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I keep buying Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) because the market keeps handing me a discount on a company that refuses to act like the slow, sleepy legacy name Wall Street wants to price it as. The Fed will say what it says this month. The headlines will do what headlines do. I am still hitting ... The Fed Is Poised to Shake Wall Street This Month: Here Is the 1 Dirt-Cheap Stock I’m Loading Up on Anyway

Wages get taxed before they hit your account, raises rarely keep pace with shelter and grocery inflation, and a single layoff cycle can erase years of careful budgeting. Passive income from dividends sidesteps all of that. The cash arrives whether the market is green or red, whether you are at your desk or asleep, and ... Want $1,000 a Month in Dividends? Here’s How Much of This Stock You’d Need

The Fed’s new chairman may end up presiding over interest-rate hikes, even though President Donald Trump wants lower rates.

(Updates with new information from the first paragraph.) US equity indexes rose amid a broad-base

On Thursday morning, President Trump posted on Truth Social: “At some point in the not too distant future, we will be taking Kharg Island, and other oil infrastructure points.” Kharg Island is the terminal that handles the overwhelming majority of Iran’s crude exports. A US move to seize it would amount to the physical capture ... The Iran War Gets Hot Again As Trump Moves to Seize Iran’s Oil Crown Jewel. Is a Recession Next?

By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS, June 11 (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union have yet to decide whether to continue suspending or to reimpose tariffs on $11.5 billion of goods in a

Gold has been a safe haven in the past, and with its price falling recently, it may be due for a rally.

The Fed’s pivot to 3.75% has revived the bull case for cyclical income stocks, and United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) sits at the center of that narrative. With shares at $103.26 and a yield north of 6%, the question for retirees is simple: can UPS actually keep paying? The Dividend at a Glance Metric Value Annual ... A Dramatic Fed Pivot Just Unlocked a New Era of Growth for UPS

New wholesale inflation numbers have reached their highest levels since March and November of 2022, respectively.

The Fed’s new chairman may end up presiding over interest-rate hikes, even though President Donald Trump wants lower rates.

The London Company released its Q1 2026 investor letter for “The London Company Large Cap Strategy”. In early 2026, US equities declined, with the Russell 3000 falling 4% and the S&P posting losses. A copy of the letter is available to download here. The year started positively with a broad rally, but sentiment reversed in […]

Core inflation rate came in at 2.9% year-over-year yesterday. This stopped interest rate hike expectations from being anchored, and the 10-year Treasury closed last week near 4.6%. That backdrop is still supposed to be poison for stocks. Yet the Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF (NYSEARCA:AVUV) is up 20% year to date and 36% over ... Sticky Inflation’s Worst Nightmare: Why Small Value Stocks Are Secretly Printing Money

(Bloomberg) -- The US Supreme Court shielded funds from some investor lawsuits, ruling that an 86-year-old federal statute doesn’t authorize shareholders to sue over bylaws and management decisions.Most Read from BloombergXbox Plans Significant Layoffs as New CEO Plans OverhaulHouse Republican Says Hegseth’s D-Day Remarks ‘Inappropriate’US Strikes Iran in Trump Escalation Over Stalled Peace TalksOracle Falls Most in Six Months on Mounting Data Center CostsTech Stocks Sink as Oil Jumps on US-Iran

The inflation story just got another plot twist. Fresh data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed May producer price inflation (PPI) jumped 6.5% year over year, higher than expectations of 6.4% and marking the highest reading since November 2022. On the surface, that sounds like a flashing red warning sign for the Federal ... Producer Price Inflation Hits 6.5%, But the Fed May Still Pause Rate Hikes — Here’s Why

Caterpillar announced an 8% dividend hike after Wednesday's close, extending its streak of dividend increases to 32 years. CAT stock led Dow Jones Industrial Average winners early Thursday, rebounding from a key support level after suffering its sharpest loss since April 3, 2025, the day after President Donald Trump unveiled "Liberation Day" tariffs. Caterpillar is among 69 members of the S&P 500 that have increased dividends every year for the last 25 years.

The 10-year deal will replace more than 100 separate agency HR systems with a single cloud-based platform serving roughly 2 million federal employees

Treasury yields and the dollar rise amid hotter-than-expected U.S. wholesale inflation and as President Trump renews military threats against Iran. May PPI was 1.1%, matching April's advance and beating WSJ consensus of 0.

At $106.97, ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) looks dislocated from fundamentals. The stock has shed 16.2% in a week and 30.17% year to date as a new Federal Reserve chair takes over and the software sector flushes, creating a setup where price has detached from fundamentals. ServiceNow runs the dominant workflow automation platform for the Global 2000, and ... Buy, Hold, or Sell: Dropping 21% in a Week as a New Fed Chair Steps In, Is ServiceNow an Absolute Steal at $107?

The OSFI has said it's working on making the path to a federal banking licence 'quicker, clearer and more predictable'

Hopes for lower interest rates are fading fast, putting renewed pressure on bond prices — and fixed-income investors' portfolios.

CFTC moves to formalize prediction market oversight. Rule could reshape the battle between prediction markets and sportsbooks. Federal versus state authority remains unresolved. A proposal ...

Most investors fear lingering inflation will chip away at Dollar General's foot traffic, which has defied the odds so far.

Oracle’s guidance overshadows growth from the cloud, inflation could keep Fed on “prolonged hold,” SpaceX stock gets its first analyst, and more news to start your day.

New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) may be forced to tackle rapidly rising inflation.

The market looked set to rebound on Thursday as investors piled back into tech stocks, which have taken a beating in recent days due to worries about higher inflation and the looming SpaceX IPO. “We remain constructive on the long-term bull market, but mounting technical evidence suggests an increased risk of a deeper pullback,” said LPL Financial’s chief technical strategist Adam Turnquist. The European Central Bank is widely expected to hike interest rates for the first time in nearly three years, which could foreshadow future tightening by the Federal Reserve and other central banks.

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

At this point, any layoff news is not a surprise. And while the numbers often appear smaller in the company context, the impact on the people left to search for new jobs in this economy is significant. Despite the recent May jobs report, which said 172,000 new jobs were added, with over 90,000 ...

The U.S. launched fresh strikes on Iran on Wednesday, even as the war in the Middle East has stretched over 100 days now.