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Reports Fri Sep 11Before open6:00 AM ETConfirmed
Hooker Furnishings reports at 6:00 AM ET, and at a $134 million market cap there is little cushion if order trends stay soft. The tell is whether backlog and margins finally firm up after a stretch of flat industry orders.
CLOSING BELL
Asia
- 🇭🇰 Hang Seng-0.66%
- 🇨🇳 SSE Composite-1.20%
Hong Kong closed down 0.66%, but the mainland took the harder hit with the SSE Composite off 1.20%. Selling pressure is building onshore first, which is where the next leg for China exposure gets decided.
MARKET OPEN
Europe
- 🇬🇧 FTSE 100+0.10%
- 🇩🇪 DAX+0.42%
- 🇫🇷 CAC 40—
London is barely off the line at the open while Frankfurt does the heavy lifting, with the DAX up 0.42%. That gap matters for anyone positioned in UK large caps this morning.
1,000 XRP or 1 Ethereum: Which Is Worth More by 2028?
1,000 XRP (CRYPTO:XRP) costs $1,420 today, while 1 Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) costs $2,490, so a single ETH is already worth about 75% more than a 1,000-XRP position. Both coins have named 2028 targets from Standard Chartered, and the bank has revised its shorter-term 2026 forecasts…
MARKET OPEN
Nikkei 225🇯🇵 JPX
-1.49%
416.33
Tokyo opened 1.49% lower, with a firmer yen squeezing the exporters that carry the index and a Bank of Japan rate decision looming this month. Anyone holding Japan exposure is now trading the currency as much as the earnings.
The Family Thought the Farmhouse Was Safe Because Mom Never Sold It. After the Funeral, the State Took Every Dollar of Her $143,000 Nursing Home Bill Out of the Sale
Keeping the farmhouse in Mom’s name felt like the safest move, and Medicaid never forced a sale while she was alive. What the family did not know is that death triggers an entirely different set of rules.
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The HSA Move 55-Year-Olds With $1 Million 401(k)s Are Making Before Their Next Catch-Up Contribution
A rule buried in SECURE 2.0 quietly turned the 401(k) catch-up contribution into a worse deal for the high earners it was supposed to reward, and the workaround hiding in plain sight has nothing to do with the 401(k) at all.
The Inherited-Farmland Tax Break That Shrinks Every Year a 61-Year-Old Holds Onto Her Father's 160 Acres
A 61-year-old nurse in Des Moines inherits 160 acres of Story County farmland appraised at $2.2 million on her father’s date of death. A tenant farmer sends her about $45,000 a year in cash rent. What she does not know: a tax clock started the day her father died, and it is alre…
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Dividend raised$0.25ex-date 2026-09-10 · 0.24% yield · 13 yrs paying · +2400% YoY
NVIDIA lifted its quarterly payout 2,400% from a year ago to $0.25 a share, a signal that the AI cash pile is now big enough to share. The 0.24% yield keeps this a growth holding.
New 52-week low$6.61-0.3% vs prior low · 2026-09-09
Weibo marked another 52-week low at $6.61, a second straight day of fresh bottoms and roughly 44% below where it traded a year ago. Market cap is down to $1.6 billion.
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Baidu just carved out a new 52-week low at $90.59, 0.31% under the floor it set on August 18. That is a $25 billion market cap for a company that traded above $156 in January.