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Yikes! The Federal Reserve's April and Quarterly Annualized Inflation Forecast Was Just Updated -- and It Isn't PrettyThings continue to look dicey for the U.S. economy and stock market.
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The Wall Street Journal95d agoneutral
Tech Earnings, Jobs Report: What to Watch This WeekEarnings season revs up the next few days as investors will hear from big companies including Advanced Micro Devices, CoreWeave, Pfizer and McDonald's. Data on the U.S. jobs market will also be watched closely, culminating in April nonfarm payroll numbers Friday.
BeInCrypto96d agoneutral
US 30-Year Yield Hits Highest Yield in Two Decades as Iran War Reignites Inflation FearsThe 30-year US Treasury yield exceeded 5%, nearing an 18-year high as the US-Iran war continues to fuel inflation fears.
Yahoo Finance Video96d agoneutralVIDEO
AMD and Pfizer earnings, job openings, Fedspeak: What to WatchAsking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton previews several of the biggest stories to come tomorrow, Tuesday, May 5, including earnings results from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Pfizer (PFE), and Anheuser-Busch Inbev (BUD); fresh labor data in the form of the latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) report; and commentary from Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman and Governor Michael Barr.
Motley Fool96d agoneutral
Prediction: This Silver ETF Will Take Off After May 15Concerns about the Federal Reserve's independence and strategy is likely to result in investors loading up on silver again.
Barrons.com96d agoneutral
Think AI Spending Won’t Stoke Inflation? This Time Could Be Different.Big tech spending on artificial intelligence is set to soar past $1 trillion next year as companies race to secure their place in the queue of the world’s hottest technology. The upshot of all that spending, however, is a likely boost to inflation prospects, which are already rising from oil and energy prices tied to the U.S. war with Iran and the on again, off again nature of tariffs put in place by President Donald Trump. “There is a regime shift underway in technology goods inflation,” said Stifel research analyst Thomas Carroll, who notes that 2026 “marks the first time in 65 years that tech goods prices are rising faster than wages.”
24/7 Wall St.96d agoneutral
FedEx Slides 9%, UPS Sinks 10% as Amazon Supply Chain Services Goes Live: How Real Is the Threat?Shares of FedEx (NYSE:FDX) are down 9% to roughly $359 in midday trading Monday, while United Parcel Service (NYSE:UPS) stock is down 10% to about $97. The trigger: Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has officially launched Supply Chain Services as a direct enterprise offering. Amazon stock is up 1% to $271 on the news, building on a 27% ... FedEx Slides 9%, UPS Sinks 10% as Amazon Supply Chain Services Goes Live: How Real Is the Threat?
Yahoo Finance96d agoneutral
Ferrari affirms full-year guidance despite Middle East war; 'normality is abnormality' CEO saysFerrari reported a first quarter earnings beat before the bell on Tuesday and reaffirmed its guidance, as the Italian automaker's luxury consumers bucked tension in the Middle East by selling more sports cars and in other regions. The report comes as President Trump renews a tariff threat on the European Union.
Reuters Videos96d agoneutralVIDEO
Amazon opens its logistics network to other businesses in growth push<body><p>STORY: Amazon.com is elbowing its way into the business of UPS and FedEx.</p><p>The company is giving other businesses access to its supply chain network that has powered the e-commerce giant’s operation for decades.</p><p>Its so-called "Amazon Supply Chain Services" will allow companies across industries such as retail, healthcare and manufacturing to use Amazon’s freight network spanning ocean, road, rail and air to move, store and deliver everything from raw materials to final products.</p><p>Amazon’s stock rose as much as almost 3% Monday morning while UPS fell as much as 10% and FedEx dropped more than 9%.</p><p>With a fleet of more than 100 cargo planes, behind only FedEx and UPS, along with a vast network of warehouses and sorting hubs, Amazon's move could make it a key logistics player and intensify competition on pricing and speed.</p><p>One analyst told Reuters quote, “For UPS and FedEx, this is not immediate disruption, but it is a structural warning shot, especially in e-commerce-heavy lanes where Amazon already has density, data and delivery-speed advantages."</p><p>Amazon will allow businesses to take advantage of its speedy two-to-five-day delivery timelines, as well as warehousing and inventory forecasting capabilities.</p><p>It has already signed up Procter & Gamble, 3M and American Eagle Outfitters. </p></body>
Trefis96d agoneutral
Palantir Stock At $145: Five Risks Worth TrackingPalantir Technologies (PLTR) is up over 5x in the last two years. It built its foundation on government contracts - defense, intelligence, and federal agencies - and that business is still growing fast. But the new growth vector is enterprise. Companies are moving from AI pilots to production deployment, and Palantir's AIP platform is becoming the infrastructure layer for that shift - autonomous workflows, real decisions, and running at scale.
Investing.com96d agoneutral
The midterms could lead to less aggressive tariffs, BofA saysInvesting.com -- Upcoming U.S. midterm elections could reshape the Administration’s approach to both foreign policy and trade, according to a new note from Bank of America.
Yahoo Finance Video96d agoneutralVIDEO
The FBI shut down a swarm of crypto scams. Here's what happened.The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) shut down several crypto scam centers, leading to 276 arrests and $562 million saved. Scott Melker discusses the details in the video above."The Daily Wolf with Scott Melker" airs every day at 12:00 p.m. Tune in for your daily dose of all things crypto.Make sure to also check out Yahoo Finance's new crypto hub to find the latest crypto-related news.
Investing.com96d agoneutral
Fed’s Williams says monetary policy well positioned amid Middle East uncertaintyInvesting.com -- New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said on Monday that U.S. monetary policy is well positioned to handle economic uncertainty stemming from the war in the Middle East, though he warned that risks to both sides of the central bank's mandate have increased.
WSJ96d agoneutralVIDEO
Redesigning America's Digital InfrastructureJoe Gebbia, Airbnb co-founder and U.S. Chief Design Officer, and design pioneer Peter Arnell discuss their work with the National Design Studio, a newly formed federal initiative aimed at modernizing the United States government's digital infrastructure.
BeInCrypto96d agoneutral
Elon Musk Is Now Worth More Than an Average Country’s GDPElon Musk's net worth hit $800 billion, matching Rockefeller's 1913 share. He responded with a $10 trillion target.
24/7 Wall St.96d agoneutral
Gold Slides, 30-Year Yield Hits 5.1% as Rate Fears Take OverThe PHLX Gold/Silver Sector (^XAU) is under pressure Monday as precious metals pull back across the board. SPDR Gold Shares (NYSEARCA: GLD) ETF is down 1.3% to roughly $418, while iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA: SLV) ETF is off 2.3% near $67 as the market reassesses what the Strait of Hormuz disruption actually means for inflation, rates ... Gold Slides, 30-Year Yield Hits 5.1% as Rate Fears Take Over
TheStreet96d agoneutral
Morgan Stanley resets Apple stock price target after earningsApple just delivered a quarter that surprised even its skeptics. Services grew faster than expected. Margins held up better than feared. And for a company that has spent much of 2026 navigating tariff concerns and AI doubts, the results landed exactly when it needed them to. Morgan Stanley noticed. ...
24/7 Wall St.96d agoneutral
“The Nuclear Weapons of Cybersecurity”: Why Treasury Just Warned Banks About AI’s New PowerIt is unusual for the Treasury Secretary to call the heads of the largest Wall Street banks into a room to discuss a software system. It is even more unusual when the Federal Reserve Chair joins him. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Fed Chair Jerome Powell recently gathered the CEOs of major Wall Street banks ... “The Nuclear Weapons of Cybersecurity”: Why Treasury Just Warned Banks About AI’s New Power
24/7 Wall St.96d agoneutral
Stocks have never posted a losing year after a midterm election since 1950. Here’s why that matters heading into 2026 elections.Markets hate uncertainty. But they have a remarkably consistent way of handling it. Since 1950, the S&P 500 has not posted a single negative one-year return in the 12 months following a midterm election. Not one. Through 19 midterm cycles spanning Eisenhower to Biden — across recessions, oil shocks, impeachments, wars and a financial crisis ... Stocks have never posted a losing year after a midterm election since 1950. Here’s why that matters heading into 2026 elections.
Proactive96d agoneutral
Week ahead: US labour data and Big Tech earnings in focus as volatility lingersWall Street heads into the first full week of May with a familiar mix of anticipation and nerves. The spotlight is firmly on the April jobs report, a wave of big-name earnings, and a steady drumbeat of Federal Reserve commentary that could shape expectations for interest rates going into...
Quartz96d agoneutral
Amazon Supply Chain Services opens logistics to all businessesProcter & Gamble, 3M, Lands' End, and American Eagle Outfitters are among the first companies to sign up
24/7 Wall St.96d agoneutral
While NVDA Dominates Headlines, Here’s Where the Real AI Economics Are HidingNVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA) is the stock dominating every retirement account discussion, every cable hit, and every chart on Twitter, and the multi-year run is precisely why. The more important signal sits elsewhere. Semiconductor revenue is cyclical. Always has been. The Bureau of Economic Analysis already shows the math: manufacturing’s share of GDP fell from 9.7% in ... While NVDA Dominates Headlines, Here’s Where the Real AI Economics Are Hiding
TechCrunch96d agoneutral
Amazon opens up its global logistics network to all businessesThe new service, called Amazon Supply Chain Services, pits the e-commerce giant directly against UPS and FedEx.
Reuters96d agoneutral
Factbox-Global drugmakers rush to boost US presence as tariff threat loomsMay 4 (Reuters) - Global drugmakers have been ramping up U.S. manufacturing and stockpiling inventory as the Trump administration moves to impose 100% tariffs on branded drugs unless companies cut
Barrons.com96d agoneutral
These Stocks Are Today’s Movers: eBay, GameStop, TSMC, Norwegian, Palantir, Berkshire Hathaway, and MoreStock futures were falling Monday, putting a record-breaking rally for the and in jeopardy as Iran state media reported that the country struck a U.S. warship in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military’s Central Command denied the report. Shares of eBay jumped 8.1% to $112.40.
Barrons.com96d agoneutral
Jobs, Earnings, and Iran War Will Weigh on Markets Ahead of Fed ChangeCue the violins, because after Jerome Powell’s swan song Fed rate meeting, it’s his final two weeks in the hot seat. Powell’s term as Chairman of the Federal Reserve ends on May 15, with Kevin Warsh’s Senate vote to confirm him as successor taking place as early as May 11. While Powell is set to bow out in charge of the Fed, he has said he would stay on as a governor.
Bloomberg96d agoneutral
DEI Programs Are Dwindling But the Trump Administration Isn't Done(Bloomberg) -- After a remarkably successful effort to extinguish diversity, equity and inclusion programs at US employers, federal officials are stepping up their push against corporate America’s remaining DEI initiatives.Most Read from BloombergBeijing Tells China Firms to Ignore US Sanctions on RefinersSupertanker Appears to Have Crossed the Strait of HormuzFormer NYC Mayor Giuliani in Critical Condition, Trump SaysWorld’s Largest Container Carrier Plans Route Avoiding HormuzPhilippines Says
Reuters96d agoneutral
Amazon opens up its logistics network to other businessesAmazon.com said on Monday it was rolling out "Amazon Supply Chain Services", opening up its logistics network for other businesses to use. The company said businesses of all types and sizes can now move, store and deliver everything from raw materials to final products using Amazon's own supply-chain network.
Motley Fool96d agoneutral
Jerome Powell Just Threw President Donald Trump Under the Bus One Last Time Before His Term as Fed Chair EndsThe outgoing Fed chair put the spotlight of higher inflation squarely on the president's shoulders.
The Wall Street Journal96d agoneutral
Jobs Report, Tech Earnings: What to Watch This WeekInvestors won’t get too much of a respite from a big week trading the AI boom, with Palantir, Advanced Micro Devices, and CoreWeave reporting earnings. A bevy of data about the U.S. jobs market will also be watched closely, culminating in April nonfarm payroll numbers Friday.