
The stock market aced two big tests this week. Things got weird when CNBC’s Steve Liesman asked Warsh where the federal-funds rate is relative to the so-called neutral rate—the policy rate that is neither accommodative nor restrictive.
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The stock market aced two big tests this week. Things got weird when CNBC’s Steve Liesman asked Warsh where the federal-funds rate is relative to the so-called neutral rate—the policy rate that is neither accommodative nor restrictive.

Ethereum treasury stocks are posting gains on a morning when the broader market is red, the CLARITY Act just collapsed in the Senate, and the Fed hiked rates for the first time in three years. Find out why Bitmine and Sharplink are bucking every headline that should have crushed them.

Silver Lake just filed to sell more Dell shares into a session where the stock is surging, and the server complex is moving like the sponsor notices do not matter at all. Here is why buyers are ignoring the overhang and what the Fed could do to that confidence by afternoon.
American households just booked the largest quarterly wealth gain in history, and most Americans do not feel any richer. Federal Reserve data released this month shows U.S. household net worth jumped $12.5 trillion in the second quarter of 2026, reaching a record $185.7 trillion. That single-quarter increase exceeds the annual gross domestic product of every […]

Networking stocks are surging well beyond the broader tech sector, and no earnings report, contract award, or company announcement explains why Ciena, Arista, and Cisco are all moving together on the same Friday afternoon.

Oracle gave traders a 36% single-session surge exactly one year ago tonight, yet options activity heading into this earnings report tells a completely different story about where the smart money expects the stock to go.

Shares of GoPro (NASDAQ:GPRO) are up 11% to $1.57 in late-morning trading Thursday, extending a rerating that has lifted the action camera maker 124% over the past month. The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:SPY) is down 0.43% on the session. Also, the iShares Semiconductor ETF (NASDAQ:SOXX) is off 2%, so today’s green tape is […]

TPG just bought into the exact Optum clinics that derailed UnitedHealth's profits, and management is hours away from reaffirming guidance that could either validate the deal or reopen a wound investors hoped was healing.

GoPro is surging on a merger that turns a camera company into an optical-transceiver play, and a famous YouTuber just became its largest individual shareholder. Here is what the move actually means against a backdrop of proven incumbents already delivering billion-dollar datacenter revenue.

Ulta Beauty posted a clean earnings beat and raised its full year outlook, yet traders punished the stock in heavy Friday volume. Understanding why requires a closer look at the pattern that has haunted this name after nearly every strong report.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up by +0.39% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up by +0.08%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up by +0.84%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.30%, and September E-mini...

Okta and CrowdStrike both crushed earnings, but one stock is surging nearly twice as hard as the other despite posting slower growth and a troubling dip in a key bookings metric.

A $100 million tariff refund sent Abercrombie surging in a single session while the same catalyst left Kohl's nearly unchanged and Ross investors shrugging. The gap between those reactions reveals something more important than the windfall itself.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) is up by +0.37% today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up by +0.67%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up by +0.10%. E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.30%, and September E-mini...

A prominent venture billionaire declared AI has nothing to do with the biggest companies' earnings growth, and then eight minutes later cheered a milestone from an AI startup. Nvidia reports in days, and the numbers will settle the argument.

Industrial stocks have gotten expensive, but here are some with the most attractive growth prospects.

<p>Small-caps lagged their large-cap peers for over a decade in an environment dominated by the Fed put, failing to manifest any long lasting outperformance. With so much now changed, can small-cap performance this year manage to establish a longer-term trend or will it too prove to just be a temporary rotation? Find out what the industry experts think in this episode of<em> ETF Zoo</em>. </p>

Rising oil prices and sticky inflation are fueling demand for income, putting high-yield dividend ETFs offering more than 5% in the spotlight.

The producer price index rose 4.7% in July 2025 after a 5.5% annual increase in June.

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DraftKings just posted its worst margin quarter in years while simultaneously launching a business growing five times faster than its core sportsbook ever did. One of those stories is going to dominate the next 90 days, and the NFL season will decide which.
Nonfarm payrolls fell 23,000 last month, following substantial downward revisions to the prior two months, Bureau of Labor Statistics data showed on Friday.
The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.37%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.89%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.44%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...
Alphabet just delivered a 24% revenue surge and a 210% free cash flow collapse in the same quarter, and the stock is rallying anyway. The bull and bear cases have never been more directly at war with each other.
President Donald Trump discussed efforts to de-escalate US-Iran tensions with Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.
Netflix just posted a beat on earnings and its biggest buyback quarter ever, yet the stock cratered anyway. Jim Cramer thinks that disconnect has created a rare opening, but his buy strategy comes with a pointed warning about what comes next.
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