The ways that politics impacts the stock market are often indirect and hard to measure. But early in President Donald Trump's term, there were certainly people predicting that his unorthodox economic and trade policies would cause problems for the U.S. economy. With the S&P 500 up by around 14% over the first 12 months of his term, it's clear that Trump hasn't hurt equity performance as much as so...
The ways that politics impacts the stock market are often indirect and hard to measure. But early in President Donald Trump's term, there were certainly people predicting that his unorthodox economic and trade policies would cause problems for the U.S. economy. With the S&P 500 up by around 14% over the first 12 months of his term, it's clear that Trump hasn't hurt equity performance as much as some expected he would. That figure is higher than the index's average annualized return of around 10% over the last 30 years, but well below its 23% gain in 2024. That said, investors hate uncertainty, and Trump offers it in spades. It is unclear how much longer his honeymoon period will last before reality sets in on Wall Street. Trump's trade wars and tariffs could still affect the stock market in 2026, and one equity valuation metric in particular is flashing a warning that hasn't been seen since the dot-com bubble . Continue reading
Operation Of Australia's Largest Coal Power Station Extended To 2029 Authored by Rex Widerstrom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The 2,880-megawatt Eraring coal-fired power station will continue to operate until 2029 , operator Origin Energy has announced. Eraring coal-fired power station, the largest in Australia, on the shores of Lake Macquarie southeast of Newcastle in New South Wales, Aust...
Operation Of Australia's Largest Coal Power Station Extended To 2029 Authored by Rex Widerstrom via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The 2,880-megawatt Eraring coal-fired power station will continue to operate until 2029 , operator Origin Energy has announced. Eraring coal-fired power station, the largest in Australia, on the shores of Lake Macquarie southeast of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia. Nick Pitsas/CSIRO The facility is the country’s largest power station by output and is situated on the banks of Lake Macquarie, north of Sydney in New South Wales (NSW). In an announcement to the ASX ( pdf ), Origin said the move would reduce risks to system security , highlighted by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) in its recent Transition Plan for System Security . That report warned that, in NSW alternative energy assets required to “maintain system security are not currently scheduled to be operational before the announced retirement date of Eraring Power Station.” “We’ve taken the decision to extend Eraring’s operations after assessing a range of factors, including the needs of our customers, market conditions and the important role the plant plays in the NSW energy system,” Origin CEO Frank Calabria said. “Good progress has been made on the delivery of new energy infrastructure, including major transmission works and projects like our large-scale battery at Eraring, but it has become clear Eraring Power Station will need to run for longer to support [a] secure and stable power supply.” The decision is aimed at providing more time for the delivery of renewables, storage, and transmission projects, he said. It also reflected uncertainty about the reliability of Australia’s ageing coal and gas fleet. The company originally planned to close it in 2025 , then extended it to August 2027 after the NSW Labor government struck a $450 million risk-sharing deal for the ageing facility, which committed the state to covering a percentage of losses up to $225 mil...
The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off at Launch Complex 36 in its second launch attempt at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on November 13, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. | Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images SpaceX has the most internet-beaming satellites in its constellation, but the competition is coming, and now Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin, has announced the TeraWave n...
The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket lifts off at Launch Complex 36 in its second launch attempt at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on November 13, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. | Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images SpaceX has the most internet-beaming satellites in its constellation, but the competition is coming, and now Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin, has announced the TeraWave network. It says TeraWave will offer bandwidth of up to 6Tb available anywhere on Earth, for both upload and download. The only wrinkle? Even after satellite deployments are scheduled to start near the end of 2027, you probably won't be able to connect directly. That's by design, as former Amazon Alexa boss and current Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp said in a post that it's "purpose-built for enterprise customers." Blue Origin's network has a "multi-orbit" design of 5,408 … Read the full story at The Verge.
J.B. Hunt Transport shares hit the 20%-25% profit zone. The post Stock Market Applauds Greenland Deal As Nasdaq, Dow, S&P 500 Find Buyers At Key Levels appeared first on Investor's Business Daily .
J.B. Hunt Transport shares hit the 20%-25% profit zone. The post Stock Market Applauds Greenland Deal As Nasdaq, Dow, S&P 500 Find Buyers At Key Levels appeared first on Investor's Business Daily .
Websites that authenticate users through links and codes sent in text messages are imperiling the privacy of millions of people, leaving them vulnerable to scams, identity theft, and other crimes, recently published research has found. The links are sent to people seeking a range of services, including those offering insurance quotes, job listings, and referrals for pet sitters and tutors. To elim...
Websites that authenticate users through links and codes sent in text messages are imperiling the privacy of millions of people, leaving them vulnerable to scams, identity theft, and other crimes, recently published research has found. The links are sent to people seeking a range of services, including those offering insurance quotes, job listings, and referrals for pet sitters and tutors. To eliminate the hassle of collecting usernames and passwords—and for users to create and enter them—many such services instead require users to provide a cell phone number when signing up for an account. The services then send authentication links or passcodes by SMS when the users want to log in. Easy to execute at scale A paper published last week has found more than 700 endpoints delivering such texts on behalf of more than 175 services that put user security and privacy at risk. One practice that jeopardizes users is the use of links that are easily enumerated, meaning scammers can guess them by simply modifying the security token, which usually appears at the right of a URL. By incrementing the token—for instance, by first changing 123 to 124 or ABC to ABD and so on—the researchers were able to access accounts belonging to other users. From there, the researchers could view personal details, such as partially completed insurance applications. Read full article Comments