In the second quarter of 2025, Bitcoin’s market dynamics have revealed a striking duality: massive whale sales coexisting with a price structure that defies traditional volatility patterns. This paradox is not accidental but a product of structural forces reshaping the cryptocurrency landscape. Institutional adoption, spot ETF inflows, and a maturing market infrastructure are now the […]
The St. Louis Film Office has supported more than 50 registered productions during the past year with combined budgets topping $12 million – work that has directly fueled local jobs, hotels, and production companies. Passage of Missouri’s Motion Media Tax Incentive passed in 2023 has been essential, according to the Film Office, a subset of […]
A fast-moving fire destroyed a storage shed belonging to a local landscaping business on Wednesday evening in West End. Despite the rapid response of local fire departments, the structure and nearby equipment were reduced to rubble within minutes. The fire broke out sometime between 6:30 and 7 p.m. at a property down a long dirt […]
If you buy and hold a stock for many years, you’d hope to be making a profit. But more than that, you probably want to see it rise more than the market average. Unfortunately for shareholders, while the Lithia Motors, Inc. (NYSE:LAD) share price is up 37% in the last five years, that’s less than […]
Darren415 / Getty Images/iStockphoto Economists use a variety of tools and data to predict how well or poorly the economy will do in the near-term. Experts can analyze figures like the gross domestic product (GDP), unemployment rates, inflation, commodity prices and interest rates, according to a fact sheet published on the Library of Congress website. […]
(Bloomberg) — A stroll down German streets usually reveals plenty of postwar architecture, stucco walls and increasingly, air conditioners sitting on balconies or hanging out of windows. Most homes in Germany – and in northwest Europe — don’t have AC and haven’t really needed it until heat waves became more frequent in recent years. Now that summer […]
-Messenger file photo Canadian National Railway locomotives are seen in the Fort Dodge rail yard. -Messenger file photo Canadian National Railway locomotives are seen in the Fort Dodge rail yard. Canadian National Railway, which has a rail yard in Fort Dodge and tracks throughout the area, has announced plans to invest about $38 million in […]
“Tariffs are like throwing sand into the gears of the global economy.”— David Kelly, JP Morgan Asset Management The dollar has plunged 10.8% in 2025, marking its worst start since 1973—a year defined by oil shocks, soaring inflation, and Watergate-era political turmoil. Behind the headlines, one has to wonder: Could America be headed for a […]
President Donald Trump will travel to Scotland on Friday as his family’s business prepares for the Aug. 13 opening of a new golf course in Aberdeenshire billed as “the greatest 36 holes in golf.” While there, Trump will talk trade with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, a meeting he’s said will take place at “probably […]
00:00 Speaker A in this bull market, we are seeing a lot of low volatility days, and that’s what we’re seeing right here, melt up. And I will show you the week’s action in the S&P 500 just to reiterate what we saw after the closing bell. And by the way, let’s just start with […]
