Author: Money Mechanics

Three beachfront Florida homes made it onto Redfin’s ranking of the 10 most expensive sales of the whole year.  A 5-acre compound in coastal Miami known as the Banyan Ridge Estate sold for $101.5 million last month, making it the most expensive U.S. home sale of December and the fourth most expensive sale of 2025.  It’s followed by two beachfront Palm Beach estates, both of which also broke onto our ranking of 2025’s most expensive U.S. home sales, fetching $97.5 million and $66.1 million, respectively.  All in all, six of December’s 10 priciest home sales were located in coastal Florida.…

Key Takeaways Nike could be set to join an exclusive club of stocks called the dividend aristocrats this year, a move that could make it more attractive to investors.In order to become a dividend aristocrat, companies must raise their dividend annually for 25 or more years straight. Nike’s stock could be set to join an exclusive club.   If the sports apparel giant raises its dividend again this year—as it’s widely expected to—the stock will join what’s known as the dividend aristocrats, a subset of S&P 500 companies that have raised their dividends annually for at least 25 years in a…

(BOE Report) – Russia’s federal budget revenues from oil and gas dropped by 24% in 2025 to the lowest level since 2020, according to Finance Ministry data, as oil prices fell while the rouble appreciated. Oil and gas revenue is the leading source of cash for the Kremlin, making up a quarter of federal budget proceeds that have been drained by heavy defence and security spending since Russia began its military campaign in Ukraine in February 2022. The ministry reported that oil and gas revenues fell last year to 8.48 trillion roubles ($108.03 billion), compared to 11.13 trillion roubles in…

Key Takeaways ARK Invest CEO Cathie Wood, known for big bets on disruptive technologies, said she sees strong gains for U.S. equities in the next few years. Wood suggested falling interest rates, tax cuts, and deregulation could help support investments in technology that spur growth. Worries about an AI bubble have some on Wall Street expecting the market’s brisk pace of recent gains to cool down this year. Not Cathie Wood. The ARK Invest CEO, known for big bets on disruptive technologies, last week said she believes markets could be headed for a “Golden Age” over the next three years. Wood…

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the German economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Germany’s closely followed Ifo index of business sentiment fell to its lowest level at the end of 2025 since the spring. “The year is ending without any sense of optimism,” the Ifo institute noted succinctly. But to some economists, this feeling of gloom in the Eurozone’s largest economy is misplaced — at least, in part. Not only did the single currency zone prove more economically resilient than expected in 2025, but additional growth drivers are also poised to kick in over the coming…

PCE inflation data, Q4 earnings season, Supreme Court tariff ruling, Davos World Economic Forum will be in focus in the holiday-shortened week ahead. GE Aerospace is primed for an earnings-fueled rally this week. United Airlines could hit turbulence on soft results and sector headwinds. Looking for actionable trade ideas for the week ahead? Subscribe to unlock access to InvestingPro’s AI-selected stock winners for 55% off! U.S. stocks dipped on Friday, closing the week with modest losses for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500, and the Nasdaq, as traders weighed the latest comments made by President Donald Trump related to…

U.S. Representative Ro Khanna speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 18, 2025.Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesCalifornia Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna on Friday reintroduced a bill that would curb institutional investors from buying up housing,  leveraging a similar call made recently by President Donald Trump.Trump said in a Truth Social post on Jan. 7 that he would be “immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from buying more single-family homes.”Trump’s remark was one of a flurry of populist economic moves by the president as he races to address voter concerns about affordability ahead of the…

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YouTube megastar Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson has built an empire on viral stunts and massive cash giveaways. Now, according to Business Insider, he’s planning to launch a YouTube channel focused on financial literacy, to teach his hundreds of millions of followers about investing and topics like what are Roth IRAs (1). The timing raises eyebrows. Donaldson’s Beast Industries is simultaneously launching MrBeast Financial, a financial services business that could include student loans and insurance products (1). Is there a potential issue? If a creator with MrBeast-level influence markets products while simultaneously offering education about those same products, the line between advice…

After conducting a comparative analysis of an advent of exhaustion by the and futures on the last day of this week, I anticipate that the advent of reversal by ratio, after testing this week’s low at 49.47, current at 51,86, look evident enough to have a inverse corelation between the silver, gold and XAU/XAG ratio as both the precious metals have experienced an exhaustion despite testing their record highs this week.Undoubtedly, silver futures are set to lead this exhaustion, dropping 4.50% on Friday, while gold fell about 0.74% with four hours left until the week’s close.The fall in both precious…