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Stock Market Today Twitter stock sold off on news Elon Musk no longer wants to buy the social media platform.Stocks closed lower on Monday following weekend reports that China initiated a new round of restrictions to combat rising cases of COVID-19. The directives included a week-long shutdown of non-essential businesses in the Chinese gambling hub… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Snaps Win Streak as Twitter Drags on Tech | Kiplinger

cryptocurrency Decentralized finance, or DeFi, is rife with wild growth opportunities and scam potential alike. This primer should help investors get their bearings.It’s no secret that understanding the traditional finance world is challenging. Unfortunately, making sense of decentralized finance (DeFi) is even harder.  Decentralized finance is a growing collection of financial tools built on top… Continue reading The DeFi Dictionary: Your Guide to Decentralized Finance | Kiplinger

stocks Our preview of the upcoming week’s earnings reports includes JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Delta Air Lines (DAL) and UnitedHealth Group (UNH).Second-quarter earnings season kicks off this week with several large financial firms – including JPMorgan Chase (JPM, $114.67) – set to report. Other notable names on the earnings calendar include air carrier Delta Air Lines… Continue reading JPMorgan Chase Kicks Off Q2 Earnings Season | Kiplinger

Stock Market Today A far-better-than-expected June employment situation might tamp down recessionary fears, but it also might clear the Fed for more aggressive rate-hiking.A whopper of a June jobs report landed in Wall Street’s lap Friday morning, and it kept investors and traders guessing all session. Anyone looking to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Stocks Finish Mixed After Boffo Jobs Report | Kiplinger

Stock Market Today Signs that the Federal Reserve’s tactics might indeed be pushing back on inflation helped lift stocks to yet another win Thursday.The S&P 500 matched its longest winning streak of the year Thursday as data continued to suggest that the Federal Reserve just might have some breathing room soon. The Department of Labor… Continue reading Stock Market Today: S&P Surges to Fourth Gain in a Row | Kiplinger

cryptocurrency Fashion is one of the purest forms of self-expression. Digital fashion simply brings this to a new medium – and could be worth billions in just a few years.From Big Tech boardrooms to podcasts and tweets, the metaverse hype is everywhere. However, as with many emerging technologies, excitement around the expected future impact often… Continue reading What Is Digital Fashion, And Why Is It Important? | Kiplinger

There’s been a lot of talk lately about the dreaded “R” word: Recession. It conjures up scary images the make us think of one even more dreaded word: Depression. In reality, recessions are not uncommon. There have been 48 recessions in U.S. history and 15 recessions, including the Great Depression, in modern history. The most… Continue reading Is a Recession Ahead? | Kiplinger

The major indexes spent most of the day bouncing around as investors awaited the mid-afternoon release of the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s June policy-setting meeting, where the central bank issued its first 75 basis-point rate hike in nearly three decades. A basis point is one-one hundredth of a percentage point. The meeting minutes revealed… Continue reading Stock Market Today: Stocks Sprint Higher After Fed Minutes | Kiplinger