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With the Federal Reserve’s benchmark funds rate parked at 3.75% since Dec. 11, 2025, and the 10-year Treasury offering just 4.38%, income investors entering July are still hunting for yield well above the risk-free rate. Business development companies remain one of the cleanest ways to get it. BDCs are required to distribute at least 90% ... 3 Reliable Income Generators to Buy in July
U.S. stock futures looked set to open in the green early Monday, with the technology sector driving the gains. Corporate news is set to dominate the headlines in a light week for economic data, with the exception of Wednesday’s release of the Federal Reserve's minutes from its June monetary-policy meeting. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 45 points, or 0.1%.
Microstrategy Michael Saylor posted “Bitcoin is Digital Energy” on X, attaching Strategy’s orange-dot Bitcoin acquisition chart showing 847,363 BTC accumulated across 113 purchase events. Right now, traders are watching for a new SEC filing disclosing another BTC purchase. The post pulled 910,304 views and 14,552 likes within 24 hours, according ...
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
Strong productivity gains from AI -- and lower inflation -- could be good news for these Vanguard ETFs.
JPMorgan Chase passed the Fed's bank stress test and is now returning more cash to shareholders, but its valuation is a bit of a worry.
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 ...
Weak US jobs data helped gold extend gains as investors scaled back July rate-hike expectations.
Weak payrolls cool rate-hike fears for metals
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...
U.S. recruitment slowed significantly in June, dampening some of the employment growth momentum observed earlier this year.
(Bloomberg) -- Wall Street is kicking off the second half of 2026 with fresh conviction: shrugging off one shock after another, markets are set to grind even higher. Most Read from BloombergExxon to Change Name for First Time in Decades After RedomicileMeta Is Planning a Cloud Business to Sell AI Computing PowerGermany Rejects Trump’s Demands for NATO Loyalty to WashingtonRussia Indicates Ukraine Fired Long-Range Ballistic MissileDow Average Hits Peak as Jobs Ease Fed-Hike Worry: Markets WrapA d
Small caps are having a moment, but that doesn't mean the good times will keep rolling. The Russell 2000 gained 21.9% in the first half of 2026, crushing the S&P 500’s 9.6% in the same period, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The Federal Reserve is more hawkish, with investors expecting rate hikes before year end.
Nvidia, CoreWeave, and Broadcom should be on your shopping list.
The pitch for iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF (BATS:TLTW) is seductive in a jittery economy. You collect a distribution rate of 11.7% while sitting on long-dated Treasuries that are supposed to rally the moment the Fed panics and starts cutting. Two things you get paid to wait for, one ticker. TLTW bolts ... This Bond ETF Yields Almost 12%. Can It Surge When the Recession Hits?
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nonfarm payrolls in June increased by a seasonally adjusted 57,000.
Leading cryptocurrencies ticked higher on Wednesday, while stocks retreated, as Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh called inflation “too high.” Cryptocurrency24-Hour Gains +/-Price (Recorded at 9:20 p.m. EDT)Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC)+2.91%$59,898.38Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) +2.86%$1,609.75XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) +2.12%$1.05Solana (CRYPTO: SOL) +6.46%$71.61Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) +1.75%$0.07221 Crypto Market Lifts Bitcoin broke past $61,000 in the evening, only to get rejected and drop back to $59,000. With tr
The packaged goods giant is slashing costs as it battles inflation.
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
<body><p>STORY: :: Kroger</p><p>Shares of U.S. grocer Kroger fell about 2% Wednesday morning after the company said it would buy regional supermarket chain Giant Eagle in a nearly $1.7 billion deal.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>The move strengthens Kroger's presence in the Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic region amid intensifying competition.</p><p>The transaction is the first under CEO Greg Foran, and is also Kroger's first major acquisition since its $25 billion merger with Albertsons fell apart in 2024.</p><p>:: Archive</p><p>Family-owned Giant Eagle generates about $9 billion in annual sales. It operates nearly 200 supermarkets and about a dozen standalone pharmacies across parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland and Indiana.</p><p>:: Kroger</p><p>Foran said the chain was a good strategic fit for Kroger, which has been battling intense competition from Walmart, Amazon and other grocers as still-elevated inflation has many consumers seeking cheaper essentials.</p><p>Kroger has previously said it plans to cut prices on thousands of items, funded partly by direct imports and better use of technology.</p><p>The Giant Eagle acquisition is expected to close in 2027.</p></body>
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.
Nike's fiscal Q4 2026 beat was bolstered by tariff refunds masking core weakness, as revenue fell 1% YOY and analysts cut price targets despite the earnings surprise.
French container shipping company CMA CGM Group said Wednesday it will buy FedEx Supply Chain, the third-party logistics subsidiary of FedEx for $1.4 billion, as it works to expand in the U.S. CMA CGM Group said the acquisition will triple the size of its own logistics arm, CEVA Logistics and help build its presence as a contract logistics provider in North America. In 2025, CMA CGM pledged to invest $20 billion in its U.S. warehousing, air cargo and logistics over four years.
Investing.com -- French shipping giant CMA CGM has agreed to acquire FedEx's third-party logistics business for an enterprise value of $1.4 billion in cash, the company confirmed Wednesday, July 1, stripping FedEx of its largest warehousing and contract logistics operation in a deal that extends a sweeping restructuring of the U.S. package delivery giant.
CMA CGM will offer ocean transport and carrier services under a nonexclusive agreement with FedEx and the companies will also work together on select air-cargo capacity solutions.
A one-time $986 million tariff recovery drove most of the EPS and margin beat
Once the deal for FedEx Supply Chain is complete, the two companies also plan to solidify multiyear ocean and air freight agreements.
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