Solar stocks shine again as declining treasury yields boost market confidence

aol.com Solar stocks have demonstrated some of the most robust performances among various sectors since the start of the month, buoyed by favorable market conditions and positive…

Gen-Zers Slide Deeper Into Debt As Bidenomics Failure Crushes America's Future Leaders

zerohedge.com Gen-Zers Slide Deeper Into Debt As Bidenomics Failure Crushes America's Future Leaders It may seem crazy, but here's some advice for heavily indebted Gen-Zers: Put down the…

Tesla faces federal investigation: What we know so far

thestreet.com TheStreet’s Conway Gittens brings the latest business headlines from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as markets close for trading Wednesday, May 8. Related: Tesla…

Billionaire Barry Sternlicht expects one bank failure per week due to real estate’s ‘fragile’ loans

fortune.com Barry Sternlicht, cofounder, chairman, and CEO of the $115 billion real estate giant Starwood Capital Group, is worried about the more than 4,000 regional and community…

Speech by Governor Cook on financial stability

federalreserve.gov Thank you, David. And thank you to the Brookings Institution for hosting me today. I am especially grateful to return to the place where, in my first job as an aspiring…

The "Soft Landing" Lie: A Global Economic Slowdown Is Already Underway

zerohedge.com The "Soft Landing" Lie: A Global Economic Slowdown Is Already Underway Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, If people have learned anything from the past few years…

Billionaire real estate investor Barry Sternlicht says he expects at least one bank failure per week due to real estate loans: ‘That’s a fragile animal right…

finance.yahoo.com Barry Sternlicht, cofounder, chairman, and CEO of the $115 billion real estate giant Starwood Capital Group, is worried about the more than 4,000 regional and community…

Risks Lie Ahead for Fed’s QT Program

youtube.com On May 1, the Federal Reserve announced plans to lower the monthly cap on the value of Treasuries it will allow to mature without being reinvested. While markets had…

Business owners are warily stocking their inventories

marketplace.org In March, wholesalers’ inventories fell from the month before, down 0.4%, according to the Commerce Department. And in April, a separate survey of business owners — the…

Robinhood swings to profit from year-ago loss

theglobeandmail.com Robinhood Markets HOOD-Q reported a profit in the first quarter on Wednesday compared with a loss last year, helped by strong trading volumes and rate hikes that boosted its…

Waiting for Rate Cuts on Bankless

bankless.com Inflation isn't looking great. What does that mean for crypto? Portfolio Purgatory. Risk assets tumbled this morning off a hotter-than-expected inflation data release for…

When will Americans see those interest-rate cuts?

economist.com Perhaps it was always too good to be true. The big economic story of 2023 was the seemingly painless disinflation in America, with consumer-price pressures receding even as…

Email ‘Mistake’ on Inflation Data Prompts Questions on What Is Shared

nytimes.com Housing prices are being closely watched by traders of securities tied to inflation or interest rates. Traders are closely watching once-obscure economic data, prompting…

Stock market today: Dow extends winning streak to 6 days

finance.yahoo.com US stocks were a mixed bag on Wednesday as investors tried to read the rate-cut runes and weighed a fresh batch of earnings reports for insight into the chance of a…

US Stocks Eye Fourth Positive Session Despite Hawkish Fed Remarks; Disney, Palantir Tumble; Treasury Yields Fall: What's Driving Markets Tuesday?

finance.yahoo.com Wall Street experienced a quiet session during morning trading on Tuesday, influenced by a lack of significant economic data and minimal updates on earnings from major…

Dow Extends Its Winning Streak

barrons.com The Dow Jones Industrial Average brought its winning streak to six sessions on a mixed Wednesday for the broader market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 171 points,…

How to Thrive in a Higher-for-Longer Rate Environment. Here’s What Investment Pros Say

barrons.com At the start of this year, investors expected the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates multiple times in 2024, but such projections have fallen by the wayside as…

Mapping the RWA Landscape on Bankless

bankless.com are the talk of the town. Big names like BlackRock are getting into RWAs , Tether is rolling out its , and the numbers are impressive too – RWA tokens reached a record…

Jim Cramer Advises Investors To Brace For Economic Slowdown, Shares Tips To Maintain Balanced Portfolio: 'I'm Not Telling You To Relax'

benzinga.com Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s “Mad Money,” has warned investors about the current state of the economy and suggested strategies to navigate the challenging period. What…

Stock Market Crash: 3 Must-Buy Penny Stocks When Prices Plunge

investorplace.com Numerous penny stocks might recover sharply after a systemic market drawdown The iShares Micro-Cap ETF (NYSEARCA: ) has surged by approximately 20% in the past six months,…

Stocks could tank after an ill-advised 'melt-up' if the Fed cuts rates to avoid recession

aol.com None There's a growing risk of a stock market melt-up, according to market veteran Ed Yardeni. • None Yardeni said the return of the "Fed Put" means stocks could soar on the…

The US dollar is so strong that China's central bank, among others, just keeps loading up on gold

finance.yahoo.com None China's economy is struggling, leading to a surge in gold purchases as a safe-haven asset. • None Central banks are on a gold-buying spree, contributing to record-high…

Interest rates on federal student loans may increase by 1%: ‘A fairly big jump,’ expert says

cnbc.com It may soon be more expensive to borrow federal student loans. The government sets interest rates on its education loans once a year. The rate, which runs from July 1 to…

Why Technical Factors Matter More for the Stock Market This Week

barrons.com Why Technical Factors Matter More for the Stock Market This Week With not much in the way of economic data until next week’s consumer price index, the market’s rally may…

Want to sell your home? Get ready for disappointment

businessinsider.com The past few years were very good to people who decided to sell their homes. The massive relocation shuffle meant most homes hitting the market were the subject of bidding…

Your Wealth Is Melting: Why Bitcoin Is The Deep Freeze Your Portfolio Desperately Needs

bitcoinmagazine.com Originally published on Unchained.com.Unchained is the official US Collaborative Custody partner of Bitcoin Magazine and an integral sponsor of related content published…

The federal government can do more about home costs than you think

cbsnews.com The cost to buy a home has reached historic highs in the U.S. — the median price of a home is $420,800, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis — and housing and…

Stock-market bulls shouldn’t fear a long Fed pause before interest-rate cuts

marketwatch.com History shows the S&P 500 tends to do well when the Federal Reserve leaves rates on hold.

Why Did Sweden Cut Rates?

investorplace.com Sweden caught the interest of investors around the world on Wednesday as they wonder why the country’s central bank cut interest rates today. This saw Sweden cut its…

Fundstrat CEO Predicts When Bitcoin Price Will Reach $150,000 And $500,000

newsbtc.com Thomas Jong Lee, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fundstrat, an independent financial research boutique, has maintained a bullish stance on Bitcoin. The financial…

How the U.S. economy adapted to 5% interest rates

axios.com One year ago this month, the Federal Reserve pushed its target interest rate above 5% — a step that seemed sure to cause ripples across the corporate landscape and the…

Bankruptcies are spiking as companies lose hope of rate cuts

aol.com None April saw the highest number of corporate bankruptcies in a year, S&P Global said. • None Eroding bets of an interest rate cut contribute to this, as burdened business…

Bits + Bips: Does Macroeconomics Point to a Potential Crypto Supercycle?

unchainedcrypto.com In this first episode of Bits + Bips, hosts James Seyffart, Alex Kruger, and Joe McCann explain why the macroeconomics could point to the markets actually being in a crypto…

Midday movers: Uber, Rivian, Twilio fall; Reddit and Arista rise By

investing.com Investing.com -- Main U.S. indexes were flat Wednesday, as investors digested a series of quarterly corporate earnings ahead of comments from more Federal Reserve officials.…

The Austrian

mises.org In our featured article by Dr. Joseph Salerno exposes the phony debate over fiat money and policy “rules” at the Federal Reserve. For years, many defenders of the Fed have…

Fed’s Taper Could Send Inflation Soaring

tftc.io Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has appeared to pivot in monetary policy, embracing a subtler approach that prioritizes Washington's borrowing costs over the pressing…

Stock market today: Tech drags stocks lower as rally hits pause

finance.yahoo.com US stocks tipped lower on Wednesday as investors tried to read the rate-cut runes and weighed a fresh batch of earnings reports for insight into the chance of a corporate…

Forget The Price Dip: Ethereum Network Activity Hints At Imminent Takeoff

newsbtc.com Ethereum, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, finds itself in a curious position. While the price struggles for direction, its underlying network is…

Three sparks fuelling Bitcoin to $100,000

dlnews.com Macro conditions greatly improved for Bitcoin last week. Both the Federal Reserve and the US Treasury have made liquidity conditions significantly easier for risk assets in…

Crypto Price Prediction 8/5: New Correction Fears Mount as $BTC Reverts From $65,000

coingape.com Crypto Price Prediction: For a majority of major cryptocurrencies, the second of May has witnessed a slight slowdown in recovery as BTC price struggles to sustain above the…

5 Things To Know In Investing This Week: The Everybody Shut Up Issue

benzinga.com The Federal Reserve completed its May meeting and kept rates unchanged. So, why did the market rise? The Bank of Japan intervened to save the yen twice to no effect before…

Stock futures slide Wednesday as tech shares sell off: Live updates

cnbc.com Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on April 9, 2024. Stock futures fell Wednesday as pressure on several tech names put the…

Morgan Stanley Predicts up to 110% Rally for These 2 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks

finance.yahoo.com Uncertainty is the word of the day, in reference to the near-term economic future. Sentiment will hinge on the inflation numbers due out next week. March’s figure rose to…

Trump And The Fed Could Be About To Trigger A $4 Trillion Bitcoin Price Boom

forbes.com Bitcoin has stalled after a roaring back last week (though some traders are betting on an "absolutely enormous" China earthquake). Subscribe now to Forbes' CryptoAsset &…

Stock market today: US futures slip amid earnings rush, Fed teeters

finance.yahoo.com US stocks tipped lower before the bell on Wednesday as investors tried to read the rate-cut runes and weighed a fresh batch of earnings reports for insight into the chance…

Is the economy as bad as Americans think?

newsweek.com A majority of Americans think that the U.S. economy is heading in the wrong direction, according to an exclusive poll for Newsweek, with many blaming Joe Biden's economic…

For US renters, the chance of owning a home is going from bad to worse

aol.com A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right here. You can listen to an audio version of the…

Consumers Regard the Cost of Money as Part of the Cost of Living

nakedcapitalism.com Lambert here: Larry Summers has risen from the grave (amusingly, all the graphic file names include “summers”). Interesting ideas, though. Who knew that mainstream…

Stock Market Today: Stocks mixed, Dow eyes best run since December

thestreet.com Check back for updates throughout the trading day U.S. equity futures edged lower in early Wednesday trading, while Treasury bond yields bumped higher into the start of the…

The 3 Most Undervalued REITs to Buy in May 2024

investorplace.com Here are some of the top REITs to buy and hold today One of the best ways to generate passive income is with some of the most undervalued real estate investment trusts…

The 3 Most Undervalued Tech Stocks to Buy in May 2024

investorplace.com Undervalued tech stocks are attracting eyeballs this year because of two elements: the astronomical rise of Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) and the three anticipated rate cuts from the…

The 7 Best Growth Stocks to Buy in May 2024

investorplace.com Grab these seven best growth stocks while their shares are still undervalued It’s been a tremendous year for growth stocks. New technologies and increasing consumer adoption…

S&P Futures Tick Lower as Investors Await Earnings Reports and Fed Speak

barchart.com June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM24) are trending down -0.11% this morning as market participants geared up for the next round of quarterly results and awaited more comments…

Morgan Stanley now expects the Federal Reserve to start rate cuts in September

investing.com Investing.com -- Morgan Stanley informed investors in a note Wednesday that it does not expect the Federal Reserve to begin cutting rates until September. While the…