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Representation of Bitcoin cryptocurrency in this illustration taken Sept. 10, 2025. Dado Ruvic | ReutersBitcoin dipped below $95,000 on Friday, pushing the world’s oldest cryptocurrency further into the red and continuing its four-day decline amid a broader artificial intelligence-linked stock pullback.The digital asset hit $94,491.22 early Friday, marking its lowest level since May 7. Bitcoin is down nearly 9% week to date, despite briefly reclaiming $107,000 at one point on Tuesday and then rolling over.The token was last trading at $97,163.99, or 1% lower on the day, as it regained some of its morning losses.The largest crypto by market capitalization…

Join Ryan Nauman, market strategist at Zephyr, in this episode of ‘Adjusted For Risk Podcast’ as he hosts Robert Zuccaro, Founder and CIO of Golden Eagle Strategies. They delve into the performance of equities driven by tech stocks, the mechanics of hypergrowth stocks, and how this asset class can benefit portfolios. Robert shares his extensive experience from starting in 1978, including pioneering quantitative processes and the introduction of focused funds. Learn about the effectiveness of sales growth as a predictor, market expectations, and why the U.S. economy might be in the midst of an economic miracle. Don’t miss insights on…

Key Takeaways Robinhood’s new sweepstakes will award a 1-kilogram gold bar to one lucky winner and 999 smaller bars to qualifying Gold members. Net deposits made to a Robinhood brokerage account between Nov. 3 and Nov. 28 count as entries, with each dollar earning one entry. Already a Gold member? Entering is simple and free. But if you’re not, the giveaway’s long odds make it hard to justify joining—and paying—just for a chance at gold. Inside Robinhood’s Gold Giveaway: What’s Actually Up for Grabs Popular online brokerage Robinhood is giving its premium customers a shot at something rare for a…

The government finally reopened on Wednesday, and markets are sorting out the consequences. It’s pushing mortgage rates a little bit higher.The average interest rate on a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage rose to 6.19% APR, according to rates provided to NerdWallet by Zillow. This is seven basis points higher than yesterday and five basis points higher than a week ago. (See our chart below for more specifics.) A basis point is one one-hundredth of a percentage point.The government reopening is good news, right? The stock market was initially stoked, but as the effects of the shutdown become clearer, the mood’s been more…

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In This Article Is every asset class in a bubble?  Whether you think so or not, the fears are all too plausible. Despite the longest government shutdown in history, reheating inflation, continuing tariff fears, a weakening labor market, and fraying geopolitical ties, the S&P 500 just recently notched a record high and remains close to it as I write this. The index has soared 19.6% over the last year.  Big tech and artificial intelligence (AI) stocks look particularly bubblicious. Nvidia’s stock has skyrocketed 416% over the last two years, and the industry keeps announcing circular deals among the same few…

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Key Takeaways Nvidia is scheduled to report earnings next week, and analysts are expecting the chipmaker to top expectations again.Jefferies and Wedbush analysts have each recently said that increasing spending from big tech companies should lead to Nvidia beating estimates and raising its outlook.The results come as markets stumbled this week amid growing concern about how long AI spending will continue to grow. Nvidia (NVDA) is set to report its latest earnings after the market closes next Wednesday, and analysts are expecting big things. Analysts from Jefferies and Wedbush have each said in recent notes that they expect the artificial…

Brett Arends is an award-winning financial writer with many years experience writing about markets, economics and personal finance. He has received an individual award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for his financial writing, and was part of the Boston Herald team that won two others. He has worked as an analyst at McKinsey Co., and is a Chartered Financial Consultant. His latest book, “Storm Proof Your Money”, was published by John Wiley Co.

Cetera Financial Group has fired an employee accused of making racist comments in an Instagram video that has gone viral. In the widely circulated video on social media, a man is speaking to an Uber driver at the Denver airport, saying, “Get out of the country. I’ll get ICE.” He then shows his middle finger and says, “My country, not yours.” Loading …The video does not show how the conversation began. One Instagram account that circulated the video, therobbieharvey, said the Uber driver was merely checking if the man was his intended customer. Although Cetera would not identify the man, social media accounts…