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Jim Wyckoff has spent over 25 years involved with the stock, financial and commodity markets. He was a financial journalist with the FWN newswire service for many years, including stints as a reporter on the rough-and-tumble commodity futures trading floors in Chicago and New York. As a journalist, he has covered every futures market traded in the U.S., at one time or another. Jim is the proprietor of the "Jim Wyckoff on the Markets" analytical, educational and trading advisory service. Jim also worked as a ...

Joining us now to discuss it all is the former CEO of Ford, CNBC contributor Mark Fields. Mark, good to have you. Um, haven't talked to you since the Ford announcement and you know, obviously what a difference a year makes in terms of the landscape here domestically for EVs. Does it make sense to you and sort of how do you think about 26 when it comes to the domestic market.Yeah. Well, when you think about the the automakers and the announcements you've seen from Ford and GM this year and and I'm sure GM's ...

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 The final season of "Stranger Things" is breaking records for streaming giant Netflix Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) and could provide a boost to fourth-quarter financial results. The final episode could also boost movie theater stocks like AMC Entertainment Holdings (NYSE:AMC)  and Cinemark Holdings Inc (NYSE:CNK) , marking a rare win for both movie theaters and streaming.AMC Entertainment Hldgs shares are approaching critical lows. Why is AMC stock at lows?"Stranger Things" FinaleNetflix split the fifth and final se ...

Key Takeaways First Majestic shares soared 205% in a year, outperforming the broader industry's strong gains.AG sold the Del Toro mine and acquired Gatos Silver, lifting production and strengthening scale.First Majestic posted record Q3 cash flow as higher output and surging silver prices boosted the results.First Majestic Silver Corp. (AG) shares have skyrocketed 205.1% over the past year compared with the industry's upsurge of 201.7%. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research What’s Aiding First Majestic?Po ...

Key Takeaways CIFR signed 10- and 15-year AI/HPC hosting deals with Fluidstack and Amazon Web Services.CIFR is locked in for about $8.5B of AI/HPC lease payments, with revenues expected to be generated in 2026.CIFR grew AI hosting from zero to 544 MW in one quarter, with a 3.2 GW pipeline.Cipher Mining’s (CIFR) AI and high-performance computing (HPC) expansion is clearly taking shape, supported by long-term contracts, visible execution and a rapidly scaling pipeline that reshapes the company’s growth profil ...

Whether you’d like to become a multi-millionaire or build up a modest cushion for retirement, having $20,000 in your investment and bank accounts might not seem too impressive. After all, you might dwell on how you still have several years or decades before reaching your target number. However, money expert Humphrey Yang believes that reaching this money milestone gives you the flexibility to make better decisions and sets you on a path toward accelerated wealth. In a recent YouTube video, he discussed si ...

Meta Platforms is plowing ahead in the AI arms race, snapping up fast-rising startup Manus for more than $2 billion in a lightning deal that delivers a revenue-generating AI agent business — and draws fresh scrutiny over the new acquisition’s Chinese roots.The sale, which was reported by The Wall Street Journal, caps a meteoric eight-month run for the Singapore-based startup. It was generating more than $125 million in annual revenue and was valued at $500 million in its last funding round before Meta swoop ...

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