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Key Takeaways A strong earnings report helped boost a U.S. major carmaker on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, while receding gold prices dragged down shares of a mining giant.General Motors shares surged after the vehicle manufacturer beat quarterly estimates and said tariff costs should be lower than previously forecasted.Shares of Newmont, the world’s largest gold producer, moved lower as prices of the precious metal fell from their all-time highs. Shares of a big U.S. automaker zipped higher Tuesday following better-than-expected earnings, while a top miner’s stock fell with a slip in gold prices. Major U.S. equities indexes finished the day mixed…

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Crypto retail checkouts now have two levers that can move quickly, merchant rails that reduce processing cost, and consumer apps that toggle on crypto buying and spending.Walmart’s OnePay sits at the intersection of both, as a recent Zero Hash partnership allows the app to support Bitcoin and Ethereum trading, hosted wallets, peer-to-peer transfers, and on-chain deposits and withdrawals if the operator enables those features.According to the Zero Hash documentation, custody would be with Zero Hash entities, and execution would be supported by an affiliated liquidity services unit. Pricing can include a spread in addition to any platform fee.The hinge is…

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When you receive your 2026 Social Security payment is determined, with a few exceptions, by your date of birth. However, if you received Social Security before May 1997 or are receiving both Social Security & SSI, Social Security is paid on the 3rd and SSI on the 1st. If your payment date falls on a federal holiday or weekend, you can expect to receive that month’s payment on the weekday immediately prior.The official COLA increase has been delayed until this Friday. For now, we can take a look at 2026 COLA estimates that are based on two of the three…

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We are experiencing unprecedented demand for physical precious metals at BullionStar. Last week, we saw record demand both in terms of sales revenue and number of orders. Despite our recent counter expansion in the Bullion Center, allowing us to serve up to ten customers concurrently, the record demand has resulted in substantial queuing times. Several days last week, we had more than 100 customers in queue, with waiting times reaching up to five hours despite all counters being open. Our philosophy has always been to stock up aggressively across the board at the first sign of physical shortage. This approach…

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Dave:More buyers are canceling their contracts right now, which is a little bit scary for sellers, but presents a big opportunity for buyers. Moody’s Analytics just released their long range housing price forecast and we’ve got frauds on the rise in real estate that you need to keep an eye out for this and more on today’s episode of On the Market. Hey everyone, welcome to On the Market. I’m Dave Meyer. Joined today by Kathy Fettke, Henry Washington and James Dainard back together after all being together in person at BP. K. It was so nice to see all…

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Key Takeaways ChatGPT can be a resource for retirement planning questions, but it doesn’t replace the advice of a human financial advisor. When using ChatGPT for research, be sure to check the sources of the information ChatGPT is using to answer your question. Take your ChatGPT answers with you as you discuss your in-depth retirement plans with a human financial advisor. ChatGPT is ready for your retirement planning questions. It can provide answers on subjects such as deciding when to collect Social Security, estimating medical costs, and choosing which retirement accounts to tap first to minimize taxes. But should you…

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