The verdict has left many activist investors asking a basic question: what exactly are the rules?

Without changing catalyst design...

Central banks, a key pillar of the bullish case for gold, have returned to adding holdings in April after notable selling in March sent the price of the precious metal tumbling

For now the markets operate more on flows, positioning, sentiment and momentum than they do on fundamentals or valuation...

Dare Some Protection.

Four Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the measure...

Broadcom forecast that AI semiconductor revenue will be $16 billion in Q3, missing analyst estimates of $17.2 billion. 

All major indices finished in the red and oil prices climbed after the US conducted a strike on Iran's Qeshm Island, while Iran targeted US military bases in the Middle East.

This keeps getting better and better...

The errors were comparatively minor to the sweeping claims made by Sherrill and others...

India is poised to announce a suite of measures to lure foreign capital - reducing taxes and removing ownership caps on certain bonds - possibly as soon as this week

NDX weekly RSI just hit its highest level since the first post-Covid squeeze.

"...the market isn’t dumb... nothing is worse for consumer cyclicals than inflation..."

California's wealth tax starts with billionaires, but its critics warn the real target is every asset owner trapped in a state government that never stops expanding its reach.

...the writing is on the wall for the dollar's exorbitant privilege.

Politicians lie. That's hardly breaking news. What is newsworthy, though, is that our society does not even pretend to pursue truth anymore.

REAR VIEW: US/Iran trade retaliatory strikes; Kuwait international airport struck, with both US & Iran blaming each other; Iran FM said no established method for US/Iran negotiations now; Trump said working on a deal with Iran; US ADP tops expectations; Strong headline US ISM Services PMI report, although prices remained elevated; Barr said policy in good place; Williams noted no obvious argument to alter interest rates currently; MRVL gains continue.

According to the company, the investment will cover R&D, capex, manufacturing scaling, ecosystem partnerships, and M&A; areas that IBM says will help accelerate its quantum roadmap beyond 2029.

The limits apply to agentic coding platforms such as Anthropic’s Claude Code and Cursor...

middle-income households were described as “squeezing more life out of every dollar before deciding to spend it,” and low-income consumers showed greater financial strain.