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There is still a lot of risk in the stock and bond markets. Earn that easy 4.5% return while waiting for it to stabilize, says a trader who took two big calls in 2022.

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Ahead of major technical gains, the Meta results are ready to light up the Nasdaq Composite for Thursday. S&P 500 SPX Index It also points to gains as investors look at a glass half full from the Fed meeting. Concerned that investors are being caught up in yet another Fed misreading, LaDucTrading.com founder Samantha LaDuc. … Read more

Linda Ronstadt’s ‘Long, Long Time’ Streams Fly After ‘Last of Us’ Episode

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CNN – Linda Ronstadt’s song “Long, Long Time” appears not once but three times in Sunday’s episode of “The Last of Us.” And fans of HBO’s latest hit are clearly taken aback by Ronstadt’s song, as streams of her song have ballooned since the episode premiered. Between 11 p.m. ET and midnight Sunday, Spotify streams … Read more

Real estate agents say they can’t imagine working without ChatGPT now

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CNN – If you came across a four-bedroom, 3.5-bathroom home for sale recently on a quiet cul-de-sac in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, you might not think twice about our online listing. Typical real estate included Descriptions like “perfect for entertaining” and “ample room to relax”. But JJ Johannes, a home realtor, created the description in less … Read more

Employees and witnesses said the Jan. 6 commission failed to hold social media companies accountable for their role in the Capitol attack

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New York CNN – “There might be someone getting shot tomorrow.” That was the warning from Twitter employees at an internal meeting on January 5, 2021, the eve of the deadly attack on the US Capitol. This wasn’t the only stark warning Twitter’s management received prior to the insurrection, according to two former Twitter employees … Read more

Ticketmaster is being questioned: 6 takeaways from hearing about Taylor Swift’s concert fiasco

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CNN – Lawmakers questioned a senior executive at Ticketmaster’s parent company, Live Nation Entertainment, on Tuesday after the service’s inability to process orders for Taylor Swift’s upcoming tour left millions of people unable to purchase tickets late last year. During the three-hour hearing, senators pressed Live Nation president and chief financial officer Joe Berchtold and … Read more

Retailers revive stock market, but support may be fleeting: analysts

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Net inflows into US equities by retail investors continued to rise over the past week as the stock market kicked off the new year in a booming mood, but data analysts at Vanda Research said the pace of buying could easily ease if the bullish momentum stalls. Marco Iachini, senior vice president of Fanta Research, … Read more

5 things to know on January 19: the economy, New Zealand, Covid-19, Ukraine, Amazon

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CNN – A street snack known as “dragon’s breath” is at the center of a dangerous new viral video trend. The colorful candies are dipped in liquid nitrogen to create a vapor effect when eaten – creating smoke-like fumes that billow from the mouth, nose and ears. Health officials are warning against eating the popular … Read more

The stock market shows a resilience amid uncertainty

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Shanghai Stock Exchange. [Photo/Sipa] While IPO activity was subdued globally in 2022 due to geopolitical tensions and multiple market uncertainties stifling economic growth, the IPO market last year remained buoyant in the A-share market last year as technology-focused boards began In the country to show more vitality. Leading advisory firm KPMG calculates that the number … Read more

Why the stock market was not affected by the first monthly drop in consumer prices in more than two years

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Inflation data may not be the biggest catalyst for stocks as it used to be. US stocks rebounded near a close higher on Thursday, although investors got some encouraging inflation news after the consumer price index for December showed its first monthly decline since the pandemic swept across the globe in 2020. Given that inflation … Read more