Monthly mortgage payments decline for first time since 2020: Analysis

A slowdown in inflation is finally being felt in the housing sector, with mortgage payments falling for the first time in four years. The median mortgage payment fell 0.1% in the four weeks to Aug. 18 to $2,587 at an interest rate of 6.49%. According to the data Real estate company Redfin made the announcement […]
Kamala Harris Discusses Economic Equity While Appearing to Wear a Necklace Worth 370% More Than the Median U.S. Monthly Salary

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris, while appearing to wear a necklace worth about 370 percent more than the median monthly salary in the United States, chose to discuss economic “equality” with her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Waltz, rather than with reporters. In one video of their discussion, Harris asked Waltz to talk […]
Gold remains depressed below monthly peak, looks to US PPI for some impetus – FXStreet

Gold prices have retreated from near monthly highs that were retested earlier this week on Tuesday. Bulls chose to reduce their bets amid a bullish risk environment and ahead of the release of US inflation data. Geopolitical risks and expectations of a 50bps rate cut by the Fed will help cap the decline. Gold prices […]
Monthly XRP RSI Set to Break 7-Year Downtrend, Teasing Explosive Surge – The Crypto Basic

The monthly XRP RSI is on the verge of breaking out of a seven-year downtrend, with analysts expecting an explosive upswing to continue. The cryptocurrency market has reached a critical stage as prices have stabilized after a small upswing to counter the effects of the recent downturn. Specifically, XRP continues to stabilize. Between $0.58 and […]
DOGE open interest up 19% amid price 'breaking out' to monthly high – Cointelegraph

Traders have been increasing their Dogecoin positions since its price “breakout” and hit a monthly high on July 20. However, not everyone is yet convinced that the bullish pattern has been confirmed. “DOGE has broken out and an aggressive upside movement is expected,” anonymous crypto trader Shelby wrote on Xinhua on July 20. postThey reiterated […]
Our 5 top-performing stocks since June’s monthly meeting (only one is Big Tech) – CNBC

Since the Club’s last monthly meeting in June, stocks have been performing well again. Stocks have been trading at new highs in the past few weeks as the Fed is likely to cut interest rates soon, following recent strong inflation readings. Traders now see a 100% chance of an interest rate cut by September, according […]
August Border Encounters Of More Than 322,000 Highest Monthly Total In U.S. History

Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Total encounters reported at both the northern and southwest land borders in August was 304,162, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. It is the greatest total number of illegal entries of any month in recorded U.S. history, according to CBP data. Total encounter data excludes nearly 30,000 gotaways at the southwest […]
Boston retirees making bank: Nearly 200 receive $10K or more in monthly pension – Boston Herald

Boston Police Department alumni make up two of the city’s top three pension recipients. Sergeant Winifred Cotter, left, in 2014, and Police Commissioner William Gross, right, in 2021. (File photo composite/Boston Herald) Winifred Cotter, a Boston police sergeant who served as a chauffeur for her cousin, former Mayor Marty Walsh, has the highest pension among […]
XRP On Monthly Timeframe Suggests Likely 700X Surge to $305 – The Crypto Basic

TradingView analyst Heikin Ashi suggested that XRP is in the midst of an explosive bull market and could see a 710-fold price surge to hit $305. Recent post At X, Ashi looked at XRP’s candlestick patterns on the monthly timeframe to identify bullish signals. He highlighted that the current patterns are strikingly similar to past […]
Mark Zuckerberg boasts Threads’ over 175M active monthly users

Meta Platforms’ newest social media service, Threads, has more than 175 million monthly active users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday, two days before the service’s first anniversary. “What a year it’s been,” Zuckerberg said in a post on the thread. In February, he said Threads had more than 150 million MAUs. Threads is a challenger […]