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US retail sales post first decline in nine months in July

U.S. retail sales declined in July for the first time in nine months, according to a Commerce Department report released on Friday. The drop, which was the largest in 14 months, signals a marked slowdown in consumer spe…

The SpaceX Transformation: From Space Pioneer to AI Powerhouse

SpaceX (SPCX) captured investor attention once again this week as investors digested a series of rapid developments that are fundamentally reshaping the company’s valuation story. What began as a pure-play commercial sp…

USD/CAD Price Forecast: Bears target the 200-day SMA

USD/CAD extends its decline farther below 1.4000 on Friday and heads for a third consecutive weekly loss. At the time of writing, the pair trades around 1.3877, at levels last seen in early July.

Adventurous ETFs for Betting On or Against the Fed

Guessing what the Federal Reserve is going to do next is an increasingly difficult task. For some time, the war in Iran bolstered the possibility that the central bank would have to raise rates at some point this year t…

Risk Management Is Real Diversification

For decades, the investment industry has promoted diversification as the answer to risk. Own stocks. Own bonds. Add a few additional asset classes. Rebalance periodically. The assumption was simple: different investment…