Jerome Powell's tenure as chair of the Federal Reserve ends this week. Here are key moments from his two terms leading the central bank.
We use Google Analytics to count anonymous page views and understand which content gets read. No ads, no profiles. Decline keeps you on cookieless mode. Details.
Uniquement les titres à fort signal — événements macro, résultats, M&A, régulation. Listicles et clickbait d'analystes filtrés par défaut. Rafraîchi toutes les heures.
Jerome Powell's tenure as chair of the Federal Reserve ends this week. Here are key moments from his two terms leading the central bank.
Markets Await Key Inflation Data This Week.
Pre-Market Stock Futures: Futures are trading mixed as we get set to start the new trading week, as reports indicate that President Trump declined Iran’s counteroffer for peace. This comes after a remarkable Friday, when stocks roared to record highs, driven primarily by a stronger-than-expected April jobs report that eased economic concerns and by a ... Here Are Monday’s Top Wall Street Analyst Research Calls: Dell Technologies, BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Disney, HubSpot, Klarna, Oklo, Pitney Bow
The stock market keeps climbing walls investors barely seem to notice anymore. The S&P 500 just hit another all-time high, extending a rally that has added nearly 50% since the tariff-driven panic low in April 2025. President Donald Trump’s tax cuts, deregulation push, and pro-business policies embedded in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act have ... The S&P 500 Just Did Something It’s Only Done 3 Times Before. Why Trump’s AI Rally Is in Danger
The major indexes stretched their winning streak to six weeks, the longest since October 2024. This week nine S&P 500 companies report results, including Constellation Energy on Monday, Cisco Systems on Wednesday, and Applied Materials on Thursday. The highlight of the economic calendar is the consumer price index, released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Tuesday.
Kevin O’Leary claims that theme park attendance shows a healthy economy. But his numbers don’t show the whole story.
The stock market keeps rolling along as if nothing can stop it. The S&P 500 recently hit another all-time high, unemployment remains low at 4.3%, and payroll growth has continued to beat expectations, according to the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics report. President Donald Trump has pointed to both as proof the economy remains on ... What Saudi Aramco’s CEO Just Said Has Huge Implications for the Trump Bull Market
Wall Street has spent the past two years climbing a wall of worry. Sticky inflation, elevated interest rates, recession fears, and geopolitical tensions all failed to stop the market’s advance. The S&P 500 has still pushed to fresh highs, powered largely by artificial intelligence spending, resilient consumer demand, and surprisingly durable corporate earnings. Now investors ... Will Fed Chair Pick Kevin Warsh Kill the Trump Bull Market? 1 Decision Matters More Than Anything Else
The stock market is doing what bull markets do best — climbing a wall of worry. The S&P 500 recently pushed to another all-time high, AI stocks continue pulling massive amounts of capital into the market, and the latest jobs report showed employers added 115,000 jobs in April versus expectations for 65,000. Unemployment held steady ... This Indicator Just Did Something It Hasn’t Done in 75 Years. Is It the Biggest Risk to the Bull Market Before Midterms?
Trump's China trip and the April inflation report will be the week's two biggest developments for investors.
The stock market keeps acting like nothing can go wrong. The S&P 500 recently pushed to fresh highs, unemployment held at 4.3%, and President Donald Trump pointed to strong jobs data and rising markets as proof “our country is doing well.” On paper, that argument holds up. But there’s a growing problem hiding underneath the ... What Chevron’s CEO Just Said About Global ‘Supply Outages’ Could Derail Trump’s Economic Momentum
A better-than-expected jobs report and a blistering chip-stock rally powered the S&P 500 to a record on Friday, with the index notching its sixth straight week of gains. The Dow industrials edged up 0.2% for the week, or 110 points.

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended the week higher on Friday...</p><p>and although the Dow was little changed, the S&P 500 gained more than eight-tenths of a percent and the Nasdaq climbed 1.7%, catapulting both indexes to more record high closes.</p><p>Credit strong company earnings and a resilient economy, says Ross Mayfield, investment strategist at Baird Private Wealth Management.</p><p>"It's really kind of the soft landing of all soft landings. You're wrapping up one of the best earnings seasons we've seen in some time. One of the best non-recession recovery earnings seasons ever. You've got positive headlines about the war in Iran and the move towards a ceasefire there, particularly ahead of, you know, Trump's meeting with Xi Jinping. You have a great jobs report. So signs that the, you know, the economy outside of the AI sector is still holding in pretty well. [FLASH] Now, that doesn't mean there isn't a big tail risk out there if the war in Iran kind of reverses or escalates for whatever reason. But barring that, it is very hard to see a reason that this market doesn't melt up into the summer and really into year end."</p><p>High-flying chip stocks had another stellar session, with shares of Intel gaining 14% after the Wall Street Journal reported the company reached a preliminary deal to make some chips for Apple devices. Shares of Apple added 2%.</p><p>Shares of Micron Technology and Sandisk spiked more than 15% and 16%, respectively, lifted by strong demand from the rapid buildout of AI data centers.</p><p>:: Cloudflare</p><p>Still, other tech stocks didn't fare as well, with Cloudflare plunging more than 23% after the cloud services company said it would cut about 20% of its workforce, and forecast second-quarter revenue slightly below Wall Street expectations.</p><p>:: CoreWeave</p><p>Shares of CoreWeave tumbled more than 11% after the cloud infrastructure technology company raised the lower end of its annual capital expenditure forecast, citing a rise in component costs.</p><p>Elsewhere in the market, shares of Expedia dropped more than 9% after the online travel platform flagged that the conflict in the Middle East was hurting demand.</p></body>
US stock market rose Friday as a strong April jobs report and peace deal progress lifted risk appetite into the close.
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq were chasing fresh highs on Friday after the unemployment rate held steady in April. The S&P was up 0.5%. The Nasdaq was up 0.6%. The Dow rose 220 points, or 0.4%. The S&P and Nasdaq were on pace for record closing highs.
The April jobs report should show decent hiring. A solid labor market and high oil prices have quashed Fed rate-cut hopes.
8am: Futures point higher US stocks are set for a positive open on Friday, with futures pointing higher as Wall Street looks ahead to April's non-farm payrolls report, even as tensions in the Middle East flared overnight. Nasdaq futures are up 0.7%, S&P 500 futures have gained 0.5%,...
Stocks were on course to rise to close out the week, with Wall Street seemingly more focused on the looming April jobs report than an exchange of fire between the U.S. and Iran. S&P 500 futures added 0.3% and contracts tied to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 gained 0.5%. Friday’s nonfarm payrolls report could have a bigger bearing on the market than events in the Middle East.
By Harry Robertson and Amanda Cooper LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - Inflation-linked bonds — despite the promise in their name — have stumbled along with the rest of the bond market as the Iran war drives