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How ‘gold fatigue’ has helped drive platinum prices up 44% this year

Platinum has far outpaced its metals peers for the month and year to date as supplies of the commodity are expected to fall short of demand for a third straight year. But that’s not the only reason for platinum’s stellar price performance.

Why is ‘immigrant’ now a dirty word at Social Security and Medicare?

Higher levels of immigration are net positive for Social Security and Medicare, but officials refuse to talk about the subject — even though it appears more than 100 times in the trustees’ reports.

Why the biggest-ever ‘triple witching’ options expiration could deliver a jolt to Friday’s trading

On Friday, option traders will face something unprecedented: A monthly options-expiration event coming one day after a holiday when major U.S. stock exchanges will have been closed for business.

With these At Home stores closing, Wayfair should pick up some new customers

At Home is closing 26 stores as part of its bankruptcy, which should provide some boost to Wayfair’s revenue and market share.

This ‘AI TechBio’ company goes public as IPO demand spreads to biotech

Shares of Caris Life Sciences soared in their public debut Wednesday, as investors bought into the company’s business of molecular profiling and drug research using artificial intelligence.

Fed sticks with forecast of two interest-rate cuts this year despite new inflation worries

Central bankers are closely divided over how many rate cuts there will be in 2025

Goldman’s top economist expects Trump won’t raise tariffs on other nations July 9

Will there be a comeback for the “reciprocal” tariffs that President Trump unveiled at his “liberation day” event on April 2? Probably not, according to Goldman Sachs Chief Economist Jan Hatzius.

$1 trillion in cuts to Medicaid would have a devastating impact on people receiving long-term care. Here’s why.

These cuts will most affect people who are least able to afford them.

Shoppers say they’re ‘not interested’ in Amazon’s longer Prime Day sale

Could making the 2025 Amazon Prime Day event four days long backfire? Here’s what retail analysts think.

Here’s how the stock market tends to react to Fed decisions — and how a twist this week could change that

Financial markets will be closed Thursday for Juneteenth holiday

Signs of a ‘great rotation’ are gripping global markets — and U.S. stocks and bonds are the big losers

It’s been no secret that international stocks have dramatically outperformed their peers stateside so far in 2025.

Why Trump’s Tehran warning in Israel-Iran conflict isn’t rattling stocks or creating a crisis in oil prices

President Trump said on Wednesday that Iran wants to negotiate, but he wouldn’t rule out U.S. military action.
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