
IBM has raised its dividend for three decades straight, but the latest increase fits on a penny. Before counting on that income to keep pace with rising costs, retirees should understand what the streak actually delivers.
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IBM has raised its dividend for three decades straight, but the latest increase fits on a penny. Before counting on that income to keep pace with rising costs, retirees should understand what the streak actually delivers.

Rate hike fears, AI oversight talk, and an about-face move by Larry Ellison helped send Oracle lower.

The Federal Reserve will announce its policy decision on Sept. 16, with expectations of a rate hike amid elevated inflation and CPI prices. Kevin Gordon, Head of Macro Research and Strategy at the Schwab Center for Financial Research, and Yahoo Finance Senior Business Reporter Ines Ferré join Yahoo Finance Executive Editor Brian Sozzi to discuss the potential consequences of a rate hike.
Rising oil prices amid the ongoing conflict with Iran have pressured long-term bond yields and also impacted stock markets ahead of the Fed’s September policy meeting.

The August consumer price index, out at 8:30 a.m. ET, is the last hope to avoid a Federal Reserve rate hike next week, but the chances appear to be fading with oil prices holding near $100 a barrel. It may take a tepid reading for core CPI inflation to keep the Fed on hold after Thursday's producer price index showed a jump in hospital prices. S&P 500 futures pointed solidly higher early Friday amid a positive reception for Oracle earnings and oil's pullback from above $100 on news that Iran's foreign minister will meeting with Gulf state counterparts to discuss the path to reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Sept 11 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures bounced back as oil prices cooled on Friday and investors pinned their hopes on the consumer inflation report to end a rough week on a positive note.

US stock futures moved higher on Friday as investors awaited August consumer inflation data ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision next week. At 02:57 ET (06:57 GMT), Dow futures were up 232 points, or 0.

Investors are looking to key inflation reports ahead of next week’s Fed meeting.
US equity futures were mixed pre-bell Thursday as traders awaited the first of two key inflation rep

Ahead of the bell Wall Street looks set for a mixed open on Thursday, with Dow and S&P 500 futures nudging 0.1% higher while Nasdaq contracts slipped 0.1%. The main event comes after the close, when Oracle reports earnings in what should be a reality check on AI spending and...

FEATURE Stock futures were edging higher on Thursday, even as oil carried on rising having topped $100 a barrel for the first time since July the previous session. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

Today Earnings (a.m.): Macy’s Earnings (p.m.): Oracle, Adobe Economic data: PPI producer inflation data for August, 8:30 a.m. ET; existing home sales for August, wholesale inventories for July, weekly jobless claims and crude-oil supply data Central banks: ECB interest-rate decision U.

Oracle and Amazon just posted record cloud backlogs while their free cash flow turned negative, and a single Fed decision this month could determine whether their trillion-dollar AI buildouts become strokes of genius or catastrophic overextensions.

Today Apple iPhone event: The tech giant is expected to unveil its latest iPhone, the first major product launch for the company under new CEO John Ternus. U.S. Treasury: 10-year note auction, plus an indication of how much longer-term debt the Treasury plans to buy back under its new expanded buyback plan.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump are set to meet later this month in yet another bid to stabilize the relationship—and extend a a truce struck last fall. The planned Sept. 24 meeting in Washington D.C., which Beijing has still yet to confirm, will mark Xi’s first trip to the capitol in more than a decade. It follows Trump’s trip to Beijing last May, when the two dialed down tensions following months of tariff threats and, among other things, export restrictions.
Asking for a Trend Host Josh Lipton previews several of the biggest stories to come throughout next week, including earnings results from Jersey Mike's (JMKE), Oracle (ORCL), and Adobe (ADBE); August's Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation data; and the possible IPO of AI giant Anthropic (ANTH.PVT).
US equity investors are expected to focus on August's inflation data and the Iran war this week as c

The last big economic reports before the Federal Reserve’s next interest-rate decision take place later this week, with producer inflation on Thursday and the consumer price index on Friday. Traders recently were betting on a 60% chance of a rate hike at the Fed meeting Sept.
US stock futures slipped on Tuesday as rising oil prices and inflation jitters took focus at the start of the holiday-shortened week.

U. S. inflation figures, the European Central Bank’s interest-rate decision and developments in the Iran conflict are among the main events for markets this week, alongside earnings reports from Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) and Adobe (NASDAQ:ADBE).

The consumer price index release on Friday could be the most consequential economic data release in many years. Apple will hold an event, and we’ll see earnings from Casey’s General, Krogers, Academy Sports, and others.

Markets enter a holiday-shortened week focused on August inflation assessment with Friday's CPI report at 8:30am as the critical economic release. Tuesday's Oracle (ORCL) earnings test enterprise software spending resilience amid rate hike concerns.
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