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Trump renews his assault on shareholder democracy, siding with CEOs over stockholders

A few weeks after Elon Musk visited the White House in November, President Donald Trump launched an attack on the shareholder advisory firms that had recommended against the Tesla CEO’s $1 trillion pay deal.

The elder-care crisis is about to get much worse as millions more Americans turn 85

The “silver tsunami” is about to crest. Watch out for the undertow.

Consumer sentiment improves on signs of ‘modest improvement’ in economy

Sentiment readings are continuing to inch higher.

Gloom, Boom and Doom author recommends buying gold but not bitcoin

Bonds offering 4% yields are losing their purchasing power when real inflation is somewhere between 6% to 12%, according to celebrated economist

Could ‘Trump accounts’ make your kids millionaires? Maybe — with this strategy.

The accounts, which are set to become available on July 5, are for children born between 2025 and 2028.

The world’s biggest miner may be created with copper prices near highs

Rio Tinto may buy Glencore in an all-stock deal, companies say

GM becomes the latest carmaker to write down billions in pivot away from EVs

General Motors warns of yet another EV-related writedown, less than a month after rival Ford Motor announced its own multibillion-dollar charges related to fading demand for EVs.

Trump suggests his ‘representatives’ will buy $200 billion in mortgage bonds. What it means for mortgage rates.

Freddie and Fannie have been growing their mortgage bond holdings in recent months, but the 30-year fixed mortgage is still above 6%.

U.S. stocks are up this year even as tech slides, with some already rallying more than 10%

The U.S. stock market has climbed so far this year despite tech losses, in a positive sign of the broadening rally in early 2026.

Stocks face their first real test of 2026 with Friday’s pivotal jobs report and possible tariff ruling

Markets are off to a strong start in 2025 — but investors could face their first real test on Friday with the December jobs report and, potentially, a Supreme Court decision on the legality of most of President Trump’s tariffs.

How Trump’s control over Venezuela’s oil gets him close to a seat at OPEC’s table

‘Control of Venezuela oil is shifting rapidly from boardrooms to governments’, says Nigel Green of deVere Group.

The S&P 500 is losing the momentum that had been fueling stock investors

Lack of follow-through to new highs is concerning but not necessarily bearish — yet.
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