.
JPMorgan warns Strategy could face up to $2.8B in losses under the proposal.
Strive argues BTC-focused firms are vital to AI infrastructure and structured finance, making the cutoff unfair.

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Carnival has bounced back from COVID-era challenges.
Shares are more expensive than they look on the surface.
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Long-term investing is the key to sustainable returns in the stock market, but sometimes it can backfire spectacularly. For example, if you purchased $1,000 of Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) (NYSE: CUK) stock 10 years ago, you would have just over $500 today -- a loss of around 50%. That means more than a decade of growth and billions in stock buybacks essentially evaporated during the coronavirus pandemic.
The good news is that Carnival's

K-shaped economy: Why it’s being discussed

DEC 6, 2025
WASHINGTON — From corporate executives to Wall Street ******* ysts to Federal Reserve officials, references to the “K-shaped economy” are rapidly proliferating.
So what does it mean? Simply put, the upper part of the K refers to higher-income Americans seeing their incomes and wealth rise while the bottom part points to lower-income households struggling with weaker income gains and steep prices.
A big reason the term is popping up so often is that it helps explain an unusually muddy and convoluted period for the U.S. economy. Growth

Plans for a new £2.3bn acute hospital for part of Cambridgeshire seeing rapid population growth have been described as ambitious but necessary.
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH), which operates Addenbrooke's Hospital, says that by 2040 it will need double the number of beds it currently has, and an emergency department five or six times the size.
It is already short of about 160 acute beds, and the new "radical" plans would offer more community support and would ideally see people attend hospital only for emergencies or specialist care that cannot be delivered locally

The Bitcoin price volatility is once again drawing attention to MicroStrategy, the company whose strategy has become a major market...
Bitcoin has been struggling to build momentum in recent weeks, and the return of cash into the system is raising...
Bitcoin is trading around $91,000 after a minor dip earlier today, and uncertainty continues to dominate sentiment. The market sits...

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RBC thinks the US is on track for "stagflation lite" in 2026.
Stagflation is a dreaded economic scenario in which inflation runs hot while economic growth slows.
The bank pointed to factors like high housing costs and tariffs, which suggest stagflation is looming
The worst-case scenario for the US economy could be a looming reality in 2026.
RBC flagged the likelihood of stagflation in 2026 as the economy looks poised to post below-trend growth while inflation runs "uncomfortably" hot.

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Alongside Walmart and Dollar Tree, value-oriented chain Dollar General just posted one of its strongest quarters in years. And just as with those other retailers, the results point to a consumer economy under significant strain.
The discount giant on Thursday reported almost 5% sales growth to almost $11 billion, with same-store sales up 2.5%. This kind of trade-down activity, which sees shoppers moving from middle-of-the-price-point chains to more value-oriented stores, is often ****** ociated with economic downturns.
In other words, Dollar General's quarter shows that Americans are still b

'Off-the-shelf' cancer therapy hunts and kills deadly tumors, new study finds

Scientists at UCLA have developed an "off-the-shelf" cell-based immunotherapy that was able to track down and kill pancreatic cancer cells even after they had spread to other organs.
In a mouse study, the treatment slowed cancer growth, extended survival and remained effective even within the harsh environment of solid tumors.
"Even when the cancer tries to evade one attack pathway by changing its molecular signature, our therapy is hitting it from multiple other angles at the same time. The tumor simply can’t a

The global economy is heading into a period of its weakest expansion since the pandemic, but both Fitch Ratings and the OECD say the outlook is slightly more resilient than previously feared, helped along by a powerful surge in artificial intelligence–related investment that is offsetting the adverse impacts of import tariffs imposed by the US.

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Stock markets pulled back in November, as worries about an AI bubble persisted, along with concerns about a lack of visibility over the state of the US economy as official data releases were delayed due to the government shutdown.
President Donald Trump signed a funding bill on 12 November, which ended the longest US government shutdown in history, having lasted for 43 days.
Tilmann Galler, global market strategist at JPMorgan **** et Management (JPM), said that even though the shutdown ended in mid-November, "market uncertainty regarding the ambiguous data environment, the impact on growth,

The S&P 500, Nasdaq Composite, and Dow Jones Industrial Average have all surged to multiple record-closing highs in 2025.
We appear to be witnessing a clear bifurcation between the health of the U.S. economy and the stock market.
Historical precedent tends to favor optimistic, long-term-minded investors.
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Despite a ******* py beginning to April, 2025 has shaped up as another banner year for Wall Street's major stock indexes. The benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), growth stock-dominated Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC), and ageless Dow Jon

Bitcoin has a track record of exponential growth, and recently traded as high as $126,000.
The new Strategic Bitcoin Reserve has the potential to catalyze another period of exponential growth for Bitcoin.
The number of Bitcoin millionaires spiked by 70% between 2024 and 2025, due to the relentless doubling in value of Bitcoin.
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Admittedly, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has already dashed quite a few millionaire-maker dreams in 2025. It's now down 10% for the year, and showing potential signs of dipping below the $80,000 price level.

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Rachel Reeves’s tax and spend policies is destructive. We need a serious growth plan

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Artificial intelligence may come to the rescue of the UK’s sluggish economy, but it is likely to be too late to turn around growth rates in time for the current Labour government, according to **** ysis by the country’s budget watchdog.

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