Author: Editor-In-Chief
Markets are betting this week that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates for the third time in 2025. This could be good news for high-dividend stocks, and our portfolio includes many high-dividend stocks. What is the reason for that dynamic? A Fed rate cut could make assets that compete with dividend stocks for investment capital, such as bank CDs, money market funds and U.S. Treasuries, less attractive. The interest rates offered by these assets typically follow lower policy rates. If these assets start to become less attractive than before, income-seeking investors may look to move their money into…
U.S. House of Representatives Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (Democrat, New York) speaks with his finger raised during a press conference, more than a month after the longest U.S. government shutdown, in Washington, DC, on November 10, 2025. Evelyn HochsteinReuterHouse Democrats are creating a committee on artificial intelligence to position themselves as leaders on the issue as AI companies focus on Washington, D.C., and train campaign contributions.The House Democratic Committee on AI and the Innovation Economy is scheduled to begin meeting this month and will work with AI companies, stakeholders, and congressional committees overseeing aspects of the field to help develop…
The mother of White House press secretary Caroline Levitt’s nephew has been granted bail from ICE custody amid conflicting claims about her relationship with the immigrant.Published December 9, 2025December 9, 2025Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareA Brazilian-born woman with family ties to White House press secretary Caroline Leavitt will be released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody after she contested her possible deportation, her lawyer announced.Bruna Ferreira, a longtime Massachusetts resident, was granted $1,500 bail on Monday by an immigration judge at the Louisiana Detention Center. Ferreira was arrested by ICE agents last month while driving…
Syrian President Ahmed al-Shalah has accused Israel of exporting the crisis to other countries and “fighting a ghost” amid persistent Israeli military incursions and airstrikes in southern Syria. Al-Sharaa spoke at the Doha Forum in Qatar on Saturday in conversation with CNN’s chief international anchor Christiane Amanpour. Syria’s interim president has renewed his call for Israel to agree to reinstate the 1974 deconfliction agreement that separated the Syrian and Israeli forces. With the fall of the Assad regime, Israeli forces invaded southern Syria a year ago and continue to occupy the strategic Mount Hermon. The summit, which overlooks Israel, Lebanon…
England’s hopes of mounting an Ashes fightback were dashed by news that fast bowler Mark Wood will miss the rest of the series with a left knee injury, with Matthew Fisher being called into the squad in his place.Wood, 35, is suffering a repeat of the problems he suffered in the eight-wicket defeat to Australia in the first Test in Perth last month. Durham Quicks then suffered an eight-wicket loss at The Gabba in the second Test, but did not play in the remaining three matches, with the first starting on 17 December at Adelaide Oval. Wood will return to…
Stellantis plans to offer Fiat Topolino all-electric four-wheeler in the USStellantisDetroit – Chrysler’s parent company Stellantis On Monday, Fiat announced it would launch a small all-electric “car” called the Fiat Topolino in the United States.The automaker has not announced when the car will go on sale, but Fiat CEO Olivier Francois confirmed the company’s plans to bring the car to market, saying “details will be announced next year.”Fiat’s announcement comes less than a week after President Donald Trump praised Japan’s small “kei” cars during a White House meeting with Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa and other U.S. lawmakers and auto industry…
As countries race to build domestic data centers in the name of sovereign AI, Saudi Arabia is betting on a more creative idea: a data embassy. A data embassy, similar to a diplomatic embassy, is a place where data is stored outside a country’s physical borders, but operates under the laws of that country. This concept is not new. Estonia established its first data embassy in 2017, but since then there has only been one data embassy from Monaco. Both embassies are located in Luxembourg and store backups of important data from both countries as a safeguard against cyber and…
BANGKOK (AP) – China’s prime minister said Tuesday that tariff hikes are dealing a “severe blow” to the global economy, even as China’s own trade surplus has soared in the past. 1 trillion dollars. Premier Li Qiang made the remarks at a forum of top international organizations in Beijing as top Chinese leaders attended the annual economic planning conference.”Since the beginning of this year, we have seen economic and trade restrictive measures tightened and tariff whips used around the world, severely damaging the global economy,” Li said, without mentioning the US president. donald trump and his tariff increase in particular.…
Tokyo AP — Japan said on Monday that Chinese military jets had hit its radar on the planes despite a safe distance between them, denying Beijing’s suspicions of interference and renewing its protest over the incident. Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara told reporters, “The Self-Defense Forces (fighter planes) maintained a safe distance during their mission.” “China’s claim that Self-Defense Forces aircraft seriously disrupted safe flight is false.” Japan and Australia appealed for calm on Sunday after a Chinese military jet flashed its radar at a Japanese fighter jet. The incident occurred a month after the Japanese leader’s comments regarding Taiwan…
Futures and options traders work on the NYSE American (AMEX) floor of the New York Stock Exchange on December 8, 2025 in New York City, USA. Brendan McDiarmid | ReutersStock futures were little changed Tuesday morning even as Nvidia shares soared after President Donald Trump approved the sale of H200 chips to China in a deal that gave the U.S. government a steep cut. Futures linked to the Dow Jones Industrial Average Just above the flat line. Future prospects for both S&P and Nasdaq 100 The amount added is less than 0.1%.In after-hours trading, Nvidia Shares rose more than 2%…