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FOMC Cites Rising Risks As It Holds The Line On Rates
The committee held rates in the 4.25% to 4.50% range. Stocks sank on Wednesday afternoon after the Federal Open Markets Committee decided not to make any changes to the federal funds. This marks the third straight meeting that the Fed has held rates at the 4.25% to 4.50% range. The Fed standing pat was widely […]
Why This Category Of ETFs Is The Most Popular Right Now
Key Points If you don’t know about buffered ETFs, here is why they are so popular right now. Global ETF assets continue to surge higher, rising 28% in 2024 to $14.7 trillion. This year, demand has only increased, as investors seek out the diversification and active management that ETFs provide in choppy and uncertain markets. […]
Powell Talks Stablecoins, Tariffs, And Why Fed Is In No Hurry To Cut Rates
Key Points Powell testified before the Senate in the Fed Chair’s semiannual address to Congress. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell testified on the state of monetary policy Tuesday in his semiannual Monetary Policy Report. In his nearly 2.5-hour testimony, Powell was peppered with questions from members of the Senate Banking Committee, but the primary focus was […]
Stocks Tumble As China-Based DeepSeek’s Latest AI Model Threatens U.S. Technology
DeepSeek has overtaken ChatGPT as the highest-rated free application on the Apple App Store U.S. stock traders took a decidedly risk-off turn early Monday morning, sending the NASDAQ 100 (NDX) down 4% and the S&P 500 (SPX) 2.5% lower over concerns that Chinese start-up DeepSeek will upend American artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Founded in 2023, DeepSeek develops open-source AI […]
Tesla And EV Stocks Fall On Trump Plan To End EV “Mandate”
Key Points At the same time, autonomous vehicle stocks were soaring. Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) saw its stock drop, along with other EV companies, after President Donald Trump revoked an executive order by his predecessor that promoted EVs. On his first day in office, Trump revoked former President Joe Biden’s executive order issued […]
5 Things To Look For In A Value Stock
Key Points Value stocks have outperformed lately. Here’s what you need to know to find good value stocks. With the markets a bit overheated after two years of 20%-plus gains, it is a good time to look for value stocks. What are value stocks? Broadly, they are stocks that are trading below their intrinsic value, for […]
These 3 Stocks Will Join The NASDAQ 100 Soon — And These 3 Will Be Removed
Key Points MicroStrategy (NASDAQ:MSTR), Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) and Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ:AXON) are set to join the technology-heavy NASDAQ 100 (NDX) index on December 23. Those three companies and their stocks will replace Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ:SMCI), Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) and Illumina (NASDAQ:ILMN) in the index. This reshuffling of the NASDAQ 100 will commence on Monday, December 23 before the market opens. It’s part of an annual reconstitution process for the NASDAQ 100 […]
These Retail Stocks Benefitted The Most From Record-Setting Black Friday
Key Points Apparel and footwear stocks, as well as specialty retailers, outperformed the big box stores and ecommerce giants. Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year in the U.S., set a record this year for online shopping. Typically, Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is a huge day for in-store shopping, but this […]
FOMC Lowers Rates By 25 Points, Won’t “Speculate” Or “Assume” On Trump Policies
Key Points Fed chair Powell was asked if he would resign, if asked by the new president. The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) lowered the federal funds rate by one quarter of a percentage point, or 25 basis points, at its meeting November 6 and 7. The move was largely expected, as 97% of interest […]
Penny Stock Explodes For 3,300% Gain: What Investors Should Know
Key Points This stock went from about $1 per share to almost $40 per share in two days. The most active stock over the past few days has been Bright Minds Biosciences (NASDAQ:DRUG), which exploded more than 3,400% over the last two full trading days. Bright Minds went from penny stock territory, trading at $1.11 per share when markets […]
