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Economic Trends News 24 October 2025 - 1 November 2025

Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 01.11.2025

ENDEDLive coverage has endedEnded: November 2, 2025, 12:00 AM EDT Crude Prices Edge Higher on Venezuelan Geopolitical Risk, Sanctions, and Demand Mix November 1, 2025, 11:50 PM EDT. Friday saw WTI and RBOB futures firm as trading focused on potential U.S. strikes on Venezuela and ongoing sanctions against Russian energy firms. The rally was tempered by a stronger dollar (DXY) and softer China PMI, suggesting mixed global demand prospects. Market attention also turning to OPEC+'s planned production path, with reports that a December hike of around 137,000 bpd could be in play, aligning with consensus. Additional support came from expectations
1 November 2025
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Gold Prices Smash All-Time Highs – Is Now the Moment to Buy or Bail?

Gold Price Skyrockets to Record Highs: Will $5,000 Come Next?

Current Price and Recent Trend As of Oct. 31, spot gold stands around $4,010 per ounce (London/NY PM fix)reuters.com. This follows a volatile week: gold had plunged from its mid-Oct peak (around $4,381 on Oct. 20reuters.com) back below $4,000 by Oct. 27ts2.techreuters.com, then rebounded into the week’s end. For example, gold jumped ~2% on Oct. 29 to roughly $4,028ts2.tech (after falling to ~$3,970 on Oct. 28) and traded near $4,004 by Oct. 30ts2.tech. On Oct. 31, it was about $4,012/ozreuters.com. Over the past few days, the swings have largely reflected Fed actions and trade news. After the U.S. Fed cut
31 October 2025
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Historic “Silver Tsunami” Rocks Markets & Main Street – 70% Silver Rally Meets $10T Baby Boomer Exodus

Historic “Silver Tsunami” Rocks Markets & Main Street – 70% Silver Rally Meets $10T Baby Boomer Exodus

In sum, two very different “silver tsunamis” are converging: one in markets, one in Main Street demographics. On the metals side, silver’s unprecedented rally has industry analysts scrambling. “Safe-haven demand, Fed rate cuts, and slack supply” have fueled the climb ts2.tech, and chart technicians point out that breaking $50 could spark further momentum. Many experts caution volatility but see room to run: as MarketBeat notes, major banks have repeatedly hiked mining stocks’ targets in October (e.g. PAAS to $47–62) marketbeat.com. Still, some analysts urge caution, pointing to the US government shutdown in early Oct 2025 as a temporary driver of
30 October 2025
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Booking Holdings (BKNG) Stock Rallies on Travel Recovery and AI Push – KeyBanc Eyes $6,450

Booking Holdings’ BKNG Stock Soars on Earnings Beat as Travel Boom Defies Economic Fears

Q3 Earnings Beat Lifts Booking Holdings Shares Online travel giant Booking Holdings delivered a strong third quarter, comfortably beating analyst expectations on both revenue and profit. Revenue for Q3 2025 came in at $9.01 billion (up ~13% year-on-year), topping the ~$8.7 billion consensus estimatereuters.comreuters.com. Adjusted earnings were $99.50 per share, likewise exceeding forecasts (analysts had expected around $95–96)reuters.com. This marks Booking’s fourth straight quarter of outperformance on both metrics247wallst.com247wallst.com. The better-than-expected results were fueled by steady travel demand and an uptick in customers booking bundled trips (flights, hotels, rental cars) on Booking’s platformreuters.com. In a statement, the Norwalk, CT-based company said that
29 October 2025
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Retail Shock: Target Slashes 1,800 Jobs — Is the Economy in Danger?

Retail Shock: Target Slashes 1,800 Jobs — Is the Economy in Danger?

Target’s Major Layoff Plan Target’s management disclosed the cuts in a memo to employees on Oct. 23. The moves mainly affect corporate and managerial roles — store and supply-chain workers are untouched reuters.com. Fiddelke, a 20-year veteran who takes over from CEO Brian Cornell next year, wrote that Target has “too many layers and overlapping work” that have made it “harder to bring ideas to life,” so simplifying the structure was essential reuters.com businessinsider.com. He asked Minneapolis HQ staff to work from home the following week as changes are implemented. Target says those losing jobs will be paid through early
28 October 2025
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Gold vs Silver Showdown: Record Prices, Key Trends & Investment Outlook 2025

Gold & Silver Prices Crash After Historic Rally – Should You Buy, Hold or Sell Now?

Gold’s recent retreat reflects changing sentiment more than broken fundamentals. As Metals Focus’s Matthew Piggott puts it, gold’s epic 2025 rally “reflects an extremely positive macro backdrop for safe-haven assets”ts2.tech. For now, though, investors will be watching Wednesday’s US Fed meeting and any news from Trump-Xi trade talks – events that could keep bullion on edge. If the Fed cuts as expected, the dollar might weaken (supporting gold long-term), but a smooth trade path would damp immediate demand for safety. In short, this pullback seems like a normal correction. Many experts are watching key levels (around ₹1.15–1.17 lakh in India,
28 October 2025
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Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 28.10.2025

ENDEDLive coverage has endedEnded: October 29, 2025, 12:00 AM EDT Colgate-Palmolive (CL) Valuation After Recent Price Slide: Undervalued or Priced for Growth? October 28, 2025, 11:56 PM EDT. Colgate-Palmolive (CL) has drifted lower, down ~3% over the past month as investors weigh results and the macro backdrop. The stock remains a defensive staple, but sentiment has cooled with broader markets. The 1-year total shareholder return of -16.6% signals fading momentum despite steady revenue and earnings growth. With shares trading at a meaningful discount to analyst targets, the big question is whether CL is undervalued or if future gains are already
28 October 2025
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Credit ‘Cockroach’ Jitters Shake Markets: Stocks Slide Globally as Gold Hits Record High

Stocks Soar on Tech Mania: Bulls Bet Big on Earnings and Rate Cuts (Bubble Fears or Boom?)

Market Rally and Fed Easing U.S. markets kicked off Oct. 27 at all-time highs. The Dow reached ~47,445, S&P 500 ~6,850 and Nasdaq ~23,529, driven by trade and Fed expectationsreuters.com. In New York, gains were broad-based – tech stocks jumped (Intel +4%), semiconductors hit a record, and even small caps (Russell 2000) rose ~1.2%reuters.com. Optimism over an impending U.S.–China trade truce (Trump meets Xi on Oct 30 to discuss tariffs) “clearly” boosted sentiment, analysts say, powering rallies in China-exposed tech and industrial firmsreuters.comts2.tech. Inflation news added fuel: September’s CPI came in slightly cooler than feared, “calming the tariff-driven inflation jitters” and virtually
27 October 2025
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FTSE 100’s Record Run: Inside London’s Blue-Chip Rally and What’s Next

FTSE 100 Soars to Record on Oil & Trade Optimism; FTSE 250 Joins Rally

London Markets Rally to New Heights Britain’s stock market is extending its dramatic October rally, with both the blue-chip FTSE 100 and mid-cap FTSE 250 indices trading near multi-year highs. The FTSE 100 closed last week at a record 9,645.62 pointsreuters.com, capping its biggest weekly gain in over six months. The domestically-focused FTSE 250 likewise jumped to 22,529, its highest level since early 2022reuters.com. Early trading on Monday, October 27 saw the FTSE 100 hover flat to slightly higher around the 9,650 marktheguardian.com, holding onto those historic gains even as some investors cashed in profits. The index was essentially steady
27 October 2025
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Stock Market on Edge: U.S. Futures Slide as US-China Trade War Heats Up

Stocks Surge on Cooling Inflation – Fed Cuts Loom, Experts Warn of Bubble

U.S. equities roared higher as fresh data showed inflation easing, boosting hopes of cheaper borrowing costs. The Labor Department’s Sept. CPI report (released Oct. 24) showed prices up only 3.0% year-on-year (core CPI 3.0%) – just shy of expectationsts2.tech. Traders seized on the news: stock futures jumped and all three major indexes closed higher on Oct. 23 (Nasdaq +0.9%, S&P 500 +0.6%, Dow +0.3%)ts2.tech. “Equities are enjoying a broadly supportive environment,” said Peter Fitzgerald, macro CIO at Aviva Investorsts2.tech, reflecting optimism that Fed easing is coming. In practical terms, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are trading near record levels (roughly 6,750
24 October 2025
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Bond Yields Plunge on Cooling Inflation – Fed Cuts and Stock Rally in Play?

Bond Yields Plunge on Cooling Inflation – Fed Cuts and Stock Rally in Play?

The delayed September inflation report – pushed back by the U.S. government shutdown – turned out a bit cooler than expected, reaffirming the narrative that price pressures are easing. The Labor Department said headline CPI rose 0.3% in September (3.0% year-on-year), slightly under the 0.4%/3.1% that economists had forecast reuters.com. Core CPI (excluding food and energy) was up 3.0% YoY (vs 3.1% expected). Wall Street greeted the news calmly, since even at 3% inflation remains above the Fed’s 2% goal. What mattered more was that the softer reading bolsters confidence in near-term rate cuts: U.S. futures now fully price in
24 October 2025
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Wall Street Feels the Heat (and Thrill): Fed Cuts, Tariffs & Mega-Mergers Set NYSE Buzz

Stock Market Today 24.10.2025

ENDEDLive coverage has endedEnded: October 26, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT Ripple Prime Officially Introduced as Hidden Road Rebrands to Global Prime Broker October 24, 2025, 1:18 PM EDT. Ripple has rebranded Hidden Road as Ripple Prime after the acquisition, positioning the group as the first to operate a global prime broker for crypto. With Brad Garlinghouse and founder Marc Asch on the briefing, the new unit will leverage Ripple's infrastructure and use the regulated RLUSD stablecoin as collateral for prime-brokerage products. The move follows Ripple's aggressive M&A, including Rail for about $200 million and, more recently, GTreasury for roughly $1
24 October 2025
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Stock Market Today

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

Seagate (STX) stock jumps nearly 6% as Citi hikes target — what to watch next week

7 February 2026
Seagate shares rose 5.9% to $429.32 Friday after Citigroup raised its price target to $480 and reiterated a buy rating. The gain ended a two-day slide but left the stock 6.6% below its Feb. 3 high. CEO Dave Mosley sold 20,000 shares on Feb. 2 under a pre-arranged plan, SEC filings show. U.S. jobs and inflation data next week are seen as key tests for tech stocks.
Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

Cummins (CMI) stock price rebounds after earnings whipsaw as investors eye data-center power demand

7 February 2026
Cummins shares jumped 6.8% to $577.73 Friday, recovering from a nearly 9% post-earnings drop the day before. The company reported Q4 revenue up 1% to $8.54 billion, took a $218 million charge tied to its hydrogen business, and guided for 2026 EBITDA of 17–18% of sales. Demand for data center generators offset weakness in North American truck markets. Analyst reaction was mixed; Truist raised its price target.
Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

Corning stock hits first record close since 2000 as jobs, CPI data loom

7 February 2026
Corning shares surged 8.3% to $122.16 Friday, their highest close since the dot-com era, after Meta agreed to buy up to $6 billion in fiber-optic cables. The stock is up 40% since late 2025, fueled by strong first-quarter guidance and AI data-center demand. Insiders sold shares following the rally, SEC filings show. Investors await next week’s U.S. jobs and inflation data for rate signals.
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