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Wall Street was split on Wednesday, with stocks charging higher while Treasuries sold off following another poor auction that saw the 30-year Treasury yield reach 5%. The Dow fell 0.1%. Stocks gained despite a high inflation reading: Wholesale energy prices climbed 7.8% in April from March.
(Bloomberg) -- Gold fell as the latest US data showed a resurgence in inflation, reinforcing bets that the Federal Reserve will keep interest rates higher for an extended period of time.Most Read from BloombergAmbani’s Cola War With Coke, Pepsi Spurs Fridge Bonanza in IndiaNvidia’s CEO Joins Trump in China With AI in the SpotlightMamdani Scraps Property Tax Hike, Counts Second-Home RevenueTrump Lands in China for Xi Trade Summit With Iran War in LimboBullion dropped as much as 1% Wednesday after
Colgate-Palmolive (NYSE:CL) is exactly the kind of name investors hunt for when the macro picture gets murky. Low beta, a 63-year dividend streak, and a portfolio of brands that sell whether the economy expands or contracts. With shares at $87.44 and tariffs creating fresh margin pressure, the question is whether the defensive premium is already ... Prediction: Colgate-Palmolive Will Jump 20% This Year
(Updates prices.) Gold edged higher midafternoon Wednesday even as the dollar rose after a repor
Tech stocks ripped higher on Wednesday despite a sharply hotter-than-expected April Producer Price Index reading that rekindled inflation anxieties and rate-hike fears, as strength in semiconductors fueled investor sentiment. Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) rallied for the sixth straight session to above $226 per share, with the company’s market cap soaring above $5.5 trillion ahead of next week’s highly awaited earnings report. Speaking via Truth Social shortly before landing in Beijing, Trump told
Arm Holdings and SoftBank Group made an approach to acquire Cerebras Systems weeks before its expected initial public offering, which was rebuffed. Bailey Lipschultz has more on "Bloomberg Deals."
Raj Subramaniam downplays fears around logistics expansion push
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.19%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.47%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.05%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -0.20%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...
Gold was steady early Wednesday even as the dollar rose after a report showed U.S. wholesale inflati
Editor’s note: This article was updated to add details and context. U.S. producer prices jumped the most since 2022 last month as the Strait of Hormuz energy shock continued to feed through the inflation pipeline, adding fresh concerns over the Federal Reserve’s rate outlook. The rate of increase in the headline Producer Price Index climbed from an upwardly revised 4.3% year-over-year in March to a whopping 6% in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. The outcome largely toppe
Although the US economy has not undergone a genuine depression since the first part of the 20th century under Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt, the less severe recession has emerged numerous four times since 2000: 2001: The Dot-com bubble crash 2007-2008: The subprime mortgage banking meltdown 2020: The Covid-19 pandemic 2022: “Technical” recession ... Boring Beats Brilliant: How a Utilities ETF Has Quietly Trounced the S & P 500 in Nearly Every Recession This Century
Tech stocks looked set to rise on Wednesday as investors bought the dip ahead of President Donald Trump’s summit with China's premier Xi Jinping in Beijing. The three major indexes all slid on Tuesday after the April consumer price index report showed inflation picked up faster than expected last month. The market will be keeping a close eye on Trump’s trip to China, with the two leaders expected to discuss trade and the Iran war.
(Bloomberg) -- Gold held a decline, after accelerating US inflation lifted the odds of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates this year. Most Read from BloombergAmbani’s Cola War With Coke, Pepsi Spurs Fridge Bonanza in IndiaInside a Year of Chaos and Conflict at Kevin Hart’s Media CompanyMamdani Scraps Property Tax Hike, Counts Second-Home RevenueIran Makes New Offer on Uranium in Response to US, WSJ SaysBullion was trading around $4,705 an ounce, after sliding 0.4% on Tuesday. The US consu
Although Wall Street is sitting at fresh record highs, with the benchmark S&P 500 up 8% year to date and the technology-packed NASDAQ Composite riding a relentless AI capex wave, the bond market is telling a very different story this week. Per CME FedWatch as of late Monday, market-implied odds of a Federal Reserve rate ... Rate Cut Odds Just Collapsed to 5%. History Says This Is When Record Highs Get Tested.
McDonald's stock is trading near its 52-week lows and has a dividend yield of aroudn 2.7%. However, the stock does not look like a compelling buy yet.
Focus is on the April wholesale inflation report in the wait for pdates on US-Iran talks and Trump's trip to China.
Hot US inflation revives Fed rate fears, but Bernstein says Figure’s tokenization platform could still rally 72% despite the macro shock.
(Updates prices.) Gold moved lower midafternoon Tuesday, dropping for a second day as the dollar
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.74%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.55%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -1.45%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) are down -0.74%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.6% month-over-month and 3.8% year-over-year (higher than expected) in April, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on Tuesday morning. Core CPI — which excludes the inflation seen in food and energy prices — rose 0.4% monthly and 2.8% annually. Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Brooke DiPalma comes on Market Catalysts to discuss the foods and consumer categories. that saw the biggest price increases and declines last month.
<body><p>STORY: JD.com beat first-quarter revenue and profit expectations on Tuesday.</p><p>It was seen as a positive sign by investors and shares rose about 1% after the update.</p><p>Subsidies from local governments have proved helpful to JD.com.</p><p>It's encouraged consumers to trade in old appliances and electronics, with JD.com the biggest retailer of these goods.</p><p>Markets watchers will want to see if Beijing's subsidy program can help the firm keep up its momentum.</p><p>Especially as tariff and consumer-demand pressure mounts.</p><p>JD.com's home Chinese market has long struggled with weak consumer confidence.</p><p>That's due to a property slump and higher tariffs imposed by the U.S. on many Chinese goods.</p><p>The U.S.-Iran war has also raised fuel prices and the cost living - which has hit consumer spending power.</p><p>JD.com said revenue for the quarter ended March was just under $46.5 billion - that was ahead of analyst forecasts.</p><p>However, higher costs hit net income.</p><p>JD.com has spent more on fulfilment costs, research and development as well as marketing.</p></body>
Gold moved lower early Tuesday, dropping for a second day as the dollar and yields rose after the Un
8.45am: US CPI rises to three-year high US inflation last month was the highest in three years, due to rising energy, housing and food prices. The US consumer price index was up 3.8% year on year in April, up from 3.26% the month before. Month-on-month, CPI increased 0.6%, easing from...
The Trump-era rally is alive, well, and could bring markets to more elevated heights as we move through the summer months. Undoubtedly, not everyone is bullish on stocks at fresh highs, especially since the war with Iran could drag on for some weeks or even months longer. As a potential inflation wave clashes with an ... The Trump‑Era Rally Keeps Extending, and 2 Stocks Still Look Undervalued
The changes impact various import and export shipments, including packages traveling to and from the U.S., adding to cost pressures for parcel shippers.
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
(Bloomberg) -- A fresh batch of consumer price data in the coming week is likely to affirm Americans’ growing frustration with inflation.Most Read from BloombergTrump Wants to Make H-1B Workers More Expensive for US EmployersBillionaire Duke of Westminster to Sell £700 Million of US Real Estate AssetsOnline Mob Fuels 6,000% Stock Rally in Obscure SpaceX RivalTrump Punts Thorniest Iran Challenges in Push to Open HormuzIran War Is Draining World’s Oil Buffer at an Unprecedented PaceEconomists see
Visa's business is continuing to expand even as high oil prices lead Wall Street to worry about a recession.
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