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Markets are also assessing the odds for a Mideast peace plan after the US and Irn traded strikes.

Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre explains how markets are reacting to SpaceX's (SPAX.PVT) initial public offering (IPO) hype and to the possibility that the Federal Reserve hikes interest rates this year.

Kevin Warsh was sworn in as the new Federal Reserve chairman on May 22, 2026, after months of tension between departing Fed chair Jerome Powell and President Donald Trump. Trump has long advocated for a reduction in interest rates to promote economic growth and provide relief to would-be homebuyers facing a difficult housing market and ... New Inflation Data Confirms the end of Kevin Warsh’s Honeymoon

FedEx pilots have finally approved a collective bargaining agreement after years of labor unrest. The post FedEx pilots approve new contract, ending protracted bargaining appeared first on FreightWaves.

A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a settlement between the card networks and 12 million merchants over card-swipe fees is fair and reasonable.

RH's Q1 results are likely to reflect housing weakness, tariffs and expansion costs amid gallery momentum and Milan/London buildout.

By Arasu Kannagi Basil and Nupur Anand June 9 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase is keeping a close watch on consumer health as worries about inflation persist, Marianne Lake, CEO of the bank's consumer and

Investors look toward tomorrow's Inflation Rate and the SpaceX IPO Friday, but we have lots of economic data out this morning: Small Business Index, Trade Balance and Existing Home Sales.

The Nasdaq’s rebound continued on Tuesday after Wall Street sniffed another run for momentum stocks. The tech-heavy index rose 0.7%. The S&P 500 rose 0.6%. The Dow rose 350 points, or 0.7%. Chips and other stocks with momentum in recent weeks continued to bounce back from Friday’s selloff.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.4% and the actively trad

What hasn’t really moved, however, is the longer end of the bond market, where yields remain elevated and forecasts for Federal Reserve rate hikes are getting increasingly aggressive following last week’s stronger-than-expected payroll data, and ahead of Wednesday’s May inflation readings. The higher yields, which have for the most part echoed market bets on a Fed rate hike before the end of the year, now priced at around 70% by the CME Group’s FedWatch, also seem to be resetting at levels that could make stock markets uncomfortable. Its closest comparison in the bond markets, the yield on 3-month Treasury bills, is holding at around 3.7%.

Jensen Huang was in Seoul on June 8, meeting South Korean business leaders, when the question about the selloff came. US tech shares had dropped Friday on concerns over a possible interest rate hike. South Korea's Kospi Index was tumbling that Monday morning as investors continued pulling back from ...

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena stated the company can afford its $85 billion Norfolk Southern merger without federal investment. The post UP CEO says no thanks to potential government investment in $85B merger appeared first on FreightWaves.

Five thousand dollars a month in spendable dividend income works out to $60,000 per year after federal tax, roughly equivalent to the salary of a typical police officer in Indiana. The headline yield shown on a brokerage statement does not tell the full story. Taxes, the type of distributions received, and future dividend growth all ... Get Paid Like an Indiana Police Officer With $5,000 a Month in Dividend Income After Taxes

Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) can drive the dagger into Trump's hopes for a rate cut at the June 17 meeting.

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The Federal Reserve not only sets monetary policy but also plays a major role in bank regulation.

Investors are counting down to the end of the week when Elon Musk’s SpaceX is expected to start trading in what could be the largest IPO on record. Also, investors are looking ahead to Wednesday's inflation data and Oracle results.

Gold has been soft since the Iran conflict started – in part because the war sent the dollar up, while the oil price spike had central banks focusing on the inflationary impacts and discussing raising rates. But if you are underinvested, this is a good time to buy, maintains Adrian Day, editor of Global Analyst.

<body><p>STORY: U.S. stocks ended mostly higher Monday boosted by shares of chip companies.</p><p>While the Dow fell slightly, the S&P 500 added three tenths of one percent and the Nasdaq climbed about nine tenths.</p><p>:: Intel</p><p>Intel shares jumped 11% after news website The Information reported that Alphabet's Google had placed an order to manufacture more than 3 million tensor processing units in 2028.</p><p>:: Marvell Technology</p><p>And shares of Marvell Tech rose 9.5% after S&P announced that the company would be added to the&nbsp;S&P 500 index later this month.</p><p>Also, Iran and Israel said they had halted attacks on each other.</p><p>This came after an appeal from U.S. President Donald Trump that they immediately "stop shooting."&nbsp;</p><p>The attacks over 24 hours were the most direct confrontation between Iran and Israel since an April ceasefire in the war.</p><p>Justin Livengood, senior portfolio manager with Invesco, says he thinks regardless of when there is an end to the conflict in the Middle East, energy prices could stay higher, which could lead the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.</p><p>“Inflation's been drifting up in general the last six to nine months, not just for oil prices but even for core elements. And that's a concern. I think that concern persists as oil and natural gas prices linger higher. And the longer that persists, the more likely we are to have a Fed feel they need to raise rates late this year. I certainly feel that right now the base case for the Fed is a hike, not a cut, as their next move. And I think with each week and month that this Middle East conflict continues. The odds of that hike get pulled forward.”&nbsp;</p><p>:: Apple</p><p>Other stocks on the move included Apple which dropped almost 2% after announcing a Siri revamp at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference.</p><p>:: AWS</p><p>And shares of Corning gained 5.5% after Amazon announced a multi-year multi-billion-dollar deal to buy the company's optical fiber and cables for its data centers.&nbsp;</p></body>

Chip stocks are setting up a second day of gains even as bets on Fed rate hikes build.

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<body><p>STORY: "The concern is we've had a 30-40 basis point backup in rates here in the last month," said Livengood. "The 10-year is dancing around 4.6 percent. If that goes a lot higher, if we hit 5 percent or more, that interest rate scenario probably slows economic growth a bit, starts to slow earnings growth of the S&P 500 companies, and changes our investment outlook a bit to be more defensive."</p><p>He added that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates if this occurs.</p></body>

Japan's AI-linked shares fell sharply as Fed rate expectations, Middle East tensions, and valuation concerns pressured risk appetite.

Stronger labor data shifts market expectations as Trump argues higher rates could be the wrong move.

A 32 BTC sale, a Zcash scare, a hot jobs report, and a flush that wiped billions. Then Saylor bought the dip.

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Wall Street woke up Monday to a session where the bond market is calling the shots. A stronger-than-expected jobs report and sticky inflation worries pushed Treasury yields higher, forcing investors to rethink expectations for Federal Reserve rate cuts. Yet across a CNBC segment featuring two strategists with very different lenses, their verdict on one corner of the market ... The Bond Market Is Forcing the Fed to Cut Rates. But Wall Street CIO Says “The Semi Trade is Very Much Intact.”

Fed rate hike probability has quietly climbed from 46% to 70% this year, and Saylor's prized Bitcoin may have been the first to feel the burn.