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President Donald Trump's nomination to head the U.S. Federal Reserve will lift a cloud of uncertainty that has hung over markets for months, giving investors a signal of how monetary policy may evolve once Jerome Powell's term ends in May.
US stock futures slipped in the Asian session as AI spending fears and Fed policy concerns weighed, while softer Japan data and a weaker yen capped losses.
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President Trump plans to name Kevin Warsh, the former Federal Reserve governor, replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, The Post has learned.
Coinbase chief Brian Armstrong is clashing with Jamie Dimon and other bank stewards over the future of finance.
The head of Indonesia's stock exchange has resigned, the exchange said on Friday, as the consequences of a warning from index provider MSCI of a possible downgrade that triggered a more than $80 billion market rout continue to reverberate.
President Donald Trump said late Thursday that he'll name his nominee to be Federal Reserve chairman on Friday morning, There's a new front-runner.
After a busy day for markets, Donald Trump said he would announce his Fed chair pick on Friday morning.
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President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will be naming his pick Friday for the new Federal Reserve chair.
The president has spent months weighing his pick to lead the central bank.
OpenAI is eyeing an initial public offering before the end of the year, hoping to beat rival AI startup Anthropic to the punch, the Wall Street Journal reported late Thursday.
There's a key metric that highlights why software stocks like ServiceNow are underperforming, according to Jim Cramer. He pointed to the decline in price-to-earnings multiples in the group.
New Fed study estimates tariffs cost the U.S. economy 19,000 jobs per month in 2025, potentially raising unemployment by 0.1 percentage points.
The rivals are competing to be the first major generative AI startup to tap the public markets.
Liz Ann Sonders, Schwab Center for Financial Research, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' to talk the day's market action.
Technology sector sentiment indicators—record short selling and put buying—signal a likely sustained rally, contradicting bubble-bursting forecasts. QQQ and XLK data show all-time highs in bearish positioning, historically preceding significant advances in technology stocks.
Political and economic tensions, domestic headlines, currency flows and the Federal Reserve have all combined to reignite the “United States vs. international” investing debate.
U.S. stocks closed mixed on Thursday after a wild day on Wall Street in which metals surged, the price of oil spiked and a tug of war erupted in equities.
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It's no secret Microsoft's (MSFT) earnings sparked market-wide selling action. Marley Kayden and Sam Vadas talk about unsung sections of the trade following Thursday's session.
I am reducing USD exposure due to currency depreciation risks, fiscal deficits, and geopolitical weaponization, favoring the Swiss Franc (CHF) as a safer alternative. USD's credibility is eroding from persistent fiscal deficits, central bank interventions, and global shifts toward gold and away from U.S. Treasuries.
'The Big Money Show' panel breaks down the Federal Reserve rate decision and President Donald Trump revealing when the next Federal Reserve chair will be announced. #trump #federalreserve #jeromepowell #fedchair #interestrates #monetarypolicy #useconomy
US regulators are scrutinizing how dozens of small, foreign-based companies became targets of chatroom stock promoters. Bloomberg's Weihua Li explains
Their otherwise recent moves higher track an extraordinary run in the underlying metals: gold has jumped roughly 95% over the past year while silver has soared more than 270%, making the two largest assets in the world by market value.
Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow discuss AI capital expenditures after Meta, Microsoft and Tesla all reported raising spend in their earnings. Plus, Apple is set to release results after the bell with investors focused on holiday sales and memory costs.
The U.S. Dollar Index (DXY) is at a four-year low, making it timely to examine the traditional view that a weaker dollar benefits U.S. equities. The cause of the weakening matters as much as – or even more than – the weakening itself in my experiences.
Elon Musk, the world's richest individual, could bring two of his biggest holdings closer together.
The renowned permabear thinks the market is frothy but doesn't see signs of an imminent crash.
Elon Musk's SpaceX and xAI are in discussions to merge ahead of a blockbuster public offering slated for later this year, Reuters reported exclusively on Thursday. The move could reshape SpaceX's IPO narrative and underscore Musk's strategy to fuse satellite infrastructure with artificial intelligence computing.
A look at the best and worst S&P 500 stocks this year shows how tech investors have piled into semiconductor plays and bailed on software.
The U.K. government said it expects whisky exports to China to be worth roughly $345.2 million to the economy over the next five years as tariffs are lowered to 5% from 10%.
In an exclusive Squawk Box Asia interview, Iman Rachman, President Director of the Indonesia Stock Exchange, explains efforts by the exchange to improve disclosures and transparency after the index provider MSCI revealed its concerns about the market's investability.
Additional inflation, triggered by a continued slide in the currency, could prevent the bank from cutting rates, as Trump wants it to.
Bullish sentiment increased 1.2 percentage points to 44.4%. Neutral sentiment increased 0.7 percentage points to 24.8%.
My confidence in the bull run has increased. Overall, I'm glad that my protective puts will now expire worthless.
The U.S. bond market doesn't seem all that anxious yet about President Trump's efforts to sway the Federal Reserve's monetary policy decisions.
Equity markets remain resilient, closing January 2026 near all-time highs despite rising economic and geopolitical concerns. Unexpected turmoil from Greenland and Minneapolis was seen in January, along with shifting tariff policies, which fueled some volatility.
Jobless claims in the United States ticked down slightly last week amid growing uncertainty among workers. For the week ending Jan. 24, initial unemployment claims fell to 209,000, down 1,000 from the previous week, the Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics said in a Thursday (Jan. 29) press release.
Microsoft's 12% plunge triggers tech stock selloff as software sector enters bear market. Nasdaq tests key 50-day support amid bearish rebalancing.
Every market cycle has its darlings—and its castaways.
Jon Maier, JPMorgan chief ETF strategist, joins CNBC's Dom Chu on 'Halftime Report' to discuss the move in international equities and funds amid the recent geopolitical conflict and why he thinks it could pick up this year.
President Donald Trump said he'll announce his nominee to chair the Federal Reserve next week — and prediction markets are pointing strongly to a Wall Street veteran getting the job.
The first week of February is fairly light in terms of economic data, but jobs data will be in the spotlight toward the latter half of the week.
President Donald Trump says he will announce his choice to lead the Federal Reserve next week. Trump says interest rates should be two or three points lower.
If foreign investors really start to dump U.S. assets, this number could be the reason.
What happens when markets stop believing the president? Bloomberg Opinion's John Authers and the FT's Robert Armstrong, who coined the term, “TACO,” join host David Gura on the Big Take podcast.
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