Wall Street regains lost ground as economy slows, tech earnings pop Coming on the heels of the huge sell-off over the last few weeks, Wall Street finally regained ground on reports showing a slowing economy. 04/26/2024 - 9:54 am | View Link
Main Street isn’t saving and Wall Street isn’t shorting in an ‘Anything But Bonds’ bull market, says Bank of America “Bull market in U.S. dollar and gold/crypto reflect bear market in institutional trust,” the strategists say. Gold GC00, 0.83% hit record highs earlier this month, while bitcoin’s BTCUSD, -0.52% peak ... 04/26/2024 - 12:37 am | View Link
Wall Street Analysts Are Bullish on Top Real Estate Picks There’s a lot to be optimistic about in the Real Estate sector as 2 analysts just weighed in on Annaly Capital (NLY – Research Report) ... 04/25/2024 - 11:40 pm | View Link
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US Economy Expected To Grow 2.5% In Q1: Not 'A Hard Landing And Hardly A Soft One' The U.S. GDP growth rate for Q1 2024 is highly anticipated, with expectations of a 2.5% increase. Goldman Sachs forecasts a more optimistic 3.1% growth, driven by factors such as lower mortgage rates ... 04/24/2024 - 3:01 am | View Link
CNN's Dana Bash reacts to Joshua Steinglass' cross-examination of David Pecker, the former publisher of the National Enquirer, about whether he suppressed stories to help a presidential candidate during the 2016 elections.
Hey, did you guys hear that President Joe Biden is old? It's true—a shithole site with shithole writers has a "scoop" on it. As Susie Madrak wrote earlier today, "the New York Times is nothing more than a Mean Girls burn book," after repeated "articles" on Biden's age simply because the President wouldn't grant them an interview.
While facing a mountain of legal problems, Donald Trump, who ran his 2016 campaign on locking his opponent, Hillary Clinton, up even though she was never charged with any crimes, denies ever wanting to imprison her. Voters have bad memories at times, but the lock her up chants at every single Trump rally are unforgettable.
Some are wondering why South Dakota's Governor included her animal killing spree in her upcoming memoir. "She includes her story about the ill-fated Cricket, she says, to illustrate her willingness, in politics as well as in South Dakota life, to do anything “difficult, messy and ugly” if it simply needs to be done." There is also a story about a wayward aggressive goat that was dealt with decisively, that is to say with a bullet to the brain.
On Trump's shortlist for running-mate, Noem must think such anecdotes paint in a good light.
Trump’s political operatives are putting together a plan that would give him input into the Federal Reserve, including making him an “acting” central bank board member, according to the Wall Street Journal. Via CNBC:
The plans, which the Journal report described as highly secretive, are part of a 10-page document that suggests Trump — if elected — would be consulted on interest rate decisions.
Jamie Raskin hilariously suggested that the RNC headquarters could host the Supreme Court after wingnut justices appeared open to recognizing some form of presidential immunity yesterday. Via HuffPost:
Host Joy Reid, who noted that Trump’s federal election interference case could be remanded back to the D. C. Circuit Court of Appeals and thus further delay the trial past Election Day, called the Supreme Court majority “so clearly politicians” before looping in Raskin.
“Well, they’re politicians who are not even subject to popular election unlike me.