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Mortgage rates seem poised to come down in the coming months. That’s prompting some home buyers to pause and wait for more certainty before acting.

Nvidia’s stock is leading the chip sector late on a volatile day of trading, while other prominent semiconductor names are seeing an extension of recent weakness.

The e-commerce giant said its 2024 Amazon Prime Day event was its biggest ever.

A mad rush for U.S. small-cap stocks over the past week has investors weighing whether to chase the rally or proceed with caution in one of the most speculative corners of the stock market.

Data from online brokerage Public shows us exactly which bonds people are buying on the platform.

If the levying of tariffs causes inflation to jump higher, then the Fed “may not cut rates as aggressively” as estimated, a Wells Fargo team says.

Financial experts offer money tips for people trying to navigate feelings about the uncertain future. “What we can control is what we’re doing with our money today.”

In headhunter Manpower’s post-earnings call with analysts, CEO Jonas Prising addressed what everyone was thinking, how artificial intelligence was affecting the job market.

With pressure growing on President Joe Biden to step aside as the Democratic nominee, who might a new nominee’s running mate be?

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CommScope Holding Co. Inc.’s stock jumped more than 11% on Thursday after the networking technology company said it agreed to sell two business units with a combined 4,000 employees to Amphenol Corp. for $2.1 billion.

Indian outsourcing giant Infosys reported growing profits as it forecast a slight pickup in sales growth for the year.

Meta Platforms is in talks to pay nearly $5 billion for a 5% stake in France-based eyeglass giant and Ray-Ban parent EssilorLuxottica SA, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

PPA Pickleball Tour 2025, a game that launches this week, aims to expand the audience for the sport.

The Philadelphia Fed said Thursday its gauge of regional business activity rose to 13.9 in July from 1.3 in the prior month.

The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits last week shot up to 243,000 and matched a nearly one-year high, driven by a spike in new job less claims in Texas after hurricane Beryl.

GameStop Corp. Chief Executive Ryan Cohen reiterated his support for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump late Wednesday, just days after endorsing him.

Deal is latest in an IPO market that is gradually heating up again.

Think twice before shifting your stock portfolio toward smaller-cap names.

Wading in for bargains right now is not the way to go, says Goldman Sachs’ tactical strategist Scott Rubner, who offers seasonal caution.

As the U.S. gears up for November’s presidential election, stocks across sectors such as defense, telecom, water, environment and construction could provide refuge from any volatility that arises, according to KeyBanc Capital Markets.

“How do I collect it as her next of kin if her husband is refusing to collect his inheritance?”

Managers with long/short strategies — i.e., funds that combine bets that companies will appreciate in value with bets that others will decline — had their worst single day of trade since the fourth quarter of 2022.

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Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance speaks Wednesday night at the GOP convention in Milwaukee.

Novartis has boosted its 2024 outlook for a second time this year, thanks to strong sales for some of its biggest drugs used to treat heart failure and other ailments.

Shares of Walmart Inc. climbed into record territory Wednesday, after the discount retailer’s management did its job to convince investors of the strength of its business and growth initiatives.

The seven Big Tech companies collectively have shed more than $500 billion in market cap on Wednesday alone.

U.S. economic activity seemed to soften in the past two months, with five of the 12 Fed regions reporting flat or declining activity, a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday found.

U.S. households own more Treasurys than ever before as investors have sought to profit from Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes.

As more chain restaurants offer discounts and deals to woo inflation-weary customers, a prominent industry expert is warning that they may soon pay a price in terms of their bottom lines.

Wall Street welcomes Washington’s summer break.

Shares of weight-loss drug developers including Eli Lilly & Co., Novo Nordisk and Structure Therapeutics fell sharply early Wednesday after Roche Holding AG announced early-stage trial data for its experimental obesity pill.

Industrial production rose in June for the second month in row, driven by rising car sales and high demand for air-conditioning during a summer that has seen especially hot weather.

Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said the central bank is “getting closer to the time when a cut” in interest rates is warranted, but he still wants more evidence that inflation is slowing before he’s ready to move.

The U.S. stock market’s breadth is improving, a positive sign for the momentum of the rally so far this year, according to BofA Global Research.

Upbeat sentiment toward bank stocks continued Wednesday as U.S. Bancorp and Citizens Financial Group both rose on mostly positive quarterly results.

Intel and GlobalFoundries could benefit from potential semiconductor-industry restrictions on China and Taiwan.

An inverted Treasury yield curve is supposedly a harbinger of recession. Does this mean that, when the curve un-inverts, it is tantamount to the market sending the all-clear signal?

The rally for small-cap stocks over the past week is a historical and statistical outlier that marks a ‘dramatic’ shift in investor sentiment, says a widely followed Wall Street analyst.

Johnson & Johnson’s stock climbed back into the green in early trading Wednesday, after the drugmaker beat second-quarter profit expectations but trimmed its full-year outlook.

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The European Central Bank is expected to stand pat on interest rates after its policy meeting on Thursday, emphasizing that it is prepared to be cautious in trimming borrowing costs further without more evidence that inflation will hit its 2% target.

An unusually tranquil stretch for U.S. stocks is poised for a new milestone on Wednesday just as the rally appears to finally be broadening out beyond a handful of megacap names.

Nearly half of U.S. adults are struggling to cover the cost of prescription drugs and doctor visits, new research shows, marking a new low for healthcare affordability.

The star investor seems to have correctly made a giant call.

‘Strategic portfolio review concluded there are limited synergies between Supreme and VF, making a sale a natural next step,’ says CEO

The Lebanese born banker, who first joined HSBC in 2005, had been seen as the natural successor to Quinn who announced he would be stepping down in April

“At the time, I only had one family member in the state and they did not have access to the card.”

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Yes, sometimes it makes sense to claim at 62 — but there’s a catch.

The former president shared his thoughts on the dollar and Jerome Powell in an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek.

The British pound rose on Wednesday as an August interest rate cut by the Bank of England was considered slightly less likely after U.K. inflation for June matched the central bank’s target but was a touch faster than economists’ forecasts.

Good news for the U.S. economy, plus this being a presidential election year, set the stage for higher equity prices.

New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez’s conviction on corruption charges adds his name to a long list of disgraced politicians tarnished by scandals in the Garden State.

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For Amazon, the annual sale event leads to massive revenue. For warehouse workers, it leads to injuries, lawmakers say.

Gold climbed sharply on Tuesday as bets for U.S. interest-rate cuts prompted prices to touch fresh record intraday highs, and some analysts touted long-term prospects for further gains in the precious metal.

Crypto traders have been doubling down their bets on a Donald Trump victory in November’s U.S. presidential election.

Donald Trump’s choice of Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate has some investors and executives worried that a second Trump administration could be far less friendly to corporate America than the first, given the Ohio Republican’s history of populist rhetoric and...

TNT recently signed deals to show the French Open as well as more college sports.

Bond managers, on average, lag the market over time regardless of whether interest rates are rising or falling.

Providers of AI infrastructure ‘picks and shovels’ stand to benefit from growing demand.

It didn’t take long for one of the biggest and most important trading themes at the start of 2024 to come back in the minds of investors and traders, after having faded a month ago.

Last week’s action in the stock market might have signaled a long-awaited shift away from a focus on Big Tech in the stock market to overlooked pockets of value.

Oil futures on Tuesday were on track to stretch their losses into a third consecutive session, as investors worried about demand from China, the world’s second-largest consumer of crude.

Builder sentiment fell as mortgage rates stay elevated, the National Association of Home Builders said.

Hugo Boss shares fell sharply on Tuesday after the suit seller followed rivals Burberry and Swatch Group in cutting its guidance over concerns that a slump in the global economy is set to hit sales in key markets including the U.K. and China throughout the remainder...

A victory for Donald Trump in the November presidential election could have widespread implications for a host of industries, from big tech M&A to electric vehicle makers, say analysts.

Sales at U.S. retailers were flat in June because of falling gas prices and a nationwide cyberattack on auto dealers, but most other stores showed an increase in spending in a sign of stable economic growth.

Macy’s outstanding high-yield bonds were trading mixed on Monday after the company said it has ended takeover talks with two private-equity suitors after they failed to come up with a compelling enough offer and committed financing.

Miller Value Deep Value Strategy flags small-cap diamonds in the food, energy and media sectors.

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J.D. Vance now tops the Amazon bestsellers list for his 2016 book. ‘I wouldn’t be surprised if Vance outsells Stephen King this year.’

President Joe Biden has proposed capping rent increases nationwide to 5%, in an attempt to reign in surging housing costs. But housing experts are calling it counterproductive.

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Ocado shares increased sharply on Tuesday following a crash in its share price on Monday after it was downgraded by analysts

A new super PAC supporting Donald Trump’s presidential run has the backing of a number of tech and finance figures, and multiple reports contend that Elon Musk will soon join them.

Chinese central bank’s new policy tools let it act more like the Fed

The options market is sending an encouraging message for small-cap investors: The latest stock rally might have room to run.

Millions of immigrants are entering the country and joining the workforce.

Bitcoin jumped on Monday as investors raised their bets on Donald Trump’s potential victory in the presidential election in November.

U.S. airlines have struggled with weakness in the domestic market, facing a mismatch between capacity and demand that is casting a shadow over the second half of the year.

Gold futures inched closer to fresh record highs on Monday, as the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump raised political uncertainty, boosting safe-haven demand for the precious metal.

This asset class went 68 years with no net gain

Retail investors still believe in the tech sector, but expect volatility in the second half of the year.

Market speculation over former President Donald Trump’s re-election chances following an attempted assassination were driving up the price of bitcoin and several stocks on Monday, including a massive rally for his social-media group.

Investors have been looking beyond Big Tech in recent trading, signaling a possible shift to a value focus

A recent email from the Social Security Administration may look suspicious, but it’s real.

Bank approves 9% boost to quarterly dividend, to $3 per share starting in the third quarter.

Analyst upgrades Apple shares, saying the company can capitalize on generative AI to spur device sales like it did with digital music and social media.

AutoNation said Monday that it expects the recent cyberattack at dealership software company CDK Global to shave about $1.50 off its June quarter per-share earnings.

TD Cowen says AMD’s data-center business has a chance to shine as pressures ease on other segments.

Ascend Wellness is using proceeds of $235 million debt offering to prepay a three-year note.

Macy’s stock tumbled early Monday, after the department-store chain said it terminated talks with private-equity firms Arkhouse Management Co. LP and Brigade Capital Management LP after failing to reach a compelling deal with committed financing.

Index falls slightly to negative 6.6, slightly below forecast

Company cites weak market conditions in Europe.

Stelco ships about 2.6 million net tons of flat-rolled steel annually, primarily hot-rolled steel to service center customers.

Apple’s sales have reportedly surged to around $8 billion in the year ending in March compared to $6 billion a year earlier.

“That woman and her mother were selfish and self-interested, and believed that they were entitled to get those seats.”

“I know folks who make seven figures a year … but are a couple of missed paychecks away from bankruptcy,” one financial adviser says.

“At the moment, we are both in Florida, but the inheritance is in a California probate court.”

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U.S. stock-index futures saw a modest rise Sunday night, as financial markets reacted to an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump a day earlier at campaign rally.

Ten percent of shoppers said they’ll likely go into debt to pay for school supplies this year.

Burberry shares sank on Monday after the U.K. luxury fashion group said it’s chief executive officer will be replaced, following a profit warning and suspension of its 2025 dividend.

Google parent Alphabet Inc. is poised to make its largest acquisition ever, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday, with a roughly $23 billion deal to buy cybersecurity startup Wiz.

There’s speculation the Trump campaign may also try to capitalize on the imagery: “That picture is going to be one for the century.”

This marks the second rate hike the U.S. Postal Service has instituted this year alone.

A dark day in U.S. history will offer a test for financial market participants as they react to an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

The seemingly impossible task facing the Federal Reserve and Chairman Jerome Powell is to achieve a decisive victory against inflation, without pushing the world’s largest economy into a recession or, at least, a deep and prolonged one.

Netflix Inc. reports second-quarter results on Thursday, as a bigger portion of Wall Street concludes that it has essentially won the streaming wars.

Hedge-fund manager Bill Ackman and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have said they would support the re-election campaign of former President Donald Trump’s.

Bitcoin, which trades around the clock, surged after former President Donald Trump was shot, potentially a reaction both to the perceived increased likelihood the Republican will win as well as to a more unstable political environment.