The IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index, a pioneering national poll on consumer confidence, declined for the fourth consecutive month. The October index fell another 3.6% after September’s 9.5% drop, moving from 48.5 last month to 46.8 this month, and remained in the negative territory for the second successive month.For the IBD/TIPP …

Natural gas contracts have hit new highs in Europe on Tuesday, as soaring prices continue to put pressure on the continent’s energy sector ahead of winter months.November delivery contracts at the Dutch TTF hub, a European benchmark for natural gas, were trading at around 118 Euros per megawatt hour just …

Early Tuesday morning in Asia, CNN came out with the news suggesting a different approach by U. S. President Joe Biden to get his infrastructures spending plan through the Senate during a group of House progressives.The Democrats said to have backed the need to trim the top line of the …

The social media giant’s stock on Monday retreated by nearly 5% in its worst daily loss since November. The decline came after Facebook’s worst outage since 2008. Facebook retreated to $315 level, however it closed Friday at $326.23 a share.The company came under additional pressure after whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed …

Tesla’s good news covers growth despite shortage of microchips and Q3 impressive sales. U.S. dealers delivered 446,997 vehicles in the U.S. in the third quarter of 2021, down 218,195 units, or almost 33%. On the contrary, Tesla delivered 241,300 vehicles in the third quarter, up about 73% compared with the …

General Motors is planning for autos to be fully electric is based upon plans to electrify its vehicle lineup after the famous U. S. company won the support of an impact investment group. The hedge fund Engine No. 1, which was announced in January when it won three seats on …

A strong spontaneous rise in the US bond yields prompted new selling around gold on Monday. The risk-off impulse, a broad-based USD weakness would help limit deeper losses as uptrend potential appears limited above $1750.After managing to close the previous week in the positive territory, gold got lower during the …

U. S. President Joe Biden torched Senate Republicans on Monday, calling them “hypocritical, dangerous, and disgraceful” for blocking Democrats’ efforts to renew the nation’s ability to pay its bills.Biden accused Republicans of refusing to do their job and abusing their power to prevent the administration from doing its duties of …

Compared to its Friday morning values, Bitcoin has gained more than 9%, regaining its previous high of $47,000.The flagship digital asset is trading at $47,762, down 0.23% on the day but up 9.08% in the last seven days.In this fourth quarter of 2021, the digital asset market has transitioned from …

Several world leaders have issues official statements denying any involvement in wrongdoing after a huge leak of millions of documents that reveal secret financial dealings of the global political elite.The Pandora Papers investigation, which involved a consortium of 600 journalists from a variety of global media outlets, is based on …