Wall Street's main indexes declined on Tuesday after a report from the New York Federal Reserve highlighted worries over the job market, halting a rally that had pushed the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq to record closing highs a day earlier. Private sources at the Carlyle Group suggest that only 17,000 jobs were gained in September.

After seven days of a government shutdown in the U.S. hindering key data releases, the September report from the NY Fed showed that the expected level of inflation a year from then was 3.4%, compared with 3.2% in August.

Technical analysts warn that the barbarous relic may face upside resistance at $4,000 an ounce, which is based on today's price. I just sold everything I had for a short-term trade, but am looking to buy a dipette. Mutual funds that invest in gold mining firms are leading 2025 performance, overtaking even high-flying AI and tech funds, as investors bet record gold prices will drive strong margins, cash flows, and shareholder returns. Gold is telling us that inflation is much worse than you think.

The Airbus A320 family of planes overtook the Boeing (BA) 737. Boeing's decades-old record fell with the handover of an A320 model overnight to Saudi carrier Flynas, bringing total deliveries to 12,260 since the A320 series entered service in 1988. A few years of bad management cost (BA) mightily, but they are on the recovery road now.

which has been going on forever. The family of Mae Moore, who died in 2021, sued the company the same year, claiming Johnson & Johnson's talc baby powder products contained asbestos fibers that caused her rare cancer.  Time to move on.

Real estate investors, both individual and institutional, bought one-third of all single-family residential properties sold in the second quarter of 2025. That is an increase from 27% in the first quarter, and the highest percentage in the last five years. Investors accounted for 25.7% of residential home sales in 2024. The bull market in housing is back!