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According to Larry Tentarelli, chief technical strategist and founder of Blue Chip Daily Trend Report, gold is a smart investment idea as government budget deficits grow, and interest rate cuts are likely to be an additional tailwind. Gold has risen as a safe haven, in part due to the widening of the U.S. government’s budget deficit. Tentarelli said it is likely to rise further as the deficit reduction does not progress. Tentarelli likes gold anyway, but sees a lot of upside potential if the Federal Reserve starts lowering its cost of funds to stimulate the economy. Historically, gold prices have…

Indian markets recorded their first one-day drop in more than four years on Tuesday after the actual election results deviated significantly from exit polls and market participants’ expectations.The S&P BSE Sensex plunged over 4,000 points and the Nifty50 closed below 22,000, recording its first single-session drop in over four years.The Nifty Midcap and Nifty Smallcap indexes recorded their biggest ever decline in absolute terms, while the Nifty Bank index fell nearly 8 per cent.Sector-wise, buying was witnessed in the FMCG sector, while selling was seen in the public sector, infrastructure and CPSE indices, which fell by over 15 per cent…

Let’s take a look at the companies that are making waves before the opening. Intel — Shares rose more than 1% in the premarket after the company unveiled new artificial intelligence chips aimed at competing with products from rivals Nvidia and AMD. Despite the AI ​​boom, Intel is down nearly 40% year to date, while Nvidia and AMD are up 132% and 11%, respectively, over the same period. GameStop — GameStop fell 2% after rising 21% on Monday amid speculation that meme stock trader Keith Gill may have a major position in the video game retailer. The Wall Street Journal…

Here’s a look at the companies that made headlines in midday trading: GameStop — The meme stock surged 21% in volatile trading amid speculation that Keith Gill, who sparked 2021’s epic short selling, holds a huge position in the video game retailer. Gill, known on Reddit as DeepF——Value, resurfaced Sunday night, posting a screenshot of what appeared to be his portfolio holding 5 million shares of GameStop common stock worth more than $100 million. He also held 120,000 call options on GameStop. Another meme stock, AMC, soared 11.1%. Both companies were also affected by technical issues on the New York…

As the market nears the start of summer, Bitcoin may see a slump in June. The flagship cryptocurrency rose 13% in May, its eighth monthly gain in the past nine months and its best month since February, when it surged 44%, according to Coin Metrics. This was due to an Ethereum-led rally last week, which came before the SEC approved rule changes to allow Ethereum ETFs in the U.S., sending the cryptocurrency soaring 20% ​​in two days. Currently, companies looking to sponsor an Ethereum ETF must file an S-1 registration form for each individual fund. Until then, Bitcoin ETFs and…

Paramount CNBC’s David Ferber reported on Monday that the company and Skydance have agreed to merger terms, and Ferber said a deal could be announced soon.Paramount’s special committee and the buyout consortium — private equity firms Redbird Capital and David Ellison’s Skydance, backed by KKR — have agreed to the terms, and Faber said Monday they are awaiting approval from Shari Redstone, owner of National Amusements and Paramount’s controlling shareholder, who owns 77 percent of Paramount’s Class A shares.The terms of the agreement were reached following several weeks of discussions and recent competing proposals from Apollo Global Management and Sony…

Bank of America is expected to tweak the language of its environmental and social risk policy and lift restrictions on lending to gun makers and parts of the energy sector. At issue is a sentence published in the June 2022 version of the bank’s Environmental and Social Risk Policy Framework that reads: “Based on the proper application of our risk framework and enhanced due diligence, the Bank has determined that it is not currently able to engage in the following activities.” This sentence is the end of a paragraph that separates two “business restrictions” in Bank of America’s 2022 Framework.…

Hello and welcome to a new episode of ET MARKET WATCH, a podcast that brings you daily market updates. I’m Neha Vashishth Mahajan and I’m here to bring you today’s highlights.The Sensex index hit a record high of 76,738 in intraday projections after the exit polls. And that’s not all, the market surged on Monday.Both the Nifty50 and the BSE Sensex closed at record highs, crossing 23,250 and 76,400 respectively. The surge came after exit polls over the weekend suggested the recently concluded general elections would see Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government secure a third term.The Sensex index rose 2,507…

Ford Motor Co. is transforming an abandoned train station that for decades has been a notorious symbol of Detroit’s decline and decay into a new technology campus for the automaker and a mixed-use facility for the city.Michael Weiland / CNBCDetroit – Ford The Motor City’s latest project is the restoration and reopening of an abandoned train station that for decades was a symbol of Detroit’s decline and is now home to a new tech campus for an automaker.The $950 million project includes the 18-story former train station called Michigan Central Station, which was once the state’s signature transportation building, as…

Cityscape: Yeni Camii Mosque, Topkapi Palace and Hagia Sophia on the Golden Horn of the Bosphorus River, Istanbul, Turkey Tim Graham | Getty ImagesTurkey’s inflation rate rose above 75% in May from 69.8% in April, and economists expect it to peak before prices start to fall.According to the government agency, Turkish Statistical Institute, consumer prices rose 75.45% in May from a year earlier and 3.37% on a monthly basis.The highest annual price increases were in the education (104.8%), residential (93.2%) and hotels, cafes and restaurants (92.9%) sectors.Economists had previously predicted that inflation in this country of 85 million people would…