Fed minutes show divide over October rate cut and cast doubt about December

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While the Federal Open Market Committee approved a cut at the meeting, the path forward looks less certain.
Disagreements stretched into the outlook for December, with officials expressing skepticism about the need for an additional cut that markets had been widely anticipating, with “many” saying that no more cuts are needed at least in 2025.

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Kraken confidentially files for IPO following 0 million raise

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Kraken confidentially files for IPO following $800 million raise

November 19, 2025

Crypto World Kraken confidentially files for IPO following $800 million raise Published Wed, Nov 19 20251:58 PM EST Liz Napolitano@LizKNapolitano WATCH LIVE Source

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Muddy Waters Capital’s Carson Block makes rare long call in Canadian miner Snowline Gold

November 19, 2025

Key Points Snowline, valued at about C$2.1 billion, has made what Block called a “first-of-its-kind” discovery in Canada’s Yukon territory. “This is one of the few assets globally that can move the needle for a mid- or large-cap gold miner,” Block’s presentation materials stated, calling the firm “an elephant.” Source

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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Alphabet, Nvidia, Lowe’s, La-Z-Boy, MP Materials & more

November 19, 2025

Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Alphabet — The YouTube and Google parent climbed 4% to an all-time high after rolling out its Gemini 3 artificial intelligence platform Tuesday. Google said Gemini 3 lets users get better answers to more complex questions and needs less prompting to find the context and intent […]