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Federal employees are traditionally forbidden from endorsing companies — the U.S. Office of Government Ethics issued a reminder right before Trump first took office — but presidents enjoy immunity to many such rules.

MarketBeat's weekly roundup covers a weaker June jobs report, tech sector rotation, and top analyst picks including TSLA, AVGO, PLTR, MRNA, and NEE heading into Q2 earnings season.

New Jersey will begin charging companies whose workers rely on Medicaid, as Democratic-led states look for new ways to fund the growing cost of public healthcare amid tightening federal rules, according to the Associated Press. Governor Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ) signed...

A new Fed chair isn't a panacea for the ideological gap between the president and the central bank over interest rates.

Synchrony provides card services to retailers, which can leave the company exposed to riskier consumers.

Couples are spending significantly more to get married in 2026 as tariffs and inflation push up the cost of everything from flowers to catering, according to a new report released this week by Bank of America Institute. Wedding-related spending rose...

Wall Street spent most of 2025 convinced that Federal Reserve rate cuts were the unlock for the next leg of the stock market rally. That thesis did not play out the way most strategists expected. On June 30, Wells Fargo put a number on what the market has actually been running on instead. Wells ...

The launch of federally seeded child investment accounts, informally dubbed “Trump Accounts,” has parents scrambling to pick a single ultra-low-cost equity ETF to hold for 18 years. Two names dominate the shortlist: the State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (SPYM) and the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI). They look nearly identical on paper. They ... SPYM vs VTI: Which Trump Account ETF Actually Builds More Wealth by Age 18

Morgan Stanley raised its quarterly dividend by 15% and reauthorized a $20 billion stock buyback shortly after clearing the Federal Reserve's 2026 stress test, according to the Morgan Stanley press release. The announcement arrived alongside similar capital return moves from JPMorgan Chase, Goldman ...

(Updates prices in the second paragraph.) Gold traded higher midafternoon Friday in light electro

Central bank independence is critical to economic growth and healthy financial markets.

The momentum trade that powered the US stock market through the first half of 2026 is showing cracks, and Bloomberg US Equities Reporter Natalia Kniazhevich says the unwind is already underway. On the July 3 Bloomberg Daybreak segment, Kniazhevich explained that “Momentum is the best-performing factor. It is up by 28% year to date. We ... Top Bloomberg Reporter: Wall Street’s Biggest Winning Trade Is “Starting to Fade” After Jobs Report Shock

Weak US jobs data helped gold extend gains as investors scaled back July rate-hike expectations.

The U.S. economy has proven remarkably resilient over the past two decades. Sure, COVID briefly punished the economy, but the downturn was short-lived after the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to near zero and launched another round of quantitative easing, purchasing large quantities of government and mortgage-backed debt to stabilize financial markets and support lending. ... Two Sector Income ETFs Outyielding the S&P 500 by More Than 2 Percent Heading Into a Possible Recession

7-Eleven has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE, XETRA:NKE), alleging that the design of an upcoming Air Max 95 sneaker improperly incorporates elements of the convenience store chain’s branding. The complaint, filed in federal court in Dallas, claims the shoe...

Walmart (NYSE:WMT) has quietly built one of the most convincing defensive setups in the market. With consumer sentiment at recessionary levels and grocery spending still climbing, the world’s largest retailer is executing across omnichannel, advertising, and membership at the same time. Our proprietary model sees room for the stock to keep grinding higher over the ... Walmart’s Defensive Appeal and 89% Analyst Support Point to 17% Upside

Gold traded higher early Friday in light electronic trading as the dollar continued to weaken after

Weak payrolls cool rate-hike fears for metals

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton escalated her criticism of President Donald Trump on social media, citing news reports that raise questions about potential conflicts of interest tied to stock trades and government contracts. Axon Stock Claim And White House...

U. S. financial markets will remain closed on Friday for the Independence Day holiday, but futures pointed to a stronger Wall Street open when trading resumes.

An AI spending blitz is demolishing new Fed chair Kevin Warsh's argument for interest rate cuts with more price increases about to ripple through the economy

The 2026 Top 100 Retailers ranking from the National Retail Federation confirms that Walmart and Amazon remain the two leading forces in US retail by sales.

Central banks are increasingly turning to gold as protection against financial crises, inflation and geopolitical risks, according to a World Gold Council survey highlighted Tuesday by market commentator, The Kobeissi Letter. Crisis Protection Drives Gold Demand According to the survey...

Micron Technology just delivered the best quarter in its history. However, three days later, a federal courtroom in California turned that story upside down. A class-action lawsuit filed on June 25 accuses Micron (MU), Samsung, and SK Hynix of secretly restricting memory chip supply to inflate ...

Cryptocurrencies gained ground on Thursday while major stock indexes closed at all-time highs, as softer-than-expected jobs data lowered expectations for a Federal Reserve rate hike. Cryptocurrency24-Hour Gains +/-Price (Recorded at 10:20 p.m. EDT)Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)+2.19%$61,460.31Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) +5.67%$1,708.41XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) +3.23%$1.09Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) +4.20%$81.33Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) +3.17%$0.07466 Crypto Market Rallies Bitcoin briefly broke $62,000 but failed to sustain th

U.S. President Donald Trump directly addressed internal friction at the central bank and laid out his administration's latest stances on technology and corporate policy in an exclusive interview with CNBC.

“American workers are not getting a raise,” says J.P. Morgan Asset Management strategist.

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks closed mixed on Thursday, with the Dow adding more than 1.1% and posting a record closing high, the S&P 500 ending flat and the tech-heavy Nasdaq tumbling eight-tenths of a percent.</p><p>The Labor Department's nonfarm payrolls report showed the economy added 57,000 jobs in June, far below economists' estimates.</p><p>That lowered investors' expectations for a rate hike from the Federal Reserve in September to just over 50%, according to CME FedWatch.&nbsp;</p><p>But Anna Rathbun, founder and CEO of Grenadilla Advisory, said she believes a rate increase may still be on the way due to persistent inflation.</p><p>"I think the Fed interest rate expectations, to expect a hike sometime down the line, I think is a safer bet than expecting a cut." // "I mean, if the Fed is really sticking to that 2% target, we're not going to see that, in my opinion, anytime soon. And that is partly because even if oil prices go down, and it has, and that will be reflected definitely in the headline inflation number. The core inflation [number] - minus fuel, minus food - has consistently been above 2%. So that means, this is my opinion, I think that the equilibrium inflation is probably settling above the Fed's target. That means higher for longer."</p><p>Among Thursday's stock moves, technology was among the biggest sector decliners in the S&P 500.</p><p>Chip stocks were especially hard hit, with the Philadelphia semiconductor index down sharply for a second day, shedding about five and a half percent.&nbsp;</p><p>Shares of Tesla dropped seven and a half percent, even though the electric carmaker posted second-quarter deliveries above estimates. Tesla shares had risen sharply this week ahead of the report.</p><p>Among other decliners, shares of Bending Spoons tumbled more than 11% a day after the Vimeo owner gained 40% in its Nasdaq debut.</p><p>Markets will be closed Friday ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.</p></body>

U.S. recruitment slowed significantly in June, dampening some of the employment growth momentum observed earlier this year.

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