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LeBron James celebrates his game-winning shot in the 2022 NBA All-Star Game. (Jason Miller/Getty Images) LeBron James gave Cleveland one more win. Playing for the home team in his native Northeast Ohio, the former Cavaliers star drilled a fadeaway jump shot to give his squad a 163-160 victory in the 2022 NBA All-Star Game at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. “I could not have dreamed of that moment any better than the actuality that just happened,” said James. “For me to be back here, 35 minutes… Source link

Home sales in the U.S. jumped in the first month of 2022, while the number of homes for sales hit a new record low. Existing home sales rose 6.7% to a seasonally adjusted 6.50 million million units in January from a month earlier, the highest rate in 12 months, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). The number of sales was down 2.3% from the same month a year ago. Home sales in December were revised down to 6.09 million from 6.18 million. The results far exceeded analysts’… Source link

The legalization of sports betting across the country didn’t stop people from wagering a record amount of money on the Super Bowl this year. Nevada’s Gaming Control Board said Monday that nearly $180 million was wagered on the Los Angeles Rams’ 23-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. The $179.8 million wagered is a state record and easily eclipses the previous record set four years ago. The 2022 Super Bowl was essentially the first mainstream sports betting Super Bowl in American history…. Source link

ZHANGJIAKOU, China—Ireen Wüst skated her way into sports history Monday night, winning individual gold for a record fifth straight Olympics. The Netherlands’ Wüst won the 1500m speedskating event with a time of 1:53.28, edging out Japan’s Miho Takagi by 0.44 seconds. Wust’s Dutch teammate Antoinette de Jong placed third with a time of 1:54.82. The win gave Wüst gold medals in five separate Olympic Games: Beijing, PyeongChang (2018), Sochi (2014), Vancouver (2010) and Torino (2006)…. Source link

Stock futures opened higher Thursday evening as investors took in earnings results from some major tech companies at the end of another volatile week.  Contracts on the S&P 500 gained. Dow futures also advanced, as component stock Apple (AAPL) jumped in late trading after the iPhone-maker reported record quarterly sales and better-than-expected profits despite supply chain challenges. Meanwhile, Robinhood (HOOD) shares sank after the trading platform missed on quarterly revenue, posted a… Source link

It’s been a blockbuster year for ETFs, with over $900 billion in flows to the space. Dave Nadig, CIO and director of research at ETF Trends, discusses the big moments in ETFs and what to expect looking forward into 2022 on Yahoo Finance’s “ETF Report.” With nearly $670 billion going into primarily U.S. equities, one of the biggest stories wasn’t actually a story at all; big, cheap beta was the name of the ETF game for 2021…. Source link

LeBron James also matched Kobe Bryant’s 16 appearances on Christmas on Saturday, the most in NBA history. (Gary A. Vasquez/USA Today Sports) LeBron James needed just 16 minutes to pass Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and claim a new NBA record on Saturday night. James, in the first game at the newly named Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, surpassed Bryant’s Christmas Day scoring record in the Lakers’ 122-115 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night. James, after making a layup to tie… Source link

In addition to becoming the NBA’s all-time 3-point king on Tuesday night, Stephen Curry also supplied memorabilia collectors two lucrative new items to chase. Sports memorabilia experts told Yahoo Sports that the ball and game-worn jersey from Curry’s record-clinching moment could be worth plenty if they ever hit the open market. The No. 30 jersey that Curry was wearing against the New York Knicks could fetch as much as $500,000 at auction, Ken Goldin, founder and executive chairman of… Source link

Don’t count on a crash: Goldman Sachs expects ‘record highs’ to keep rolling, with these 3 stocks leading the way As inflation spikes and interest rates rise, many Wall Street firms believe a major correction could be on the horizon. Not Goldman Sachs. The bank expects the S&P 500 to hit 5,100 by the end of next year, roughly 9% above where the index is today. “Counter to the intuition of many investors, the stellar 26% YTD return is not a good reason in itself to expect a weak return in… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Elon Musk has lost $50 billion so far this week after Tesla Inc. shares plunged for the second day in a row. Most Read from Bloomberg It’s the biggest two-day decline in the history of the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, and the biggest one-day fall after Jeff Bezos’s $36 billion plunge following his divorce from MacKenzie Scott in 2019. Tesla’s rout comes amid a tumultuous few days for the automaker. It started when Musk asked his Twitter followers over the weekend whether… Source link