July 16, 2025

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Investors

Why the stock market rally may mislead investors in 2025

Manali Pradhan  |  The Motley Fool Vance calls crypto ‘hedge’ against inflation, bad policies Vice President JD Vance said Bitcoin’s independence offers access to those denied banking over political beliefs, including support for gun rights. Investors have gotten good news lately. The U.S. stock market reacted positively to a stable unemployment rate of 4.1 % in

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Investors

World shares are mixed as investors focus on tariffs and earnings

BANGKOK — World shares were mixed on Monday as investors focused on tariffs and corporate earnings updates. An announcement over the weekend by U.S. President Donald Trump that he plans 30% tariffs on goods from Mexico and the European Union had a modest immediate impact, as analysts said they expected progress toward trade deals before

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Crypto

California Passes Bill Allowing State Agencies to Accept Cryptocurrency Payments | Sponsored

California is in the process of passing several bills designed to further its crypto regulation and acceptance within the state. The Golden State is aiming to establish itself as the most crypto-advanced state in the country by enabling government agencies to accept cryptocurrency payments, while also passing a law that would enable it to seize

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Investment

Which investment builds more wealth over time?

David Jagielski  |  The Motley Fool S&P 500, Nasdaq hit record closing highs amid trade deal hopes All three major U.S. stock indexes posted weekly gains, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq confirmed it entered a bull market since its post-“Liberation Day” trough on April 8. Lisa Bernhard has more. Putting money into real estate and stocks

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Investors

Can Trump fix the national debt? Republican senators, many investors, and even Musk have doubts.

“All of this rhetoric about cutting trillions of dollars of spending has come to nothing — and the tax bill codifies that,” said Michael Strain, director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a right-leaning think tank. “There is a level of concern about the competence of Congress and this administration and that

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Investors

Elon Musk, Republican senators, many investors have doubts that Trump can fix national debt

The White House has viciously lashed out at anyone who has voiced concern about the debt snowballing under Trump, even though it did exactly that in his first term after his 2017 tax cuts. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. White House press secretary

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Can Trump fix the US debt? Even Elon Musk has doubts

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump faces the challenge of convincing Republican senators, global investors, voters and even Elon Musk that he won’t bury the federal government in debt with his multitrillion-dollar tax breaks package. The response so far from financial markets has been skeptical as Trump seems unable to trim deficits as promised. “All

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Investors

Trump’s role in historic downturns

No other president over the last 75 years has come close to duplicating this dubious feat. Sean Williams  |  The Motley Fool US stock markets continue to plunge after Trump’s tariff rollout US stock futures dropped sharply extending a massive two-day sell-off that erased over $5.4 trillion in market value. The S&P 500 is approaching bear

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Stock market today: Global shares skid as investors await more Trump tariffs

HONG KONG — Global shares were mostly lower Friday as investors mulled uncertainties brought by U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs. The future for the S&P 500 lost 0.4% and that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated 0.2%. In Europe, Germany’s DAX declined 0.6% to 22,537.65 and the CAC 40 in France slid 0.5%

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