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If you thought the Federal Reserve was about to usher in an era of easy money and send the S&P 500 (SPY) on a smooth victory lap, think again. The market is walking straight into an uncomfortable reality check. Geopolitical headlines gave investors brief relief over the summer, but underlying price metrics did not follow the script. Instead of preparing for rate cuts, Wall Street must now confront persistent price pressures, climbing yields, and a Fed forced back into an active tightening stance

Treasury yields jumped across the curve on Wednesday.

An interest rate hike amid soaring energy costs and rising inflation concerns has weighed on the Dow.

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.

U.S. stock futures are posting slight gains early Friday as investors digest targeted geopolitical sanctions, debates over Federal Reserve independence, and the Bank of Japan’s 31-year high rate-hike decision. The Polymarket (CRYPTO: POL) crowd is leaning bullish for the Sept....

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq recorded their best day in six weeks.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points Wednesday, marking the first rate hike since 2023. While that move was widely expected in recent weeks, attention now turns to whether there will be another increase before the end...

President Donald Trump‘s approval on inflation has fallen to 19%, a new low in the latest Marquette Law School poll. CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten called the resulting minus-61 net rating the worst presidential inflation reading on record. “This...

Consumer staples could be a good hunting ground for stockpickers., whether inflation goes up or eases.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 1.3% and the actively trad

Retail sentiment on SPY and QQQ remained ‘bearish’, even as futures recovered.

A $700,000 JEPQ position clears a $75,000 retirement budget today, but inflation-adjusted withdrawals over a decade expose a flaw baked into the fund's design that monthly distributions alone cannot fix.

The Federal Reserve delivered the quarter-point rate hike Wall Street expected Wednesday. But its new projections suggest the Fed isn’t done: 16 of 18 policymakers see at least one more increase this year. The Fed unanimously raised its target rate...

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.

August prints on Retail Sales and Imports were higher than expected this morning. All eyes are on today's interest rate decision from the Fed.

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.

A Federal Reserve rate hike is largely priced in for Wednesday, but JPMorgan says the S&P 500 could still swing anywhere from 1% higher to 2% lower depending on how Chair Kevin Warsh frames the move. A surprise decision to...

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was up 0.4%, and the actively tra

The S&P 500 faces a critical test today as investors brace for what is shaping up to be the most consequential Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting of the year.

The White House's top economist built a statistical case that inflation is already dead, presented it as a hypothetical dissenter's argument, then handed it to no one. Whether the Fed agrees tomorrow determines what the next chapter looks like for equity investors sitting on double-digit gains.

U.S. stock futures are trending higher early Wednesday as investors await the Federal Reserve’s highly anticipated interest rate decision and weigh cooling fears over an AI slowdown against the massive economic costs of the U.S.-Iran conflict. The Polymarket (CRYPTO: POL)...

Traders expect a 92% chance the Fed will hike interest rates on Wednesday.

Treasury yields pushing past 5% are separating winners from losers among iBuyer stocks, and the gap between Opendoor, Offerpad, and Zillow reveals something telling about where the housing market may be headed.

The 2-year bond yield, at +4.65%, is still 90 bps above the current high end of interest rates.

The broad market exchange-traded fund SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) was down 0.2%, and the actively t

Retail sentiment on SPY and QQQ remained ‘extremely bearish’ ahead of the Fed’s rate decision this week.

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 […]

The consumer price index rose 0.4% in August, month over month and 3.4% year over year.

We're now looking at a 200 bps margin on PPI-CPI headlines, 240 bps on core.