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NEW YORK – Gold has long been the world’s most trusted safe-haven asset, but in 2025 it has taken on an almost mythic status. Prices have surged to unprecedented levels, breaching $4,000 an ounce for the first time in history this week and sparking speculation that the metal could
By Nick Ravenshade for NENC Media Group October 7, 2025 The S&P 500 pushed to fresh closing highs again this week as investor appetite for AI-linked winners and hopes for eventual Federal Reserve easing prop up a market that’s extended its run despite a looming government shutdown
By Nick Ravenshade for NENC Media Group October 6, 2025 Advanced Micro Devices shares surged roughly 25% on Monday after the company and OpenAI announced a sweeping multi-year computing pact that will have OpenAI deploy AMD’s next-generation Instinct GPUs at massive scale — and gives the ChatGPT maker a staged
By Nick Ravenshade for NENC Media Group October 5, 2025 Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon issued a blunt warning this week that investor euphoria around artificial intelligence could give way to a painful pullback in equities within the next 12 to 24 months — a “drawdown” that, in his words, “people
By Nick Ravenshade — NENC Media Group October 3, 2025 In a formal step toward the end of an era, Berkshire Hathaway’s board has amended the company’s bylaws to separate the roles of chairman and chief executive officer — a housekeeping measure that paves the way for longtime lieutenant Greg
By Nick Ravenshade — NENC Media Group October 3, 2025 European equity markets stretched a recent winning streak into Friday, extending gains after touching fresh record highs this week as investors cheered stronger-than-expected sector news, rotating into banks and miners and pricing a higher probability of Federal Reserve rate cuts later
By Nick Ravenshade — NENC Media Group October 2, 2025 Global semiconductor stocks surged on Thursday in one of the sector’s most violent single-day rallies this year, with investors adding roughly $200 billion to chipmakers’ collective market value as a string of AI-related deals, strategic investments and upbeat demand signals
By Nick Ravenshade — NENC Media Group October 1, 2025 Bitcoin opened October with a spirited rally that sent the world’s largest cryptocurrency back above the six-figure mark and renewed talk of an “Uptober” — the seasonal phenomenon in which Bitcoin often posts outsized gains in October. Prices traded in the
By Nick Ravenshade — October 1, 2025 U.S. stocks climbed on Monday as a rebound in Nvidia and a surprise, record-setting takeover bid for Electronic Arts sent investors rotating back into growth and tech names, lifting the S&P 500 after a week of jitters around an approaching government
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