Oil prices increase for a fourth straight day this week.  The EIA report on Wednesday revealed Cushing Crude Supply fell to a seven-year low.  The US Dollar Index trades lower as the focus shifts to the European Central Bank interest-rate decision.  Crude Oil trades higher for a fourth consecutive day…

In 2024, Bitcoin (BTC) recorded triple-digit gains and even breached the long-awaited milestone price of $100,000 in early December. Despite BTC’s significant rise throughout the year, Finbold research found that the semiconductor giant Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) delivered even higher returns than Bitcoin. An investment in Bitcoin made at the start…

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India’s industrial output rose 3.5% year-on-year in October, government data showed on Thursday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected a growth of 3.5%. Manufacturing output rose 4.1% year-on-year in October, electricity generation grew 2% and mining activity was up 0.9%, the data showed. The sectors had…

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By John Kruzel and Andrew Chung WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump’s return to the presidency is expected to precipitate a shift in the U.S. government’s legal stance in major cases pending at the Supreme Court, including a closely watched dispute involving Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors. After Trump succeeds Democrat Joe Biden on Jan. 20, other big cases in which the new administration could change positions include ones involving the largely untraceable firearms called “ghost guns,” nuclear waste storage, flavored vape products and securities fraud, according to legal experts. Trump on Wednesday tapped Republican congressman…

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The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by an “historic” 50 basis points. Then, interest rates soared. Wait. What? The Federal Funds Rate is a target (technically a target range) that influences short-term rates in the economy. Money market funds, for example, pay interest based on this benchmark. They pay 0.5%…