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The persistent K-shaped economy is worsening, with middle and lower classes weakening while the upper end remains resilient. Premium and luxury retail stocks have seen deep sell-offs over the last few years, establishing multi-year lows as the middle class is squeezed out of their audience.
As hostilities broke out in the Middle East, markets were initially rather resilient. This resilience was likely supported by the view it could be a short-duration bombing event, similar to past episodes, amid improving global economic data.
The average price per gallon since the U.S.-Iran War started has risen $1 nationwide, and Kevin Green isn't expecting crude oil volatility to cool soon. He adds that the futures are setting up for a tentative technical bounce.
Wall Street was already worried about another surge in inflation tied to the Iran war. Now a stunningly large increase in the cost of imported goods has added to the angst.
Indiana officials moved to terminate Piece by Piece Autism Centers after a Journal investigation.
Inflation worries have convinced markets that the odds are low for a cut in interest rates this year by the Federal Reserve. At the moment, much of the fixed-income market is underwater this year, based on a set of ETFs through Tuesday's close (Mar. 24).
Who is “Granny Retail”? “Granny Retail” is not an individual, it is a concept.
A recession is two consecutive quarters of negative growth in gross domestic product, a measurement of all goods and services produced in a country. The National Bureau of Economic Research, the most commonly cited determiner of recessions, more broadly defines one as a “significant decline in economic activity that is spread across the economy and lasts more than a few months.
NASA's Artemis II mission is nearing launch as the agency pauses its Gateway project, sending shares of Intuitive Machines, Rocket Lab, and other space stocks moving.
U.S. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren on Wednesday pressed top Federal Reserve official and former veteran Wall Street bank attorney Randall Guynn to explain how he is handling potential conflicts of interest in his new role, according to a letter reviewed by Reuters.
Senator Adam Schiff, along with Senator John Curtis, talk to CNBC about their bipartisan legislation they have introduced called the "Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act."
Volume in S&P 500 and oil futures spiked on Monday roughly 15 minutes before President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Iran held talks over the weekend and that strikes on Iranian infrastructure would be halted. "Any move like that in advance of any announcement, the regulators are going to look at," Jay Clayton, a former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, said Wednesday on CNBC's "Squawk Box.
Sens. Adam Schiff, D-N.Y., and John Curtis, R-Utah, said they won't drop their push to ban sports prediction market contracts after Kalshi and Polymarket announced new insider-trading rules.
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) join 'Squawk Box' to discuss details of the 'Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act', why they're in favor of a ban on sports-style betting, state of negotiations over DHS funding, and more.
Retail investors are gaining exposure to the market beyond single stocks.
Current market optimism over U.S./Iran de-escalation is likely misplaced, as both sides' demands remain irreconcilable and military escalation continues. Despite President Trump's optimistic statements, Iran and the U.
U.S. import prices rose in February, driven by higher prices for both fuel and nonfuel imports, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed.
Despite optimism on Iran talks, markets retraced gains as oil prices rose and Treasury yields remained elevated. I see zero chance of a Fed rate hike in April and expect a rate cut later this year if labor market weakness persists.
I see a structural market rotation from long-duration, tech-driven assets toward short-duration, value-oriented sectors like energy, materials, and industrials. AI-driven disruption has eroded competitive moats in software, making these stocks less attractive despite lower valuations and continued EPS growth expectations.
Firm recommends buying March 2027 rate futures while shorting U.S. stocks
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Stocks are rallying on optimism for peace talks, but the lack of details has primed volatility risk.
The shares of Pop Mart (HKG: 9992), the Beijing-based maker of the viral Labubu toys, dropped as much as 22.51% on Wednesday, March 25, following the release of the company's 2025 annual report.
Markets in Asia and Europe move higher after Iran says it will permit ‘non-hostile' ships through strait of Hormuz
Plus, bank rules enable more private-credit lending.
The Federal Reserve got it wrong again. By refusing to cut rates last week, the Fed showed that it's still fighting yesterday's inflation while ignoring today's economy.
Economists have pulled up their risk assessments of a U.S. contraction amid heightened uncertainty over geopolitical risk and a labor market that for the past year has shown strains over the past year. "I'm concerned recession risks are uncomfortably high and on the rise," said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Analytics.
Wall Street's main indexes closed higher on Wednesday as oil prices fell while Iran reviewed a U.S. proposal to end the war in the Middle East, feeding investor hopes for de-escalation in the fourth week of a war that has disrupted global energy flows and stoked inflation concerns.
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have escalated sharply, marked by military exchanges and increasingly confrontational rhetoric. The escalation has triggered a sell-off in global equities, most acute in Asia, where economies are highly exposed to Middle Eastern energy supply.
The Federal Reserve is concerned about tariffs and higher oil prices driving inflation higher. The Fed faces a dilemma because economic growth has also slowed.
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Nathan Thooft, CIO and senior portfolio manager at Manulife Investment Management, thinks the Iran conflict will unlikely be drawn out, and that underlying economic fundamentals remain supportive. He also believes markets are underpricing the likelihood of interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve.
A SpaceX IPO filing could come this week, The Information reported. Elon Musk's space company could seek to raise a record $75 billion.
@CharlesSchwab's Kevin Gordon covers the relationship between the jobs report and the Iran conflict in influencing the U.S. economy. He looks at short-term impacts and what would realize long-term impacts.
Steven Fulop has warned the New York City mayor that higher taxes could cause business elites to flee.
Stocks spent the day swinging between positive and negative territory as investors digested mixed messages from the Trump administration and Iranian officials about back-channel diplomacy that could put an end to the current conflict.
Global oil prices tumbled and U.S. stock futures rose on Tuesday evening following reports that the U.S., via intermediary Pakistan, had sent Iran a 15-point plan to end the conflict in the Middle East, now in its fourth week.
FOX Business host Larry Kudlow discusses President Donald Trump's assertion that Iran provided the U.S. with an oil and gas related gift on ‘Kudlow.'
Wall Street jitters about the Iran war spilled over Tuesday into a vital part of U.S. financial markets that typically hum along without a hitch.
Jeff Currie, Carlyle partner, talks to CNBC about how energy disruptions from the Iran war will impact Asia and Europe before the United States.
Natural gas transport and liquefied natural gas (LNG) firms have whooshed higher in the wake of the U.S.-Iran war.
For the first time in more than a year, shares of the biggest companies in the U.S. are starting to look like a good deal.
Michael Kantrowitz, Piper Sandler, and Marta Norton, Empower chief investment strategist, joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' with reaction to the day's market action.
Scott Chronert, Citi, joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss if it's time to get into equity markets, the state of oil prices and much more.
Despite a relief rally in the S&P 500, significant segments like cryptocurrencies, gold, and small caps remain in bear market territory. Bitcoin has fallen roughly 35% from its peak, undermining its 'store of value' narrative and erasing about $2 trillion in market value.
US equities pulled back on Tuesday, giving up part of the previous session's gains as rising oil prices and uncertainty around the ongoing Iran conflict weighed on investor sentiment. Markets struggled to find direction amid conflicting signals on diplomacy and escalating geopolitical risks, while higher Treasury yields added further pressure.
Stocks that can benefit from a good-enough economy with minimal exposure to interest-rate risk.
The Federal Reserve's internal watchdog has found that the central bank is taking longer to approve bank mergers and acquisitions than it did four years ago, despite launching a dedicated reform effort to speed things up.
Private credit markets face a chronic crisis, not a 2008-style collapse, driven by illiquidity, high defaults, and structural mismatches in fund redemptions. Redemption restrictions ("gates") and loan-management mechanisms helped delay visible stress, but defaults and bankruptcies are now exposing the sector's fragility.