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CPI inflation was far below views, lowering Fed rate hike odds. Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh said he'll "get monetary policy right."

FEATURE The artificial-intelligence trade appeared to be reignited Tuesday as investors digested a slew of bank earnings reports ahead of the consumer-price index inflation report for June. International Business Machines sank 23% after the company’s preliminary second-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue missed analysts’ targets.

US equity futures were mixed before the open Tuesday as traders await a key inflation report and qua

Stock market investors are heading into CPI week with a familiar playbook. The hope is that inflation cools off further and the Fed stays on hold, with robust earnings taking over as the next driver of the S&P 500. For perspective, the S&P 500 recently traded near 7,575, up about 10.7% year ...

A big week for incoming earnings, inflation and interest rate data and commentary begins with another sell-off in South Korea and a refreshed energy shock.

Goldman Sachs sees AI fueling the next inflation wave. Here's how ETFs can help position portfolios.

Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes are back in focus this week, thanks to rising inflation concerns following another surge in crude-oil prices. The U.S. and Iran traded fresh strikes over the weekend, and continued to dispute control of oil and energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, after the breakdown of peace talks aimed at ending a conflict that has simmered for more than 4½ months. U.S. Central Command said around 140 Iranian targets were hit, while military officials from Tehran launched strikes on U.S. bases in the Gulf region, as well as a Kuwait-owned drilling installation.

US equity investors will focus on Q2 earnings this week, with big money-centre banks kicking off the

Big banks kick off earnings season this week, which will also bring reports from GE Aerospace, Netflix, and Taiwan Semi. In economic news, we’ll get the consumer and producer price indexes, and retail sales data.

Markets face one of the year's most important weeks as Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh delivers his inaugural semi-annual monetary policy testimony before Congress on July 14 and 15.

Investing.com -- Goldman Sachs warned that a hotter-than-expected U.S. inflation reading this week could weigh on equities by increasing the likelihood of Federal Reserve rate hikes, overshadowing what it expects to be another quarter of solid corporate earnings.

U. S. stock futures traded little changed on Friday as investors paused after Thursday’s technology-led rally, shifting their attention toward next week’s corporate earnings reports and key inflation releases.

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Bitcoin has staged a notable recovery in recent sessions, climbing above the $63,000 level amid July’s seasonality and US Fed-driven liquidity. Bitcoin could rally amid rising carry trades as the Japanese yen falls to multi-decade lows against the US dollar, with Goldman Sachs predicting further yen weakness. Ad Ad Goldman Sachs Predicts Further Yen Weakness

Goldman Sachs announced a matching $1,000 contribution to the Trump Accounts of its employees' children, which equals the federal seed money provided for eligible children.

For most of the post-2008 era, Oppenheimer’s Chris Kotowski was the guy telling you to keep buying the big banks. He waved off the 2011 eurozone panic, the 2016 energy blowup, COVID, and the 2022 rate hikes. On June 30, 2026, he flipped. Kotowski cut Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), Bank of America, and ... The Analyst Who Loved Bank Stocks for 15 Years Just Flipped. Here’s What He’s Buying Instead

Investing.com -- Goldman Sachs initiated coverage of FedEx Freight Holding with a Buy rating and a $186 price target, implying roughly 23% upside from current levels, citing the newly independent less-than-truckload carrier’s potential to improve profitability, pricing power and cash generation following its spin-off from FedEx.

Three months ago, Goldman Sachs was warning clients that the U.S. economy had a one-in-four chance of tipping into recession. The bank just cut that number by 10 percentage points, and the reason has nothing to do with anything the Federal Reserve did. Goldman Sachs chief economist Jan Hatzius ...

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JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America see stronger dollar prospects amid resilient US growth and AI-driven capital inflows.

Major U.S. banks increased shareholder returns after the Federal Reserve’s stress test showed the sector remains strongly capitalized and resilient under severe economic conditions.

The Federal Reserve said the nation’s largest banks could absorb $708 billion in losses and keep lending, though this year’s stress-test results won’t affect capital requirements.

Investing.com -- JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) said its board plans to increase the quarterly common stock dividend to $1.65 per share from $1.50 per share, starting in the third quarter of 2026. The increase is pending board approval at the time of declaration.

JPMorgan and Bank of America passed the tests with flying colors after the Federal Reserve last year began releasing details of the tests in advance.

(Bloomberg) -- All of the biggest US banks cleared the Federal Reserve’s annual stress test, setting the stage for lenders to boost buybacks and dividends. Most Read from BloombergInvestor Who Scored 900% Win in 2008 Crisis Has New Big Short BetStocks Slide as Wall Street Gets AI Wake-Up Call: Markets WrapOracle Cut 21,000 Jobs in 12 Months, Says AI Replaced Some RolesChipmakers Fall Anew in Run-Up to Micron’s Results: Markets WrapThe Debasement Trade Is Unraveling and Kevin Warsh Is One Big Rea

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Investing.com -- Goldman Sachs has cut its 12-month U.S. recession probability to 15% following the U.S.-Iran agreement, with chief economist Jan Hatzius citing reduced downside risks to the economic outlook and an improvement in underlying labor market resilience.