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The May employment data landed with a thud for bond bulls, with implications for Treasury proxies like the iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (NASDAQ:TLT). May nonfarm payrolls rose 172,000, the best number since March, when the figure came in at 185,000, and well above expectations. CNBC’s Rick Santelli, reacting on Squawk Box, asked, “Is ... The Jobs Report Released Today Was Great. That’s Bad News for Bond Yields.

S&P Dow Jones Indices stated that it will not be changing its rules to fast-track SpaceX (SPAX.PVT) and other mega-IPOs into the S&P 500 index (^GSPC). Morning Brief Host Julie Hyman and Vanity Fair contributing editor Bethany McLean discuss SpaceX's valuation in the lead up to the space company's public launch a week from now. JPMorgan Chase (JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon hosted Elon Musk as part of SpaceX's (SPAX.PVT) pre-IPO roadshow, as the company sets its sights on an IPO price of $135 per share next Friday, June 12.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.5%, and the actively t

<p>SpaceX is going public on June 12 — nine days from now — at a valuation of approximately $1.75 trillion, which would make it the largest IPO in history. For ETF investors, the event is unavoidable: index rules will force an estimated $22–27 billion in automatic buying from funds tracking the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100. Here's which ETFs will hold SpaceX, when they'll buy, and what the IPO means for your portfolio.</p>

Stock market indexes are bending over backwards to cater to Elon Musk.

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, the index investing pioneer's ‌flagship exchange-traded product, became the first in ‌the history of ETFs to reach and exceed $1 trillion in assets, ​the investment firm confirmed on Wednesday. The Vanguard fund hit this milestone, the latest record in the remarkable ascent of exchange-traded funds, on Tuesday, less than 18 months after ‌overtaking State Street ⁠Investment Management's SPDR S&P 500 ETF in assets, as investors looking for broad market ⁠exposure also sought out the lowest-cost funds. VOO levies a management fee of only 0.03%, compared to 0.09% for ​the State ​Street fund, which now ​is third in the ‌three-way race between those two firms and BlackRock Inc..

At $459.97, Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) looks attractively positioned for investors with a 12-month horizon. The stock just touched a 52-week high of $465.99 and sits on the doorstep of an earnings report that prediction markets are pricing as a near-certain beat, which makes the next 90 days a real test of the bull thesis. Broadcom designs ... Buy, Sell or Hold Broadcom Before Earnings Tomorrow?

Yardeni expects strong retail demand for the AI-3 IPOs, noting that brokers have already begun inviting clients to participate in the SpaceX offering.

Although the bull case has rarely sounded louder, with one-year gains running hot and the index pressing new highs, Wall Street has a long memory, and that memory is not kind to stretched valuations that meet an inflation regime. The benchmark S&P 500 sits at $745.64 on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) proxy ... The S&P 500 Lost 40% in Real Terms from 1968 to 1982. History Says It Could Happen Again.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose Monday amid ongoing hopes for a U.S.-Iran deal. Nvidia stock jumped on a new chip.

Most investors skip the simplest piece of self-accountability available to them. They form a thesis, place a trade, and then let time blur the original reasoning into something vaguer and more flattering. Clare Flynn Levy, the former hedge fund manager who founded behavioral analytics firm Essentia Analytics, has a fix for that, and she shared ... I Was Wrong About Inflation and Missed a Huge Stock Rally: The One Investing Discipline That Could Have Saved Me

Kevin Warsh was sworn in as Federal Reserve Chairman this week, and the most striking thing about his arrival is how little Wall Street seems to care. On CNBC’s Halftime Report Friday, one host captured the moment with a line worth holding onto: “The Fed is not the first or second or third sentence of ... Kevin Warsh Inherits a Fed That Wall Street Has Almost Stopped Talking About

On the May 19, 2026 episode of The Clark Howard Podcast, Clay from Kentucky asked advisor Wes Moss whether to leave roughly $60,000 in a vested state law enforcement pension earning a guaranteed 4% annually, or roll it into the Roth Thrift Savings Plan he now contributes to in his new federal job. “This seems ... I left law enforcement with a $60,000 state pension earning 4%. Should I roll it to a Roth TSP instead?

Kevin Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council, used a CNBC Squawk Box appearance on May 22, 2026 to give Kevin Warsh an unusually full-throated endorsement before Warsh has even taken the Fed Chair seat. Warsh wants to drag the Fed back to monetary policy and away from everything else, and the White ... Hassett Backs Incoming Fed Chair Warsh’s Focus on Monetary Policy, Downplays Inflation Risks From Oil Shock

Also in Weekend Reads: reactions to the SpaceX IPO filing, how to make a Roth IRA conversion mistake and accurate advice from the Moneyist

The instinct to do something when markets convulse is almost universal, and almost always expensive. That tension was on full display in April 2026, when tariff announcements rattled global markets and brokerage inboxes lit up with panicked questions. Joe Saladino, speaking on Paula Pant’s Afford Anything podcast, offered a counterintuitive prescription: pick a date on ... Joe Saladino: “Touch Your Portfolio Just Once a Year. That’s It.”

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.5% and the actively trad

For much of the past two years, Wall Street treated long-run inflation expectations as the boring part of the macro story. Short-run prints whipped around. The five-year horizon stayed anchored. That assumption broke this month. The Cleveland Fed just published its highest five-year inflation expectation in 19 years, a reading that sits above the levels ... Fed’s Long-Term Inflation Forecast Hits 19-Year High

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) keeps rising more and more, no matter how “bad” the news gets. Since Election Day 2024, the index is up 30%, a run that has absorbed a shooting war with Iran, a tariff regime that rewrites itself by tweet, and an inflation print that refuses to behave. The ... The “Don’t Fight Trump” Trade Is Working: S&P 500 Ignores Everything and Keeps Surging

The entire financial complex is currently hanging by a thread. Or rather, a microchip.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.4% and the actively trad

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose Wednesday ahead of the Fed minutes. Nvidia stock rallied ahead of earnings.

Geopolitical tensions from the Iran war are raising alarms on Wall Street, with top economists warning that inflationary pressures could force the Federal Reserve into aggressive rate hikes. Inflation Fears And ‘Economic Damage’ The economic toll of the Iran war is extending far beyond rising commodity prices. According to Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics, surging interest rates—highlighted by the 10-year Treasury yield jumping to 4.6%—reflect a rapidly shifting landscape. Zandi

<p>Nvidia reports fiscal Q1 2027 earnings Wednesday after the close, with analysts expecting $79 billion in revenue. The result will ripple across <strong>QQQ</strong>, <strong>SMH</strong>, <strong>SOXX</strong>, and every other ETF with significant Nvidia exposure — and some have far more on the line than others.</p>

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.1%, and the actively t

A 58-year-old engineer in Palo Alto, married filing jointly, earns $750,000 a year, has already stuffed $4 million into 401(k)s and IRAs, and parks another $1.2 million in a brokerage account that holds a single S&P 500 fund. The 401(k) is maxed. The mega backdoor Roth is maxed. The next tax dollar saved has to ... The $40,000 Tax Move That Comes After Your 401(k) Hits Its Limit

Ben Carlson, portfolio manager at Ritholtz Wealth Management and the voice behind A Wealth of Common Sense, dropped a line on Morningstar’s The Long View podcast that I keep coming back to. Co-host Jeff Ptak summarized Carlson’s thinking as “it’s not the latte, it’s the Lexus,” and Carlson agreed, adding “and it’s the house too.” ... Ben Carlson Says Skip the Luxury Car and House Hunt Smart. That’s Real Inflation Protection.

One result of the massive monetary expansion was an upsurge in inflation, to a peak of over 9% in 2022—which the Fed infamously termed “transitory.”

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.91%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.83%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.30%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -1.02%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Wall Street braces for what could be the largest stock market debut in history, but the most cited academic on US IPO performance is warning buyers to sit on their hands. SpaceX is reportedly targeting a valuation of roughly $1.75 trillion in its planned offering, and Reuters this morning lined the deal up against three ... The Professor Who Tracks Every US IPO Just Issued a Warning on SpaceX: “Most of the Time, Things Don’t Go According to Plan.”