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Headline Round Up
*What Could This Week’s Jobs Report Tell Investors About the Economy?
*Newsmax’s $10.00 Initial Public Offering (IPO) Delivers Over 5X Gain to End The Week, But Down Over 70% From Highs?
*Estimates for Q1 2025 Gross Domestic Product (GDP): CNBC Poll +0.3%, Atlanta Federal Reserve’s Real GDPNow Estimate (04/03/2025) -2.8%, Atlanta Federal Reserve’s Real GDPNow Estimate Excluding Imports (04/03/2025) Approx. -1.0%.
*Stagflation? Q1 2025 GDP Impacts of Pre-Tariff Import Preparation and Government Spending Cuts?
*Can DOGE Dent Inflation or Did DOGE Dent GDP?
*Elon Musk Merges X and xAI in All Stock, Unorthodox Megadeal with the New Company Estimated at a $110B Valuation!
*Caveat Emptor: BlackRock Inc., CEO, Larry Fink, Vows to Unlock Private Investments for the Masses.
*Amazon Wants TikTok, But New Administration Not Taking Last Minute Offer Seriously?
*Goldman Sach’s New S&P 500 Index Target for 2025 is 5,700 Down From 6,200 While Raising Recession Odds?
*16 Largest Cryptocurrencies All Down Year to Date for 2025.
*DoubleLine’s Emerging Markets Fixed Income Bond Fund Finds Shelter in Latin America.
*Say It Isn’t So! Hooter’s Files For Bankruptcy in Texas This Week!
*Trump Media First to List on Texas Stock Exchange, But Will Maintain Its Primary Listing on NASDAQ.
*Rivian Q1 2025 Totals for Production of 14,611 vs Deliveries of 8,6040 Automobiles in Line With Expectations. Company also reaffirmed their 2025 Delivery Range Guidance as well.
Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 – Daily (12/31/204 – 04/04/2025)
– Courtesy of Bloomberg LP
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index – Daily (12/31/2024 – 04/04/2025)
– Courtesy of Bloomberg LP
Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund – Daily (12/31/2024 – 04/04/2025)
– Courtesy of Bloomberg LP
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (Exchange Traded Fund) (12/31/2024 – 04/04/2025)
– Courtesy of Bloomberg LP
Expenditure Approach to Calculating GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
– Courtesy of The McGowanGroup
The Atlanta Federal Reserve GDPNow Real GDP Estimate for Q1 2025 (04/03/2025)
– Courtesy of The Atlanta Federal Reserve
Newsmax, Inc. – Daily (03/31/2025 – 04/04/2025)
– Courtesy of Bloomberg LP
