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Today, House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Chairman Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) led a letter to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler and Director Haoxiang Zhu, seeking information on a proposed rule change to permit the listing of Natural Asset Companies (NACs) on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

The SEC’s long-standing three-part mission—to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation—remains its touchstone. The core principles the agency has applied over the past 88 years to carry out this mission are timeless: requiring issuers raising capital to make full and fair disclosures to investors on a regular basis; placing heightened responsibilities on key market participants; and using SEC examination and enforcement resources to bolster those requirements and protect investors.

Let’s face it. Anyone who works in, or just visits, the Wall Street area of Manhattan can’t deny the aura of power and money isn’t what it was 20, 30 or 50 years ago. The vibrancy, the financial dominance, the gusto seems to have gone missing — so have many of the Gordon Gekko high rollers. Today, Wall Street is less crowded. It’s sleepier. There aren’t exactly tumbleweeds blowing down Broad Street past the New York Stock Exchange, but it’s not the bustling place where the financial titans and the world’s money changers hang out anymore. To borrow a line...

The Dow fell more than 400 points Tuesday morning, turning negative for the year, as US Treasury yields surged to their highest levels in over a decade. The Dow fell 427 points, or 1.3%. The benchmark S&P 500 declined 1.5% and the Nasdaq Composite lost 1.8%, extending the late summer selloff in stocks. Stocks have marched higher for most of this year, as artificial intelligence excitement took hold on Wall Street and powered tech stocks to stratospheric heights. But that rally petered out in August, as strong economic data had investors worried that a resilient economy and piping hot labor...

"You can tell Jim Cramer isn't used to hearing USA chants on the NYSE floor," Seifert joked. Patriotism was on full display at the New York Stock Exchange Thursday morning as PublicSq went public. Chants of "USA!" rang out before founder, chairman, and CEO Michael Seifert rang the legendary opening bell, signaling the beginning of a new chapter for the patriotic online marketplace. Members of the PublicSq team, including Donald Trump Jr, stood on the balcony overlooking the trading floor as supporters cheered them on. Before long, chants of "USA!" filled the air, only stopping for Seifert to ring the...

... Seifert posted a video of CNBC's Jim Cramer speaking about PublicSq and wrote, "You can tell Jim Cramer isn't used to hearing USA chants on the NYSE floor. The largest network of non-woke businesses in America is officially public." ... On Thursday, PublicSq went public on the stock exchange following a "business combination" with "Colombier Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: CLBR) ("Colombier"), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company." ...

Conservative marketplace Public Square has gone public. Patriots have a parallel economy to battle woke companies! Public Square, which is an online directory of pro-freedom businesses, went public on the NYSE on Thursday. 7 Reasons to Stock Up on Long-Term Storage Premium Beef Right Away “PublicSq. now has over 1.1 million consumer members active on its platform and more than 55,000 businesses, 90% of which are small businesses. Accounts are free for both buyers and sellers.” Fox Business reported. So, what does this mean for freedom-loving Americans who are tired of woke businesses? In a nutshell, this gives people an...

A new online marketplace that promotes itself as a conservative and patriotic alternative to Amazon is preparing to ring the bell on the New York Stock Exchange and take the company public.According to the Daily Mail, the San Diego-based PublicSq, which first launched in August of 2022, has already drawn the support of prominent America First figures such as Donald Trump Jr. and former Arizona Senate nominee Blake Masters. The company plans to attract more investors by highlighting its status within the so-called “parallel economy” of conservative alternatives to larger, left-wing businesses, according to excerpts from an investor call on...

Tesla is down 11% today.

Tucker Carlson went there tonight — Tucker told his audience if people don’t start making lots of noise we’re going to see a government controlled digital currency. Tucker Carlson opened his show on Monday by discussing the banking crisis in the country today. On Monday morning trading was halted on 20 banks as the markets opened. The New York Stock Exchange halted trading at Charles Schwab. Tonight Tucker Carlson went there – pointing out that the federal government gained power after bailing out the Silicon Valley Bank. Tucker also warned that this banking crisis could lead to a national digital...

A couple of weeks ago, the FAA Air Traffic Control system issued a nationwide ground stop for the first time since 9/11, today the NYSE halted trading on dozens of stocks that experienced will trading ranges at market opening. Both "Computer Glitches" were attributed to technical issues and had nothing to do with computer hacking according to sources at both organizations. I don't believe in coincidences, in the matter of a couple of weeks two major US systems go offline is not something to take lightly, if another system like the major banking or financial systems go offline it will...

WASHINGTON — This year, Christmas and New Year’s Day fall on Sunday, when Post Office locations nationwide are already closed. As a result, all Post Offices will be closed for the observation of both federal holidays on Monday, Dec. 26, 2022 and Monday, Jan. 2, 2023.

Stocks slumped Friday, capping off a volatile week of trading, a day after posting a historic turnaround rally as investors digested inflation expectations. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 310 points, or 1.09%, but was still on track to end the week higher after Thursday’s gains. The S&P 500 shed 2.15%, on track to end the week down. The Nasdaq Composite slipped 2.84%, weighed down by losses in Tesla and Lucid Motors, which each declined more than 5%.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 500 points, or 1.73%. The S&P 500 slipped 2.10% and the Nasdaq Composite slumped 2.80%. The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury spiked above 4% as bonds sold off - yields are inverse to price. Thursday morning photo of traders consoling each other as they look up at the boards:

The S&P 500 fell more than 1% to its lowest level since November 2020 early in the session but regained some losses to trade down 0.59%, hurt by weaker tech stocks such as Meta Platforms, whose high valuations are sensitive to rising rates. The Nasdaq slipped 1.5%, hitting a fresh 52-week low, weighed down by tech and semiconductor stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 61 points or 0.21%, uplifted by jumps in Amgen and Walgreens Boots Alliance.

Stock futures slid on Wednesday after June inflation data came in hotter-than-expected, contributing to growing fears that the Federal Reserve will get more aggressive in its fight to tame rising prices.

Stocks were mostly lower on Tuesday as concerns about a possible recession in the U.S. weighed on investor sentiment, but lower interest rates appeared to boost the tech sector. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell about 290 points, or about 0.9%, after falling roughly 700 points earlier in the session. The S&P 500 dipped 0.4%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite outperformed and rose more than 1%.

Stocks fell sharply Thursday, as the S&P 500 caps off its worst first half in more than 50 years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 348 points, or 1.1%. The S&P 500 slid 1.2%, and the Nasdaq Composite pulled back by 1.6%.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 980 points, or about 3.14% and the Nasdaq Composite tumbled about 4.8%. Major averages hit their lows of the session in the final 30 minutes after a Wall Street Journal report suggested the Fed would consider raising rates by 0.75% on Wednesday, more than the half point increase currently expected.

Stocks dropped on Friday morning after a highly anticipated inflation report showed a faster-than-expected rise in prices. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 614 points, or 1.9%. The S&P 500 fell 2%, while Nasdaq Composite sank 2.5%.