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S&P 500 +16.9%, Nasdaq +20.8%, Dow +13.5%: AI, resilient consumers, cost cuts, and Fed support create one of the best years for stocks

2025 treated the market well. What a great year for stocks. S&P 500 +16.9%Dow +13.5%Nasdaq +20.8%Russell 2000 +11.3% The recipe for a great year for #stocks =The AI BoomResilient (higher income) consumersCost cuttingGood supply chain management to minimize tariffs… pic.twitter.com/YLMOg7Sh6m — Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) December 31, 2025 Today, both of our independent measures of inflation, …

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Recession Proof: Resilient Dividend Stocks

As investors navigate the fluctuating landscape of 2025, certain dividend stocks continue to stand out for their resilience and reliability. Here, I’ll discuss ten noteworthy Forever Dividend Stocks that have not only weathered the market’s volatility but have consistently rewarded their investors with steady income. McDonald’s ($MCD) remains a staple in the fast-food industry, proving …

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African Countries Are Turning to Gold… Goldman Forecasts $2,700 Gold On Resilient Chinese Demand

A growing number of African countries are turning to gold to hedge geopolitical risk and protect against currency losses. Nigeria, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Madagascar, and several other African nations have made moves to increase gold reserves, bring their gold home, and even back their currencies with the yellow metal. South Sudan is the latest country to …

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Gold retreats in NY trading, but Silver resilient, aiming for $26+/oz breakout. Something significant approaching.

Gold coming off its highs in New York trading but Silver prices refuse to be smashed!#Silver wants to challenge $26+/oz area breakout this week, perhaps even today? We are close to something big. We are close! pic.twitter.com/oGSwtWxbMx — Peter Spina ⚒ GoldSeek | SilverSeek (@goldseek) April 2, 2024 10 year yield rises to highest since …

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AP reports Russia’s resilient economy, with 2.6% growth amid Western pressure. Stable despite sanctions.

AP: Russia's economy is growing despite Western pressure After more than two years of the special operation in Ukraine, little has changed economically for most Russians. And this despite large-scale sanctions that have seriously limited Moscow’s trade with Europe, the United… pic.twitter.com/6HPQ1aUAQv — Sprinter Press (@SprinterPress) March 12, 2024 https://apnews.com/article/russia-economy-putin-election-ukraine-97a5f92113e54cd9af0aa31778069a3e An interesting graph from Sky …

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The Fed Claims the Banking System is “Sound and Resilient” — The Banks’ Balance Sheets Say Otherwise

via Douglas French The wordsmiths at the Federal Reserve wisely omitted the line about a “sound and resilient” banking system in its statement on January 31. That same day shares of New York Community Bank plunged when the bank announced a loss of thirty-six cents per share when analysts expected earnings of twenty-seven cents a share for …

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Resilient: The U.S. economy grew at a 3.3% pace in the fourth quarter, much better than expected

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/01/25/gdp-q4-2023-the-us-economy-grew-at-a-3point3percent-pace-in-the-fourth-quarter.html The economy grew much faster than expected in the final three months of 2023, as the U.S. easily skirted a recession that many forecasters had thought was inevitable, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Gross domestic product, a measure of all the goods and services produced, increased at a 3.3% annualized rate in the fourth …

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Incredibly resilient market! They will suck in everyone until the implosion…. Gamblers have been conditioned by bailout to ignore risk.

In the last 24 hours: – Mortgage rates hit +8.09%– Credit card interest rate hits record high– Car loan interest rate hits highest since 2001– Oil prices jump highest in 6 months– China planning +$137 billion stimulus– War continues on in Israel But guess what? Stocks are… — Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA (@GRDecter) October 10, 2023 …

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Credit Card Loans Delinquency Rate Highest in 10 years – The “resilient consumer” is slowly but surely closing in on the cliff

Delinquency Rate on Credit Card Loans, All Commercial Bank. The “resilient consumer” choochoo train is slowly but surely headed towards the cliff. We have been saying it almost forever, but the train is closing in slowly for the big crash. NORDSTROM: “.. we have seen delinquencies rising gradually and they are now above pre-pandemic levels, …

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The most resilient market in history…

Yes, it's extraordinarily resilient — supported now still by a Fed balance sheet that exploded. Despite their claims that they were going to reduce it, the Fed has made no real progress in QT in making it smaller. https://t.co/FeodVcuiPB — David Sommers (@dgsommersmkts) July 20, 2023

Europe is sinking towards an enormous cyclical contraction, the resilient labour market is testimony to the fact that stagflation remains the most probable scenario in Europe

by BoatSurfer600 Source: Sagar Singh LinkedIn Labour market still remains hot as shortages loom. The stagflation is upon us in Europe. pic.twitter.com/Nyt39eG6JV — The Macro Guy (@SagarSinghSetia) June 28, 2023 Remember 2008? It’s happening again! Some European countries are exhibiting activity similar to the 2008 GFC. The cyclical sectors of the economy are facing a …

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