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The May Consumer Price Index was largely in line with expectations, with headline inflation rising 0.5% month-over-month and core CPI up 0.2%, one-tenth below forecasts. But inflation remains the economy's major pain point, regardless of who ultimately absorbs the costs, notes Peter Boockvar, editor of The Boock Report.
(Bloomberg) -- Gold whipsawed after the US completed a fresh round of strikes against Iran, raising the stakes in a war that’s roiled global markets and stoked inflation.Most Read from BloombergHouse Republican Says Hegseth’s D-Day Remarks ‘Inappropriate’Xbox Plans Significant Layoffs as New CEO Plans OverhaulTech Stocks Sink as Oil Jumps on US-Iran Jitters: Markets WrapUS Strikes Iran in Trump Escalation Over Stalled Peace TalksH-1B Visa Rules Have Changed Again. What to KnowBullion rose as muc
(Bloomberg) -- Gold whipsawed after the US completed a fresh round of strikes against Iran, raising the stakes in a war that's roiled global markets and stoked inflation.Most Read from BloombergHouse Republican Says Hegseth's D-Day Remarks 'Inappropriate'Tech Stocks Sink as Oil Jumps on US-Iran Jitters: Markets WrapXbox Plans Significant Layoffs as New CEO Plans OverhaulCuba Poised for Biggest US Fuel Shipment Since Cold War EmbargoH-1B Visa Rules Have Changed Again. What to KnowBullion rose as
The U.S. launched fresh strikes on Iran on Wednesday, even as the war in the Middle East has stretched over 100 days now.
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Renewed fighting in the Middle East hit stocks and drove up oil futures, even as data showing a sharp rise in inflation underscored the war’s pressure on consumer prices. In the S&P 500, losses were particularly acute in materials and industrial shares, sending the broad index down 1.6% to its lowest close in five weeks.
U.S. Bank Asset Management Group National Investment Strategist Tom Hainlin joins Josh Lipton on Market Domination Overtime to discuss the key forces that could continue driving stocks higher despite a hotter-than-expected CPI report, escalating tensions between the U.S. and Iran, and a recent sell-off in technology shares.
Renewed attacks against Iran and another hot inflation reading sent stocks tumbling on Wednesday.
The stock market unwind dinged even the Dow on Wednesday after consumer price inflation met expectations and oil prices jumped. The blue-chip index fell 953 points, or 1.9%. “Tech is taking it on the chin again (now 2 out of the last 3 days) as people continue to de‑risk AI exposure across the board,” writes Mizuho’s Daniel O’Regan.
Morgan Stanley’s chief investment officer says inflation could remain stubbornly elevated and suggested allocations to commodities and large-caps with pricing power.
Concerns around inflation and artificial intelligence spending will likely continue to fuel market v
President Donald Trump's administration has awarded Oracle a contract to provide a U.S. government-wide HR platform, according to a statement, making the company a partner in its effort to overhaul federal technology systems. Oracle will provide a cloud-based HR platform to replace the individual systems of agencies, Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor said in a statement on Wednesday. OPM is the federal government's HR office. OPM did not provide the total value of the contract.
The new prediction market rules would permit federally-regulated event contracts tied to the outcome of sporting events and individual player performance.
The biggest companies in the S&P 500 took a beating, wiping out nearly $480 billon from the benchmark index yesterday—and according to experts, they aren't in the clear yet.
The American consumer has spent years absorbing shocks that economists expected to break spending. Covid pandemic disruptions, the fastest inflation in four decades, aggressive interest rate hikes, and the Iran war energy price surge in April 2026 all tested household finances, and spending held up ...
Amazon.com muscled into the less-than-truckload (LTL) freight business on Wednesday, driving S&P 500 members FedEx Freight and Old Dominion Freight Lines into a pothole. However, the freight stocks bounced back off early lows as investors saw a relatively modest near-term threat.
Dan Dreyfus, founder of Borneite Capital, made a striking case for copper on a recent appearance on the All-In Podcast. By his calculations, simply keeping up with ordinary GDP growth would require the world to extract 700 million tons of copper over the next 18 years, which is roughly the same amount humanity has mined ... Copper Analyst: America Needs as Much Copper in the Next 18 Years as It Mined in the Last 10,000 Years
The monthly pace of inflation slowed in both the headline and core readings for May, released Wednesday. Headline inflation rose 0.5% month over month, a bit of a break from April’s 0.6% advance and in line with expectations. Core inflation was up just 0.2% month over month in May after a 0.4% gain in April.
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Anyone who’s been paying attention at the pump or supermarket knows that the cost of goods has increased substantially this year, particularly over the past few months. We can largely thank the Iran conflict for that. Since the conflict broke out earlier in the year, oil prices have soared, leading to a rise in ... CPI Just Spelled Bad News for Social Security COLA — Even Though it May Not Seem That Way
An Inflation Rate of +4.2% hasn't been this high since April of 2023, when higher Fed funds rates were working inflation metrics down from June of 2022's +9.1%.
The stock market is already showing signs of reversing. The Nasdaq was down 0.4% after falling further at the open. The S&P 500 was down 0.2%. The Dow was down 190 points, or 0.4%. The May CPI was in line with expectations, but many on Wall Street were fearing an even worse report given the Iran war's impact on energy prices.
Old Dominion, Saia, and XPO each fell 5% or more after Amazon opened its less-than-truckload service to all U.S. businesses
May jobs data beat expectations, boosting prospects for leisure, healthcare and energy stocks. These sector ETFs and stocks could benefit most.
The stock market’s slide continued on Wednesday after the latest inflation report failed to rouse Wall Street. The Dow fell 340 points, or 0.7%. The yield on the 2-year Treasury note was down to 4.12%.
June 10 (Reuters) - Wall Street's main indexes opened lower on Wednesday, as a selloff in technology stocks continued and renewed tensions between the U.S. and Iran overshadowed a tame May inflation
Treasury yields and the dollar are little changed from Tuesday, as U.S. inflation meets expectations and the war in Iran flares up. The 12-month May CPI accelerates to 4.2% from 3.8% in April. Ex-energy and food, core inflation is a milder 2.
US stocks were set to open lower on Wednesday, but investors gained a little confidence from fresh inflation data ahead of the opening bell, while there were conflicting Middle East messages that pushed oil prices higher. Futures pointed to a weaker start on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones,...
Amazon Broadens Freight Offering Across the United StatesShares of Saia (NASDAQ:SAIA), Old Dominion Freight Line (NASDAQ:ODFL) and FedEx Freight (NYSE:FDXF) came under pressure in premarket trading after Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) unveiled a significant expansion of its less-than-truckload (LTL) freight business. Saia and Old Dominion shares fell approximately 7%, while FedEx Freight declined around 6%, as investors assessed the competitive implications of Amazon’s move deeper into the freight transpo
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