Wall Street’s week in review
Liz Ann Saunders, chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab, speaks on Barron's Roundtable about market growth and her outlook as 2024 draws to a close. -Stocks end shortened Christmas week lower, but it's not all bad news -Apple hones in on new milestone as first U.S. company – Immigration debate intensifies as tech industry supports […]
Automakers that pushed back EV goals and plans in 2024
Boyden Gray PLLC Partner Michael Buschbacher speaks with The Bottom Line about his concerns about electric vehicle mandates. In response to weak consumer demand for EVs in the automotive market, several major automakers have adjusted their electric vehicle (EV) goals and scaled back their plans for 2024. Automakers are not abandoning EVs and continue to […]
Biden Shelled Out $80,000,000,000 For IRS Enforcement. Congress Has Already Revoked Half Of It.
Congress rescinded tens of billions of dollars from a government agency in December that Republicans have long accused of being weaponized against taxpayers and corporations. Lawmakers’ stopgap spending bill, signed into law by President Joe Biden on Dec. 20 to fund the government through March 2025, notably cut $20 billion in supplemental funding for the […]
‘It Was A Car Wreck’: Fox Business Guest Says Congress, Americans ‘Got Hooked’ On Gov’t Spending Binge
Economist Brian Wesbury said Thursday that both Congress and Americans “got hooked” on the federal government’s spending binge during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took office in January 2021, prices rose by over 20%, while the Consumer Price Index (CPI) reached a high of 9% in June 2022, […]
Trump’s Net Worth Skyrocketed In 2024
President-elect Donald Trump’s net worth climbed to $6.1 billion in 2024 despite his facing various legal challenges, according to Forbes. Trump’s net worth was around $2.5 billion early in 2024, according to Forbes. Trump’s majority stake in Truth Social’s parent company, Trump Media & Technology Group, largely contributed to his growth in net worth this […]
Some big worker strikes took place in the United States in 2024
FOX Business' Madison Alworth and the “Morning with Maria” panel discuss the latest information on the coordinated picketing efforts of Amazon warehouse workers in the days before Christmas. Workers' strikes became a major issue in 2024. Tens of thousands of workers, from longshoremen to Starbucks baristas, have left their jobs in conflict with management. While […]
FDA raises Costco egg recall to highest risk level over salmonella fears
Celebrity chef and restaurateur Andrew Gruel shares his thoughts on the FDA's new dietary guidelines and ultra-processed foods on Varney & Co. Hundreds of thousands of eggs sold at Costco as part of a recall issued last month are contaminated with Salmonella bacteria and can cause serious health problems and death if ingested, according to […]
‘Beg And Plead’: Why Big Tech Is Falling In Line With Trump
In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential victory, Big Tech companies became central hubs of the so-called “resistance” against him, firing up censorship and deplatforming campaigns, culminating in the then-former president’s banishment from Facebook and Twitter after the Jan. 6, 2021 riot. Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Google founder Sergei Brin famously led […]
Stocks have wild week after Fed move, inflation data
Bob Dole, CEO and CIO of Crossmark Global Investments, joined Craman Countdown to explain how he thinks the incoming Trump administration will impact the market. . -Stock prices have finished a volatile week ahead of the Christmas holidays. -Federal Reserve conducts silly holiday interest rate cuts -President-elect scores major investments in the US -Cryptocurrency elites […]
Group behind viral ‘Hawk Tuah’ star’s meme coin hit with lawsuit over crash
Former Valkyrie CIO and co-founder Steven McClurg unpacks the Trump administration's impact on cryptocurrencies in “The Claman Countdown.” The group behind the meme coin named after the viral “Hawk to a Girl” Hayley Welch has been hit with a blow. lawsuit Comments from investors after the $HAWK coin plummeted within hours of its launch. The […]