Tom Brady has his New Year’s resolution ready for when the clock strikes midnight on Friday.  The Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback drew inspiration from an unlikely source for his intents, which he was asked about on his weekly “Let’s Go!” podcast with Jim Gray.  Gray brought up the topic by noting the answer by Brady’s former coach, the New England Patriots‘ Bill Belichick, that swept through social media. Following the Patriots’ 33-21 loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, Belichick was asked… Source link

The year 2021 shared some similarities with 2020 — a year that was difficult for the whole world. But with some of the grief that spilled over from 2020, we also saw resiliency and hope. Each year, Google highlights the top searches, and the search engine creates a video that reflects some of those searches. Along with the voices and images in the video, it reads: This year, more than ever, the world searched: How to heal How to honor someone Will there be another lockdown How to take care of your… Source link

The year 2021 shared some similarities with 2020 — a year that was difficult for the whole world. But with some of the grief that spilled over from 2020, we also saw resiliency and hope. Each year, Google highlights the top searches, and the search engine creates a video that reflects some of those searches. Along with the voices and images in the video, it reads: This year, more than ever, the world searched: How to heal How to honor someone Will there be another lockdown How to take care of your… Source link

The renewed vigor in oil prices of late is only just the beginning, contends veteran industry analyst Phillip Streible of Blue Line Futures.  Streible thinks oil prices are at risk of hitting $60 in the near-term due to an Omicron-related demand slowdown. But that will likely prove to be a buying opportunity in front of a “long-term” rally in 2022.  “We are going to see the demand picture continue to pick up going into the [summer] driving season. Hopefully we can get this pandemic behind… Source link

It’s not just the expanded Child Tax Credit. The end of the extra $1,600 for parents (or $1,000 depending on the child’s age) is just one of a series of COVID relief provisions set to expire this week. The expanded Child Tax Credit was implemented for one year as part of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan, though many Democrats want to make it permanent. They plan to revisit the issue in the new year as part of the Build Back Better act, stalled after key moderate Sen. Joe Manchin… Source link

With the Fed slated to begin its rate hike campaign next year, inflation concerns remain at the top of investors’ minds as a turbulent 2021 comes to a close. According to Gus Faucher, chief economist at PNC Financial Services Group (PNC), there are several key areas that may see reduced price pressures, leading to slowing inflation overall in the coming year. “I do think that we’ll see a gradual slowing in inflation over the course of 2022,” Faucher told Yahoo Finance Live. “After a… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. is in a strong position heading into 2022, with catalysts including robust Chinese demand and new factory openings in the U.S. and Germany, according to Wedbush. Most Read from Bloomberg Shares in the electric-vehicle maker could gain nearly 30% over the next 12 months, analyst Daniel Ives wrote in a note. He expects component shortages to ease next year, allowing Tesla to better meet growing demand in China, while new factories in Austin, Texas and Berlin should… Source link

Home price growth in the U.S. has slowed for the third straight month. Standard & Poor’s said Tuesday that its S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index posted a 19.1% annual gain in October, down from 19.7% from September. The 20-City Composite posted a 18.4% annual gain, down from 19.1% a month earlier. The 20-City results came in very close to analysts’ expectations of a 18.5% annual gain, according to Bloomberg consensus estimates. “In October 2021, U.S. home prices moved… Source link

Shares of Digital Turbine Inc. APPS, +2.06% shot up 9.7% in premarket trading Tuesday, putting them on track to post a seventh-straight gain, after the media and mobile communications company announced a multi-year partnership with Alphabet Inc.’s GOOGL, +0.67% Google. With the partnership, Digital Turbine will with with Google Cloud partner SADA to implement Google’s business and cloud offerings to support growth. “By partnering… Source link

U.S. stock futures were up Tuesday morning after the S&P 500 closed at another record high in an all-around strong day for markets that jump-started the anticipated year-end bull run known to investors as the Santa Claus Rally. Contracts on the S&P 500, Dow, and Nasdaq were up modestly ahead of the day’s trading session. The Dow and Nasdaq were each up about 70 points, while the S&P inched about 10 points higher. For the second consecutive trading session, the S&P 500 soared past its previous… Source link