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Home>Tom Margenau

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News August 27, 2026

Over 40 new homes to be featured on this fall’s Greater Charlotte Parade of Homes 

Thirty-seven new homes and five virtual entries from some of the area’s top builders will be open to the public for free, self-guided tours during the Home Builders Association of […]

News August 27, 2026

City of Charlotte Cohosted E-transportation Celebration at McNeel Apartments 

On August 20, the city’s Corridors of Opportunity program and the Office of Sustainability and Resilience, in partnership with DreamKey Partners and Trips for Kids, hosted a ribbon cutting and celebration in honor of the […]

Inside Tract August 27, 2026

Nasdaq, S&P 500 lifted by Nvidia’s forecast; investors eye speech by Fed’s Warsh

By Saeed Azhar, Purvi Agarwal and Niket Nishant NEW YORK (Reuters) – The technology-heavy Nasdaq outperformed peers at the close of trade on Thursday after chip maker Nvidia’s bumper revenue […]

Inside Tract August 26, 2026

Momentum, leveraged trading keep software stocks on roller coaster

By Sinéad Carew and Suzanne McGee Aug 26 (Reuters) – U.S. software shares have been on a roller coaster and more wild rides likely lie ahead, thanks to AI-driven uncertainty […]

Inside Tract August 25, 2026

Analysis-US tariff threat upends copper surplus as prices test all-time peak

By Tom Daly Aug 25 (Reuters) – The prospect of U.S. import tariffs could push copper prices to record highs even though there is no global shortage of the metal, […]

Inside Tract August 24, 2026

Tech drags S&P 500, Nasdaq lower as Iran tensions, Nvidia earnings loom

By Purvi Agarwal and Niket Nishant Aug 24 (Reuters) – The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq fell on Monday, dragged by technology stocks, while investors assessed the potential fallout from the […]

Inside Tract August 21, 2026

Wall St rises in broad rebound; yields push markets towards weekly declines

By Avinash P and Purvi Agarwal Aug 21 (Reuters) – The main U.S. stock indexes recovered on Friday after a hammering in the previous session, though markets were still on track to end the […]

News August 20, 2026

Share Of Equity-rich Homes Near Five-year Low

ATTOM has released its second quarter 2026 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, which shows that 41.1 percent of mortgaged residential properties in the country were equity-rich, meaning the combined estimated amount […]

Inside Tract August 20, 2026

Dollar rebounds from losses sparked by Treasury buyback plan

By Karen Brettell  NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar rebounded from earlier losses to post a modest gain on Thursday as traders evaluated whether U.S. Treasury Department efforts to […]

Inside Tract August 20, 2026

Fed officials tread carefully after Treasury’s bond market intervention 

By Michael S. Derby  (Reuters) – Two Federal Reserve officials expressed caution on Thursday when asked how the Treasury Department’s debt management changes could affect the U.S. central bank’s monetary […]

Columnists August 20, 2026

GOLDMAN: Help AI Help You Ace Your Job Hunt

AI is great, but it can’t do everything on its own. Sometimes, we humans have to help. Case in point — your next job hunt. Sooner or later, you’ll have one. If you’ve just graduated and are desperately searching […]

Columnists August 20, 2026

MARGENAU: There Is a Reason for the Rules

People often complain to me about Social Security rules that they think are unnecessary. But there is almost always a good reason for the rules. I’ve saved up some emails […]

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