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US Equity Investors to Watch Out for Magnificent-7 Earnings, Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge, Tariffs This Week
US equity investors will focus on earnings from the so-called Magnificent-7 group of stocks this week while watching closely trade policy announcements, the January monetary policy announcement, and ...
Stocks open sharply higher as Wall Street gets relief from softer-than-expected core CPI inflation data
U.S. stocks were surging on Wednesday morning as Treasury yields fell after core inflation data came in below expectations, boosting bets that the Federal Reserve will still be able to cut interest ...
US inflation likely remained sticky-high last month, threatening interest rate cuts
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has said the central bank will keep its key interest rate elevated until inflation is back to 2%. As ...
These two bank stocks stand out for improvement in 2025
From March 2022 through July 2023, the Federal Reserve increased the federal-funds rate - the benchmark rate upon which banks' deposit rates are based - from a target range of 0.25% to 0.50% to a ...
Earnings Season Gets Real As The Magnificent 7 Begins Reporting
The second busiest week of earnings season includes four of the Magnificent 7. Chair Powell’s comments will be more important ...
US economy likely added 153,000 jobs last month, returning to normal after strike and hurricanes
Forecasters surveyed by the data firm FactSet expect that U.S. payrolls grew by 153,000 ... he says, that would be seen by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell as striking a Goldilocks balance, not hot ...
Wall Street hovers near records, Fed, megacap earnings awaited
US equities were poised to end the first week of Donald Trump’s second term higher, checked by the outlook for rates and ...
The stock market has never looked like this before — regardless of who's president
Donald Trump enters office after a rip-roaring rally in stocks has brought the market to stretched valuation levels amid an ...
Average mortgage rate reaches 7% for first time since May
The average 30-year fixed rate rose to 7.04% for the week ending Thursday, according to mortgage giant Freddie Mac. The ...
JPMorgan Chase is the best performer among U.S. banks. What that means for investors.
JPMorgan Chase stands head-and-shoulders above the rest of this group of largest U.S. banks by ROAA, while Morgan Stanley runs a pretty close second when its performance is measured by ROTCE. And with ...
Home BancShares 4Q Profit Rises, Annual Revenue Surpasses $1B for First Time
Home BancShares posted higher fourth-quarter earnings and its annual revenue surpassed $1 billion for the first time, the company said. The bank holding company on Wednesday posted a profit of $100.6 ...