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A 68-year-old who retired recently with most of his savings in a traditional 401(k) or IRA is watching his account statements with mixed feelings. Goldman Sachs strategists led by Ben Snider project S&P 500 Q2 earnings will jump roughly 22% year over year, powered by the AI investment boom and energy-sector gains. The S&P 500 ... Goldman Says AI Is Driving a 22% Earnings Surge. For a 68-Year-Old, the Rally Swelling His 401(k) Is Inflating the RMD Tax Hit Waiting at 73.

Kevin Warsh went to Sintra and said what bond traders have been waiting to hear all summer. Inflation looks like it has peaked. Oil is cooperating. The tail risk of a July or August rate shock, the one quietly haunting every duration-heavy portfolio in America, just got a lot less scary. That was the read ... Fed Chair Warsh Just Said the One Thing About Inflation Every Investor Wanted to Hear

This is the fourth-straight month of job growth from the BLS, which we haven't seen since the spring of 2025.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is up +0.67%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is up +0.85%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is up +0.40%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) are up +0.58%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Stocktwits data showed retail sentiment around SPY and QQQ is ‘bullish.’

U.S. private employers added 98,000 jobs in June, according to ADP, as investors await Thursday’s payrolls report for clues on the labor market and interest rates.

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said inflation risks have come down.

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

In the space exploration business, money is easy come, easy go. And that's something Space Exploration IPO investors learned the hard way.

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Monday closed up +1.18%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.59%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +2.25%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) rose +1.20%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday defended the administration’s aggressive trade policies, unveiling a comprehensive “3 through 3” economic blueprint designed to sustain high GDP growth while neutralizing “structural inflation.” Deconstructing critics’ claims that import penalties harm American consumers, Bessent...

U.S. stock markets are mostly headed for a month in the red amid a downbeat streak for technology names.

With key questions swirling on AI and tech stocks, hot IPOs, Federal Reserve policy, and ongoing tensions in the Middle East, where is an investor to turn? We brought together a powerful roster of six experts this week to share their advice and recommendations...LIVE!

Investing.com -- The International Monetary Fund said Thursday that the United States economy has maintained solid growth momentum and projected inflation would reach the Federal Reserve's 2% target by the end of 2027.

Broader tech sell-off continued on Wednesday as investors awaited Micron earnings to judge the demand for AI and memory chips.

A friend of Paula Pant’s bought SpaceX (NASDAQ:SPCX) at $171, sold at $191, and walked away with roughly $400 to $500 in profit. Then he walked away convinced that stock-picking is easy. On a recent Afford Anything Q&A, financial commentator Joe Salci summed up the problem in four words. “He learned the wrong lesson,” Salci ... ‘He Learned the Wrong Lesson’: Why the SpaceX IPO Windfall Is a Trap for Everyday Investors

Scott Wren, senior global market strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, went on CNBC this morning with a message for retail investors. The Federal Reserve has flipped from an easing bias to a tightening bias, and Wren wants investors to treat the resulting wobble as an invitation rather than a warning shot. “You don’t want ... Wells Fargo’s Scott Wren to Retail Investors: Don’t Chase the Rally, Be Ready to Pounce on Dips

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index dropped Wednesday after Tuesday's tech sell-off. FedEx dived on earnings.

Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi has warned that America’s stark economic divergence remains “firmly intact,” as newly updated data reveal a bruising financial reality in which the bottom 80% of earners are losing the battle against inflation, while top earners dominate national consumption. The Spending Divide Deepens According to Zandi’s updated estimates, households in the top 20% of the income distribution—defined as those earning over $175k annually—now account for an “astoundin

<p>SpaceX’s IPO smashed records, as investors clamored to gain access, pouring in billions to any kind of SpaceX exposure they could get their hands on. One ETF benefited for a couple hours, having changed its entire mandate overnight to capture the hype, before being halted. Tune into this episode of <em>ETF Zoo</em> for the scoop and the precedent it may set for ETFs looking ahead. </p>

Stock Market Today: The Dow Jones index dropped, while tech futures plunged as Micron, Nvidia and Sandisk dived premarket.

Tuesday's catalysts include flash PMIs, Richmond Fed data, ADP weekly employment, Treasury bill and 2-year note auctions, and May money supply.

Stephen Parker, co-head of global investment strategy at JPMorgan Private Bank, told CNBC that “the rally that we’ve seen this year has been entirely earnings driven. Even the most bullish expectations have been consistently exceeded.” His base case puts the S&P 500 at 7800 by year-end, with a bull case of 8900. The stakes are ... JPMorgan: 2026 rally entirely earnings-driven, bull case targets 8900 by year-end

With the U.S. approaching its 250th birthday — it's time to toast the nation's history. But don't assume age and S&P 500 gains coincide.

Did you feel the “Whoosh” on Wednesday? That was stocks tanking after new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s first policy meeting. Hawkish talk and hawkish forecasts caused the odds of an interest rate hike to spike!

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s first post-meeting press conference rattled risk assets on Wednesday, and the loudest pushback came from a strategist who thinks the bull market remains structurally intact. On CNBC’s Closing Bell Overtime, Warren Pies, co-founder of 3Fourteen Research, argued that “Bull markets do not die of old age. They’re usually murdered by ... Kevin Warsh Comments Send Shiver Down Investors’ Spines. Would He Really ‘Murder This Bull Market?’

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed up +1.08%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.14%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +2.48%. September E-mini S&P futures (ESU26 ) rose +1.15%, and September E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Warsh stressed the Fed's commitment to deliver price stability and skipped publishing an individual rate forecast in the dot plot.

The U.S. and Iran electronically signed a 14-point Memorandum of Understanding on Wednesday, extending their ceasefire and establishing a framework for a peace agreement.

The U.S. Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged earlier in the day and raised the 2026 inflation outlook.