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Short Selling Tesla Shares Causes Traders to Lose $7.6 Billion

Short Selling Tesla Shares Causes Traders to Lose $7.6 Billion

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1 year ago

Tesla stock has skyrocketed 70% in the past month, crushing short sellers who bet against it. Hedge funds that traded against Tesla lost $7.6 billion over the past 30 days, making it the least profitable short of the year so far.In share investing, s...

Microsoft to Slash Thousands of Jobs

Microsoft to Slash Thousands of Jobs

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1 year ago

Microsoft Corporation intends to cut thousands of jobs, with some of the roles eliminated expected to come from key divisions like human resources and engineering.The layoffs would underscore a worrying trend among US technology firms. Amazon and Met...

Tesla Cuts Prices in China Again as Demand Flags

Tesla Cuts Prices in China Again as Demand Flags

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1 year ago

Tesla has trimmed its prices in China again, the second time in under three months, causing speculation of a price war as demand weakens due to monetary tightening measures taking place in developed countries around the world.The automaker has also c...

Apple Loses $1 Trillion in Market Value

Apple Loses $1 Trillion in Market Value

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1 year ago

Apple Inc’s total stock market value slipped on Tuesday, falling below $2 trillion for the first time since early 2021, exactly one year to the day the company became the first public tech company valued at $3 trillion.Apple’s shares fell 4% to $124....

Wall Street Stumbles on Worries About Rates

Wall Street Stumbles on Worries About Rates

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1 year ago

Concerns about rising interest rates are buffeting Wall Street this week. Following firmer-than-expected reports on the US economy, the Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 700 points, or 2.2%. The S&P 500 also fell, shedding 2.7%, brin...

China Markets Fall as Protests Flare over COVID Lockdowns

China Markets Fall as Protests Flare over COVID Lockdowns

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1 year ago

China’s main stock indices and its currency opened the trading week lower on Monday, after significant protests against the country’s harsh COVID-19 restrictions shook investors.The benchmark Shanghai Composite fell 2.2% in early trading. The Shenzhe...

Wheat and Corn Prices Soar After Russia Quits Grain Deal

Wheat and Corn Prices Soar After Russia Quits Grain Deal

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1 year ago

Consumer price growth in the 19 countries that use the euro has raced to 10.7% in October from 9.9% in September. This latest data is putting pressure on the European Central Bank (ECB) to act more aggressively to tackle inflation.A key inflationary...

Asian Markets Tense Over Pelosi's Possible Taiwan Visit

Asian Markets Tense Over Pelosi's Possible Taiwan Visit

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1 year ago

Asian stock markets have been shaken by growing tensions between the US and China over US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s anticipated visit to Taiwan. Markets across the region weakened on Tuesday amid expectations Pelosi wou...

Conservative Investors Hope Bond Performance Improves

Conservative Investors Hope Bond Performance Improves

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1 year ago

The first half of the year has been difficult for investors, as stocks fell, cryptocurrencies tanked, and even the supposedly less risky bond market wobbled. That bond slump is especially bad news for conservative investors, like retirees living o...

Fed Hikes Interest Rates in Biggest Jump Since 1994

Fed Hikes Interest Rates in Biggest Jump Since 1994

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1 year ago

In a widely expected move, the US Federal Reserve raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percentage point in the largest single rate hike since 1994. With this aggressive attempt to tackle scorching inflation, policymakers hope to help an ec...

10-year Treasury Yield Surges to 11-year High

10-year Treasury Yield Surges to 11-year High

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1 year ago

The 10-year US treasury bond yield surged to its highest level in 11 years, as investors mulled the likelihood of the US Federal Reserve taking even more aggressive steps to tame inflation. The yield on the all-important 10-year treasury note clim...

US Treasury Bans Americans from Buying Russian Stocks and Bonds

US Treasury Bans Americans from Buying Russian Stocks and Bonds

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1 year ago

The Biden administration has announced new trading restrictions that prohibit Americans from investing in Russian stocks and bonds. The ban is immediate and is another measure put in place by US authorities to ratchet up the financial pressure on...

Ford Announces Multi-Billion Investment to Build Electric Vehicles

Ford Announces Multi-Billion Investment to Build Electric Vehicles

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1 year ago

Ford has announced a massive $3.7 billion investment to ramp up production of electric trucks and vans, as well as a new Mustang. The investment will create 2,000 new jobs in its truck section, helping the company reach its target of 150,000 units...

Musk Tells Tesla Workers to Return to Office or Resign

Musk Tells Tesla Workers to Return to Office or Resign

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1 year ago

Companies are trying their best to balance the work from home conundrum as cases of COVID-19 diminish. Work-life balance is so important in today’s workplace, it can affect company performance.  In a recent company memo, verified by maj...

S&P 500 and Nasdaq Slide, Stoking Recession Fears

S&P 500 and Nasdaq Slide, Stoking Recession Fears

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1 year ago

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq both entered the red in the last week as concerns that aggressive moves to control decades-high inflation might send the US economy into a recession. All three major US stock indexes have lost significant ground this...

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