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Plus, no surprises from this morning's inflation reading     January 31, 2025 Trump tariffs kick in tomorrow … is oil on the list? … inflation comes in as expected, but still high … Bitcoin’s next move … where Eric Fry is investing now It appears that new Trump-tariffs are a go. From the BBC : US President Donald Trump has said he will follow through with his threat to hit imports from Canada and Mexico with 25% border taxes, known as tariffs, on 1 February. Trump has told reporters that the decision is intended to force Canada and Mexico to stem the flow of undocumented migrants and fentanyl coming across U.S. borders. Meanwhile, China is expected to be hit with a 10% tariff tomorrow, with potentially more and higher levies on the way. The wildcard issue is whether Trump will include oil on his tariff l...

There were a lot of distractions for Wall Street this week...     January 31, 2025 Publisher’s Note: Over the next few weeks, we will be updating how we send your product fulfillment emails for InvestorPlace. Our goal is to help you better identify and categorize these subscriber-only emails. To prepare for this change, we suggest adding our new email address to your contact list: From Name: Navellier’s Market 360 Email: services@exct.investorplace.com Thanks for your continued support as we make these updates. If you have any questions, you can contact Customer Service here . Please note, some email filters and algorithms may deliver our emails to your spam or junk folder – if this happens, just move our emails to your primary inbox folder. The Fed Pauses Rate Cuts (For Now) as Trump 2.0 Tariff Deadline...

We think this Fed-powered rally has legs.     January 31, 2025 The Fed Gave the Green Light for Stocks to Rally This Week Publisher’s Note: Over the next few weeks, we will be updating how we send your product fulfillment emails for InvestorPlace. Our goal is to help you better identify and categorize these subscriber-only emails. To prepare for this change, we suggest adding our new email address to your contact list: From Name: Hypergrowth Investing Email: services@exct.investorplace.com Thanks for your continued support as we make these updates. If you have any questions, you can contact Customer Service here . Please note, some email filters and algorithms may deliver our emails to your spam or junk folder – if this happens, just move our emails to your primary inbox folder. The action on Wall Street this week has been dom...

Watch a roundtable discussion with our experts     January 30, 2025 Is DeepSeek inaccurate? … claims of plagiarism … how DeepSeek’s technology works … the risks it represents … a roundtable discussion with our experts The DeepSeek story continues to evolve with new information emerging. Let’s begin with Reuters : Chinese AI startup DeepSeek's chatbot achieved only 17% accuracy in delivering news and information in a NewsGuard audit that ranked it tenth out of eleven in a comparison with its Western competitors including OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google Gemini. The chatbot repeated false claims 30% of the time and gave vague or not useful answers 53% of the time in response to news-related prompts, resulting in an 83% fail rate, according to a report published by trustworthiness rating service NewsGuard on Wedne...