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Is home ownership still part of the American Dream?

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Owning a home has long been a cornerstone of the American Dream, but is increasingly out of reach for many US workers. A report by the White House in April suggests the United States needs 10 million additional houses to meet demand. Meanwhile, the average price of new home sales has jumped over 30 percent in just five years, and rental prices in most major US cities have surged by around 40 percent.

Cisco CEO says tech is entering a 'networking supercycle' as stock pops 14% on strong AI demand

Shares headed for their best day in more than two decades after Cisco blew past its AI infrastructure and hyperscaler orders guidance for the fiscal year

S&P 500 Movers: ALB, CSCO

ALB, CSCO, AKAM, HPE

In early trading on Thursday, shares of Cisco Systems topped the list of the day's best performing components of the S&P 500 index, trading up 16.2%. Year to date, Cisco Systems registers a 53.6% gain. And the worst performing S&P 500 component thus far on the day is A

Dow Movers: MSFT, CSCO

MSFT, CSCO, UNH, NVDA

In early trading on Thursday, shares of Cisco Systems topped the list of the day's best performing Dow Jones Industrial Average components, trading up 16.2%. Year to date, Cisco Systems registers a 53.6% gain. And the worst performing Dow component thus far on the day is Micro

Cotton Collapsing Early on Thursday

Cotton futures closed the Wednesday session with contracts coming off the midday highs, up 7 to 49 points. The US dollar index was $0.215 higher at $98.395. Crude oil was down $1.18 at $101.00 at the close. A meeting between President Trump and China’s President Xi in Beijing concluded early...

Soybeans Falling Back Following Trump/Xi meeting

Soybeans are trading with 20 to 27 cent losses early on Thursday morning. Futures saw modest strength on Wednesday, with contracts closing fractionally to 3 cents higher on the day. Open interest was up 14,129 contracts on Wednesday. The cmdtyView national average Cash Bean price was up 3 1/4 cents...

Corn Falling Back Early on Thursday

Corn prices are down 6 to 7 cents so far on Thursday morning. Futures posted mixed action at the Wednesday close, with contracts within a penny of either side of unchanged. Open interest was up 10,445 contracts on Wednesday. There were 17 deliveries against May futures overnight, with the contract...

Bessent sees 'substantial disinflation' ahead as Warsh takes over the Fed

Bessent said the energy-fed inflation surge recently is likely to reverse as the U.S. is "going to keep pumping."

Ex-Div Reminder for Carlyle Group (CG)

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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 5/18/26, Carlyle Group Inc (Symbol: CG) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.35, payable on 5/28/26. As a percentage of CG's recent stock price of $49.74, this dividend works out to approxima

Reminder - Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund (JRI) Goes Ex-Dividend Soon

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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, on 5/15/26, Nuveen Real Asset Income and Growth Fund (Symbol: JRI) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.1335, payable on 6/1/26. As a percentage of JRI's recent stock price of $13.13, this dividen