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(Bloomberg) -- Positions in futures tied to the Federal Reserve’s benchmark interest rate have surged to an all-time high as traders brace for the risk the central bank could start pushing rates higher Wednesday.Most Read from BloombergChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsApple Set to Make Big Smart Home Push With Siri AI at CenterCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed HikeASML Slides on Report of Ch

(Bloomberg) -- On the eve of the Federal Reserve’s policy decision, bond traders are on edge. While most expect policymakers to leave interest rates unchanged, prominent voices across Wall Street are putting their weight behind a hike in just the second meeting run by new Chairman Kevin Warsh. Most Read from BloombergChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed HikeAppl

Between AI spending doubts, a potential Fed surprise, and new competition from China, here's what's rattling investors.

(Bloomberg) -- Meredith Whitney, the former bank analyst who rose to fame for a 2007 report ahead of the global financial crisis, warned that a US “reckoning” is coming in the fourth quarter as one-time economic boosts from the World Cup and residual fiscal spending fade.Most Read from BloombergChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed HikeApple Set to Make Big Smart

(Bloomberg) -- Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang defended open-weight artificial intelligence systems as crucial to the nascent AI industry, sending a cautionary message to officials in Washington who are debating how to respond to a surprise breakthrough from Chinese startup Moonshot.Most Read from BloombergChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed H

Nearly a third of Americans say they have shoplifted at some point in their lives, according to a new LendingTree survey — a figure that has climbed as high prices for groceries, housing and insurance continue to strain household budgets. The survey found that 30% of respondents admitted to ...

(Bloomberg) -- Larry Ellison and his family would be on the hook for $9.8 billion if Paramount Skydance Corp.’s deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. falls apart.Most Read from BloombergChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed HikeApple Set to Make Big Smart Home Push With Siri AI at CenterASML Slides on Report of China Starting DUV Tool ProductionParamount, which

Wednesday will be another volatile session with big tech earnings and a Fed interest rate decision on deck.

(Bloomberg) -- For months, Big Tech has flooded debt markets with mega bonds that were initially snatched up by investors keen to get exposure to the artificial intelligence boom. As demand wanes and bubble concerns mount, those deals are becoming harder and costlier to get over the line. Most Read from BloombergChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed HikeApple Set

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A federal law nobody outside Wall Street noticed quietly handed one ETF a captive customer base worth tens of billions, and the buyers are not the investors you think they are.

(Bloomberg) -- Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud has acquired a $129.5 million stake in Lucid Group Inc., a much-needed vote of confidence in the electric vehicle maker weeks after it fended off rumors of an impending bankruptcy.Most Read from BloombergChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed HikeASML Slides on Report of China Starting DUV Tool ProductionDeepS

A federal judge blocked Minnesota's prediction market ban, ruling it preempted by federal law, hours after Kalshi lost a separate motion in NY.

Three cryptocurrency investors filed a federal lawsuit against Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) on July 24. They allege they lost a combined $1.8 million in Bitcoin through a fake wallet app listed on the App Store. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. It ...

he filing came on the same comment deadline as Multicoin Capital and the Hyperliquid Policy Center's framework support letter, which prompted Kyle Samani's public attack on his former firm this week.

Investing.com -- In just over 24 hours, Kevin Warsh’s Fed will announce its interest rate decision. While the consensus is for the Fed to remain on hold, a growing number of market watchers expect a surprise rate hike. Citadel Securities is one of those outliers, with the firm’s head of macro strategy Frank Flight expecting a 25-basis-point hike. Overall, 32% of market participants expect a hike tomorrow. This is down from yesterday, but up sharply from last week.

BlackRock crammed a hedge fund strategy into a single ETF ticker, and billions poured in before anyone could answer the one question that actually matters.

Paramount Skydance had been pushing to close its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery by the end of September. It picked the wrong month to be optimistic. A coalition of 12 state attorneys general sued to block the deal on July 13, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order ...

GNTX beat Q2 earnings estimates as favorable product mix, tight cost control and tariff reimbursements offset softer auto demand and lower revenues.

Interest rates have not moved since December's quarter-point cut to a range of +3.50-3.75%.

The man who spent months wielding a chainsaw against federal spending just told The Economist the Treasury should start writing checks to everyone. What happened between DOGE and that Gigafactory interview is a stranger story than the headline suggests.

(Bloomberg) -- The Nasdaq 100 Index is on track to enter a correction as worries about the eventual payoffs from artificial intelligence investments sour sentiment in the technology giants that have powered most of this year’s stock-market advance. Most Read from BloombergNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed HikeDeepSeek Suspends Fundraising After Viral US-China

(Bloomberg) -- SpaceX shares erased one-fifth of their value since the record setting debut of Elon Musk’s rocket, satellite and artificial intelligence company, as investors shunned riskier technology firms.Most Read from BloombergNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed HikeDeepSeek Suspends Fundraising After Viral US-China PostsS&P 500 Wobbles as AI Angst Offsets

(Bloomberg) -- Two months after Ford Motor Co. became the latest old-economy manufacturer to be swept up in the artificial-intelligence rally, investors are looking for proof the enthusiasm was justified. Most Read from BloombergNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed HikeDeepSeek Suspends Fundraising After Viral US-China PostsS&P 500 Wobbles as AI Angst Offsets Oi

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index rose, but tech futures dropped as chip stocks Micron and Sandisk dived. Coca-Cola jumped on earnings.

(Bloomberg) -- Visa Inc. is eliminating about 2,600 jobs as Chief Executive Officer Ryan McInerney seeks to make the firm more efficient as it competes in an increasingly tough payments industry.Most Read from BloombergNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed HikeDeepSeek Suspends Fundraising After Viral US-China PostsS&P 500 Wobbles as AI Angst Offsets Oil Decline:

Investing.com -- Bank of America expects the Federal Reserve to hold interest rates at its July meeting, and warned in a note on Tuesday that a surprise hike would break with decades of precedent.

(Bloomberg) -- One of this year’s hottest themes in the stock market has been the crowds of traders chasing the recipients of all the planned spending on new artificial-intelligence data centers. Most Read from BloombergNvidia’s $750 Billion in Deals Reignite Circular AI FearsChip Rout Deepens on Circular Funding, China Competition FearsCitadel Securities Sees Warsh Delivering Surprise Fed HikeDeepSeek Suspends Fundraising After Viral US-China PostsS&P 500 Wobbles as AI Angst Offsets Oil Decline

Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were mixed on Tuesday as renewed concerns over artificial intelligence spending weighed on semiconductor stocks ahead of a pivotal week featuring mega-cap technology earnings and the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision.

Wall Street analysts are busy reshuffling their ratings ahead of the Fed meeting, with surprise double-upgrades, dramatic target cuts, and fresh initiations spanning surgical robots to cybersecurity. Find out which names made the biggest moves today.