Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi welcomes Senior Business Reporter Ines Ferre to the Opening Bid to discuss whether the latest Fed rate decision could mark the start of a tightening cycle, which has historically pressured markets. Robinhood (HOOD) chief investment officer Stephanie Guild also weighs in on what higher rates could mean for markets, with a focus on the energy sector.
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Federal prosecutors have charged two former staffers at Robinhood Markets with fraud, according to a complaint filed Tuesday in the Southern District of New York. The complaint alleges that the two defendants were working as engineers at Robinhood when they used confidential company information to trade perpetual futures on the trading platform Hyperliquid. The former employees, Hefu Chai and Huaisong Xiang, allegedly used information in emails and Slack channels to buy perpetual futures linked to crypto tokens, ahead of announcements that those tokens would be listed on the Robinhood Crypto platform.

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index drops Tuesday as the 10-year Treasury yield reaches its highest level since 2007. Nvidia stock rises.

Stocks took a beating Tuesday as surging oil prices and looming inflation data rattled every corner of the market, and now Wall Street analysts are reshuffling their calls on names ranging from nuclear energy upstart Oklo to retail giants Abercrombie and Ulta Beauty.

The Fed’s keeping a close eye on the jobs report, stock futures rise, and AMC is the biggest riser after a CEO spat.

↗️ Volkswagen (XE:VOW3): Shares jumped 6% after the German automaker’s supervisory board approved a plan to double job losses to 100,000 and halve its model portfolio as it contends with President Trump’s tariffs and intensifying competition from Chinese automakers.

The stock market jumped above key levels Thursday, buoyed by Snowflake and dovish Fed comments. A Tesla Cybercab event and jobs report are on tap.

Robinhood and Coinbase rally as the price of Bitcoin surges to its highest level since May, fueled by easing Federal Reserve rate hike expectations.

The market rally suffered damage last week, though bitcoin and gold shined. Nvidia and CrowdStrike earnings are critical while Fed's Warsh will make a big speech.
Scott Melker discusses the Federal Reserve's latest decision to hold interest rates steady, Meta (META) and Microsoft's (MSFT) increasing AI expenses, but only one stock is getting punished. Meanwhile, bitcoin (BTC-USD) continues to hover around $64,000, Melker explains why the cryptocurrency's resilience is a bullish sign despite the broader market uncertainty. "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.
Plus markets are rebounding after a slightly hawkish FOMC, BTC ETFs flip to inflows and MoonPay launches a new AI product + airdrop
Today Federal Reserve meeting: Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh will hold a press conference at 2:30 p.m. ET, following the FOMC interest-rate decision at 2 p.m. Earnings (a.m): Procter & Gamble, Humana, L3Harris, Biogen, General Dynamics, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Airbus Earnings (p.
Today Earnings (a.m.): Coca-Cola, UPS, Boeing, Sherwin-Williams, Hilton, Centene, PayPal, S&P Global Earnings (p.m.): Visa, Ford Motor, Mondelez International, Waste Management, PPG Industries, Bloom Energy, Avis Budget, Seagate Technology Economic data: Consumer confidence index, Johnson Redbook retail sales index, U.
Investing.com -- Bitcoin prices were closing in on $64,000 on Sunday lifted by pre-Fed positioning and a notable surge in options market activity as traders bet on a significant move targeting toward $72,000 by the end of July, following this week’s Federal Reserve meeting.
Rick Santelli called the June jobs number over CNBC’s floor mic this morning, and if you were half-listening on the Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) app, you probably heard the pause before the number. “Our June release of the job jobs report headline number comes in light change in nonfarm payrolls 57,000. That’s about half of what we ... The June Jobs Report Came In at Half of What Wall Street Expected. Here’s What Broke
Stocks fell as Meta buzz hit SpaceX, Micron and many AI stocks. Tesla is near a buy point with deliveries due. The June jobs report also is on tap.
Stocks suffered broad, sharp losses on rate hike bets after the first Warsh Fed meeting. SpaceX fell for the first time while Robinhood jumped.
FEATURE Artificial-intelligence stocks were mounting a comeback on Wednesday, having slumped the previous session, as hopes of a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran led investors to pile back into some of the market’s best-loved names.
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Trulieve, Curaleaf, and Green Thumb Industries showed up on the app this week as the federal government inches toward reclassifying recreational marijuana.
Kalshi sued Minnesota in federal court this week, joining Donald Trump‘s Commodity Futures Trading Commission in challenging a law signed by Tim Walz that would make the state the first to criminalize prediction markets starting Aug. 1. Walz signed the bill May 18, and the CFTC filed its challenge the following day. Kalshi joined this week with its own complaint targeting state Attorney General Keith Ellison, Walz and gambling enforcement chief John Anglin. State lawmakers framed the measure as




