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New Home Sales Collapsed In July As Consumer Confidence Hit 7-Month Lows The Conference Board's measure of Americans' Consumer Confidence fell from a revised-lower 90.2 to 89.4 in August (below the 90.2 exp) - the lowest since January. Interestingly, under the hood, we saw Expectations plunge to January lows while Present Situation spiked from 5 year lows... “Consumer confidence moderated slightly in August for a second consecutive month,” said Dana M Peterson, Chief Economist, The Conference Board. “The Expectations Index slipped further into negative territory, which was offset by a moderate rise in...

Beginning late Friday evening, Israel launched a flurry of new airstrikes against targets in southern and eastern Lebanon, including a major attack near Tyre and another in the Bekaa Valley. All told, at least five people were killed and 24 others wounded. The attacks started with a strike against a motorcycle in Nabatieh District, and […]

Saylor's Strategy Launches 'USD Cash' Pool After $2 Billion Raise, No BTC Buys Michael Saylor’s Strategy, the world’s largest public company holding Bitcoin, raised about $2 billion through common stock sales last week while making no new Bitcoin purchases. The Bitcoin treasury company sold 18.26 million MSTR shares between Aug. 17 and Aug. 23 through its at-the-market (ATM) offering program, according to a Monday filing with the SEC, adding a new pool of cash to its balance-sheet toolkit as part of an effort to preserve flexibility. Strategy repurchased about 1.43 million of its STRC...