Rooting for Donald Trump to fail has rarely been this profitable. Just ask a hardy band of mostly amateur Wall Street investors who have collectively made tens of millions of dollars over the past month by betting that the stock price of his social media business — Truth Social — will keep dropping despite massive buying by Trump loyalists and wild swings that often mirror the candidate’s latest polls, court trials and outbursts on Trump Social itself.
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Japan's government bond futures fell as did the yen on Friday after the Bank of Japan kept its short-term rates steady while highlighting broadening inflationary pressures and sticking to its commitment to keep buying government bonds. Benchmark 10-year JGB futures fell 0.19 yen to 143.96, but were off the day's lows. Ten-year interest rate swaps were at 1%, off their highs too, while the cash bond market was in recess.