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When you need money urgently, several loan options can cross your mind. While searching through a myriad of options, you will find one loan type that is easy to get. But here’s a catch: not all loans are the same, and some of them come with more risk than you can imagine. A gold loan is one of the safest options for short-term borrowing, especially when compared to unsecured loans, and will continue to grow in popularity for its seamless process and quick disbursals. What is a Gold Loan? A gold loan is quite simple. You bring in your gold…
Final Full Trading Week of the Year Until Christmas As markets enter the last full trading week of the year, many traders treat it like business as usual. But seasoned professionals know that the pre-Christmas period follows its own playbook. Liquidity thins as the week winds on, real-money flows dominate, and market behavior becomes anything but predictable. Understanding these dynamics can help traders avoid unnecessary risks and capitalize on unique year-end opportunities. A Pre-Christmas Market Driven by Real-Money Flows Unlike typical trading weeks where speculation and new positioning drive price action, the final trading stretch before Christmas is shaped…
Stocks slid on Friday, led by a sharp decline in the tech sector, as investors continue a “rotation trade” out of AI stocks.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy offered to drop its long-held ambition of joining NATO as he held five hours of talks with US envoys in Berlin on Sunday to end the war with Russia, with talks expected to resume Monday, Reuters reported on Sunday.Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff said “a lot of progress was made.”The move marks a major shift for Ukraine, which has fought to join NATO as a safeguard against Russian attacks and has such an aspiration included in its constitution. It also meets one of Russia’s war aims, although Kyiv has thus far refused to cede land to Moscow.Market…
The investor Steve Eisman said he has breast cancer and is undergoing treatment for the disease.
Is Bitcoin Really a Currency or a Ponzi Scheme? Bitcoin Trading When cryptocurrencies first appeared on the scene, it was easy to dismiss them as a passing fad. The idea of a digital asset with no government backing, no physical form, and no established role as a medium of exchange felt at best speculative and, at worst, similar to a Ponzi-like financial scheme. Although my skepticism about crypto as a true currency hasn’t changed, the market clearly disagrees. Prices have surged, collapsed, and surged again. Bitcoin alone jumped more than 35% this year to above $126,000 before erasing the…
President Trump said he was leaning toward choosing either Warsh or Kevin Hassett to succeed Fed chair Jerome Powell.
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the US President Donald Trump revealed that he is leaning on former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh and also on the National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett to lead the Federal Reserve since May 2026.When asked if Kevin Warsh was at the top of the list Trump said “Yes, I think he is. I think you have Kevin and Kevin. They’re both—I think the two Kevins are great,” he said. “I think there are a couple of other people that are great.”The article mentioned that Warsh was grilled over a 45 minute meeting…
“They have already paid the mortgage. It makes no sense to require them to ‘pay’ it again.”
Newsquawk Highlights include US NFP, CPI and Retail Sales, BoJ, BoE, ECB, UK Jobs, UK CPI, and Japan CPI US Debt Clock MON: Chinese Activity Data (Nov), EZ Industrial Production (Oct), Canadian CPI (Nov) TUE: NBH Announcement, UK Jobs Report (Oct), EZ/UK/US Flash PMIs (Dec), German ZEW Survey (Dec), Japanese Trade Balance (Nov), US Jobs Report (Nov) WED: UK Inflation (Nov), EZ CPI Final (Nov), US Retail Sales (Oct) THU: ECB Announcement, BoE Announcement, Norges Bank Announcement, Riksbank Announcement, CNB Announcement, US CPI (Nov), Japanese CPI (Nov), US Real Earnings (Nov) FRI: BoJ Announcement, CBR Announcement, Quad Witching, UK PSNB…