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Headline Round Up
*Dallas Based Texas Stock Exchange Raises $161 Million in Capital this Week!
*Meta Platforms, Owner of Facebook, in Talks to Reincorporate in Texas and Another State While Exiting Delaware. Paperwork change wouldn’t relocate its corporate headquarters.
*Cybersecurity Experts: China’s DeepSeek AI (Artificial Intelligence) is a Privacy Nightmare.
*Q4 2024, Amazon Passes Walmart in Quarterly Revenue for the First Time.
*MicroStrategy, Inc. is Now Strategy, the World’s First & Largest Bitcoin Treasury Company? What Could Go Wrong?
*Hedge Fund Elliott Warns White House is Inflating Crypto Bubble that “Could Wreak Havoc.”
*USDebtClock.Org Tracks DOGE “Real Time Savings Objective” of $64 Billion So Far in February, But Congress Hasn’t Passed a Budget Bill Yet?
*Let’s Get Some Chickens! Eggs Hit $7.08 Per Dozen Wholesale in the Midwest an Increase of Seven Times Over 2 Years!
*Palantir Technologies, Inc. Surges on Full Year Revenue Outlook Forecast Fueled by “Untamed Organic Growth”, Says CEO Alex Karp!
*Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Smacked After Disappointing Outlook for AI Datacenter Growth? Uh-oh.
*Johnson Controls International, Plc Soars on Hiring of New CEO & Strong Profit Forecast.
*Peloton Spikes on Q1 Profit News Under New Management, But Still Losing Money and Sales Declining Fast.
*Green Hydrogen Hype Fizzles as Implementation of Projects Lags?
*Nissan Jilts Honda as Deal to Create Third Largest Automaker is Dashed!
*The Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Gauge Rose 1.7 Points in January for First Time Since 2022!
*The Atlanta Federal Reserve’s GDPNow Growth Model at 2.9% on February 5, 2025 for Q1 2025. This is down from 3.9% on February 3, 2025, Oh My!
*Super Bowl Ads Selling at $7 Million for 30 Seconds! Who is paying up for ads?
Dow Jones Industrial Average Index – Daily (01/27/2025 – 02/07/2025)![](https://b1055373.smushcdn.com/1055373/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/dow-2-weeks-2.7.25.jpg?lossy=1&strip=1&webp=1)
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Dow Jones Industrial Average Index – Daily (12/31/2024 – 02/07/2025)![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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U.S. Consumer Price Index – Urban Consumers Year over Year, Non-Seasonally Adjusted (01/01/2017 – 12/31/2019)![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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Dow Jones Industrial Average Index – Daily (01/01/2018 – 12/31/2019)![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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Standard & Poor’s 500 Index – Quarterly Earnings Analysis by Sector (11/16/2024 – 02/15/2025)![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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Global X MSCI Argentina (ETF Exchange Traded Fund) – Daily (11/23/2023 – 02/07/2025)![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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Generic Gold Spot Price by Ounce – Monthly (02/11/2010 – 02/07/2025)![](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==)
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