iShares Bitcoin ETF now bigger than gold counterpart following rush into crypto on Trump win newsthirst.

Blackrock iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) signage at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on Jan. 11, 2024. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The rapidly growing iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has now blown past one of the biggest funds in an old-school category of investing: gold. According to FactSet, the bitcoin exchange-traded fund…

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Mattel pulls ‘Wicked’ dolls after printing adult website on packaging newsthirst.

Still from the film “Wicked” Source: Universal Studios Thousands of Mattel’s “Wicked”-branded fashion dolls are flying off shelves, but not because of consumer demand. The toy company has been forced to pull its line of character dolls after a package misprint. Instead of listing the website for Universal’s “Wicked” movie, boxes featured a link to…

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Private prison stocks jump on Trump appointment of immigration hardliner Tom Homan newsthirst.

A guard escorts an immigrant detainee from his ‘segregation cell’ back into the general population at the Adelanto Detention Facility, managed by GEO Group. Getty Images Private prison stocks rose on Monday after President-elect Donald Trump selected immigration hardliner Tom Homan as his “border czar.” The Geo Group and CoreCivic jumped more than 4% and…

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Trump is the most pro-stock market president in history, Wharton’s Jeremy Siegel newsthirst.

The stock market could enjoy a bigger boost from President-elect Donald Trump than any previous administration thanks to his pro-business policies, according to Jeremy Siegel, finance professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. “President-elect Trump is the most pro-stock market president we have had in our history,” Siegel said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box”…

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