Tag: Markets
Stocks retreat from all-time highs after new inflation report shows prices remain elevated
Stocks are losing ground on Wall Street in early trading Friday, pulling the market down from its latest all-time highs, after a closely watched...
Trump’s war on the Fed has created a ‘twist steepener’ in the bond market and it’s hurting the dollar
A “twist steepener” in the bond market is widening the gap between short- and long-term U.S. Treasury yields. This dynamic is dragging the dollar...
The S&P 500 officially notches a new record over 6,500—but investors shouldn’t get too giddy
A few weeks ago as the S&P 500 hit a new record, this reporter noted that the index virtually hit a landmark reading, a...
Nvidia’s growth is strong, but investors aren’t celebrating
The more Nvidia beats Wall Street’s expectations, the harder it seems to satisfy them. The chipmaker reported second-quarter revenue of $46.74 billion, with sales...
Investors are ignoring the coming wave of tariff-driven inflation, Deutsche Bank warns
One of the central mysteries inside President Trump’s tariff plan is, where is the inflation?
Once all the new levies are in place—the latest is...
Despite snubbing U.S. tourism and boycotting American goods, Canadians have poured more into U.S. stocks than they have in over 35 years
Canada’s ire toward the U.S. in the wake of soured trade relations has rocked summer tourism and spurred consumer boycotts, but that wrath has...
‘It’s almost tragic’: Bubble or not, the AI backlash is validating one critic’s warnings
First it was the release of GPT-5 that OpenAI “totally screwed up,” according to Sam Altman. Then Altman followed that up by saying the...
Dow soars over 700 points after Powell’s Jackson Hole speech, on track to blow past all-time high
Wall Street is rallying on Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve indicated the cuts to interest rates that investors and President Donald...
Wall Street is scared that we’re looking at the end of the Fed’s independence
To say that U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s Jackson Hole speech will be “closely watched” tomorrow is an understatement. Powell is trying to...
Experts say the market’s AI anxiety will ‘punish those chasing the froth’
Major technology stocks tied to artificial intelligence took a sharp downward turn Tuesday, rattling markets and raising concerns the sector’s billion-dollar promises may not...