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Kalshi‘s push into sports may be weakening its case that federal law blocks states from regulating prediction markets as gambling, former Consumer Financial Protection Bureau adviser Brad Lipton told Benzinga. Lipton now leads corporate power and financial regulation at the...
Savings accounts, short-term Treasury bills and money-market funds paid little yield when interest rates were near zero. The Federal Reserve’s rate hikes starting in 2022 reset the bar for what cash could pay out to investors. On top of that, the advance of technology and new forms of banking and money not only add new competitors for cash—neobanks, stablecoins, tokenized or exchange-traded Treasury bills—but make it increasingly easy to switch cash from where it earns little, to where it earns more.
Lee said the Fed’s September rate hike left stocks oversold, setting the stage for a potential rebound.
Robinhood's CEO believes a federal program that barely exists yet could reshape how Americans build wealth for generations, but independent economists see a very different outcome unfolding.
Interest rates are higher again, inflation is stuck at 3.4%, and the Federal Reserve is openly comfortable keeping borrowing costs elevated for longer. That mix hurts some areas of the market and can support others, especially where cash balances and idle dollars matter. This article walks through three US brokerage and cash-sweep platform stocks exposed to this rate backdrop and explains how the current setup could help or hurt investors who own them. The three broker and platform stocks...
The Fed raised rates 25 basis points on Sept. 16, and brokers and exchanges like Interactive Brokers, Robinhood, and CME Group stand to benefit from the new hiking cycle.
The world’s largest cryptocurrency has shown its resilience, rallying despite two potential setbacks.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan just charged two former Robinhood engineers over crypto trades, and the fallout is already hitting brokerages that had nothing to do with it.
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.
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.
Shares of DraftKings Inc. (NASDAQ:DKNG) and Flutter Entertainment plc (NYSE:FLUT) soared on August 28 after the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that sports-related contracts at issue were not ‘swaps’ under federal commodities law, clearing the way for Nevada to apply its gaming regulations to them and handing a significant victory to states seeking to shut […]
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.
On this episode of Stock Movers: - Lululemon (LULU) shares are diving as its China business is showing signs of strain, with revenue in mainland China falling 2% in the second quarter after adjusting for currency fluctuations. - Tesla (TSLA) shares are lower on news it formally rolled out the Cybercab for robotaxi service, a long-anticipated step in Elon Musk's effort to push the company away from its roots as an auto manufacturer. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened a probe into the process and technical data on which Tesla relied when it self-certified the vehicles as compliant with federal safety standards. - Robinhood (HOOD) is down as AMC Entertainment boss Adam Aron criticized Robinhood Markets Inc. after the platform launched a tokenized version of the theater chain's shares.
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 Dow added more than 600 points after Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller said he could support holding rates steady.
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.
It turns out that stubborn inflation and persistent geopolitical tensions create a difficult backdrop for crypto. In Q2, total crypto market capitalization declined 11% and global spot crypto trading volumes fell 25% from the previous quarter. Also, Bitcoin price also declined by double digits during the quarter. This happened as US inflation readings stayed above […]
The Morning Bull - US Market Morning Update Wednesday, Aug, 26 2026 US stock futures are pointing higher this morning, with E-mini S&P 500 contracts up about 0.3% and Nasdaq-100 futures ahead roughly 0.6%. The move comes even as the Chicago Fed National Activity Index slips to -0.08 in July, which signals slightly weaker overall US economic activity and hints that growth is cooling. At the same time, the US 10-year Treasury yield sits near 4.7% as investors weigh a government debt buyback...
The stock market rose Tuesday amid lower oil prices and yields, but cautiously heading into Fed inflation data and Nvidia earnings.
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.
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