Author: adam E
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Amazon’s $7,999 Fireproof ‘Granny Flat’ Tiny Home: A Game-Changer in Affordable Living
Retail giant Amazon is offering a 20ft prefabricated home for under $8,000. This modular unit is fully customizable, allowing buyers to configure up to three bedrooms, a fully functioning kitchen, and bathroom facilities. According to the product description on Amazon, the home can be used as a ‘granny flat.’ It further claims that the expandable…
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Trump’s Tax Plan: No Income Taxes for Those Earning Under $150K?
The Trump administration has reportedly floated a new tax plan that could eliminate income taxes for individuals earning less than $150,000 a year. While details remain scarce, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick confirmed the proposal in an interview with CBS News. Trump’s Vision for Tax Cuts “I know what his goal is — no tax for…
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Trump’s Potential Defiance of Federal Courts Could Spark Constitutional Crisis
The question of what happens if the Trump administration openly defies a federal court order has hung over the United States since President Donald Trump’s second term began. If that happens, it will trigger a constitutional crisis. Now, that long-awaited crisis may be upon us. On Saturday, Trump issued a proclamation claiming the authority to…
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This Is The Average Stock Market Return Over 60 Years
Stock market returns tend to vary dramatically from year to year. But when looking at stock market performance smoothed out over many years or decades at a time — or the average stock market return — a clearer trend starts to emerge. What Is the Average Stock Market Return? The S&P 500 has returned more…
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Warren Buffett’s Strategic Cash Hoard: Analyst Says He Saw the Selloff Coming
After selling $134 billion in equities in 2024 and accumulating a $334 billion cash pile, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett appears to have anticipated the current stock market downturn, according to an analyst. As the Nasdaq remains in correction territory after tumbling more than 10% from its last peak and the S&P 500 also enters…
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EU Considers Strong Retaliation as Trump Escalates Trade War
As President Donald Trump continues enforcing high trade tariffs on foreign nations, Europe appears to be preparing a forceful response. On Thursday, Trump issued a warning of steep tariffs against the European Union, labeling the bloc “one of the most hostile and abusive taxing and tariffing authorities in the world.” He further claimed that the…
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This Recession Indicator Hasn’t Been Wrong in 59 Years: Here’s What It Says Happens Next
For the better part of the last two and a half years, “the bulls have been in firm control on Wall Street.” The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the benchmark S&P 500, and the growth-oriented Nasdaq Composite “all achieved numerous record-closing highs during the current bull market rally.” The driving forces behind this rally have been…
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Bill Ackman’s : A New-Age Berkshire Hathaway in the Making
It’s not hard to imagine why so many people want to channel Warren Buffett and his legendary firm Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-B), which has trounced markets since its inception. Undoubtedly, some doubts arose when Berkshire struggled to top the S&P 500 by a meaningful margin in recent years. In recent quarters, Buffett and Berkshire have been…
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Americans Disapprove of Trump’s Performance
Donald Trump’s economic policies are unpopular with just about everyone. Americans are unhappy with the president on just about every key issue, according to a poll published Thursday by Quinnipiac University. Just 50 days into his second term, the majority of Americans—53 percent—disapprove of Donald Trump’s performance. That’s 11 points worse than Trump scored in…
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Are Levi’s Viral Cinch Jeans Worth the Hype? We Took Them for a Test-Drive.
When it comes to jeans, it’s hard to reinvent the wheel. There are flares and skinnies, high-rise or low, but denim trends tend to oscillate back to what’s been done before. So when something fresh does finally hit the market, we take notice. Levi’s, the brand that takes credit for inventing denim altogether, has created…