Gold price has rallied past the crucial resistance level of $1,950 ahead of the US inflation data. Even with prospects of interest rate hikes, its status as a hedge against inflation and safe-haven wi...
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Crypto recovery wavers on inflation fears
Doge defies downturn as Musk calls for meme coin Twitter payments Crypto has had a tough week, with Bitcoin sliding 9% lower after the Federal Reserve released minutes from their March meeting. The mi...
Stocks, Treasuries Sink on Inflation, Policy Risks: Markets Wrap
(Bloomberg) — Stocks and U.S. equity futures fell along with Treasuries Monday amid heightened worries about inflation risks and tightening financial conditions. A gauge of the dollar climbed. M...
Mexico’s Third Richest Billionaire Warns of Severe Dollar Inflation — Says Buy Bitcoin to ‘Save Your Skin’ – Featured Bitcoin News
The third-richest billionaire in Mexico, Ricardo Salinas Pliego, has shared his experience of living through hyperinflation. He warned that the U.S. and several other civilized countries are “going ex...
As inflation bites, higher-income consumers are cutting back, too
Miami, Florida, Brickell City Centre shopping mall with Apple Store, Chanel and escalators. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images With as much as 60% of U.S. consumers living paycheck...
Inflation And Your Portfolio: How To Control Your Investments When Prices Are Rising
Inflation has turned from transitory to pernicious, with some economists even raising the specter of a 1970s-style wage-price spiral. X Should you reposition your investment portfolio for an inflation...
Inflation Is Here to Stay. How to Adjust Your Portfolio.
Inflation is rampant and ubiquitous today, from the gas pump to the grocery store. The U.S. consumer price index has quadrupled in the past year, from a 1.7% annual rate in February 2021 to 7.9% this ...
Jim Lebenthal lays out the easy way to make money amidst inflation
Invezz does not provide financial advice. Our aim is to simplify information about investing, enabling each user to make educated decisions with their money and to take control of their financial futu...
Inflation is driving crypto adoption in emerging economies
While there are many use cases for the crypto industry, the most popular use appears to be as a hedge against rising inflation. A recent Twitter thread by CoinMarketCap has revealed that citizens of c...
High Inflation Creates A Portfolio Crisis
NEW YORK, March 18, 2020 — A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, … [+] the United States, March 18, 2020. U.S. equities ended Wednesday’s volatile session...
How to save money on travel amid a spike in inflation
Inflation is surging — and if it keeps up, Americans may start nixing their travel plans. Some 40% of U.S. adults said they would cancel a vacation or trip if consumer prices continue to rise, accordi...
Carnage is epic in bonds due to Fed’s inflation error: Jim Bianco
There may be no escape from the bond market turmoil — even for stock investors. Market researcher Jim Bianco warns critical Federal Reserve policies to control wild inflation will inflict widespread l...
Stocks Rise As Investors Try To Shake Off Inflation Fears, Recent Fed Comments
Topline The stock market moved slightly higher on Thursday—clawing back some of its losses from earlier this week—as investors continued to assess recent comments from Federal Reserve officials on the...
Floating-Rate Bonds And Inflation: What Gives?
Percent Symbol in Sea getty Floating-rate bonds are supposed to be sailing right now. So why are they sinking? Last week we lamented the reason most bond funds are down this year. The runaway long rat...
Fed’s Bullard says interest rate policy is ‘behind the curve’ but ‘all is not lost’
James Bullard Olivia Michael | CNBC The Federal Reserve needs to raise interest rates substantially to control inflation but may not be as “behind the curve” as it appears, St. Louis Fed P...
Fed primed to jack up interest rates in 1/2-point steps if inflation stays high
The Federal Reserve signaled its plans to increase a key U.S. interest rate by 1/2 percentage point steps at upcoming meetings if inflation remains high or gets even worse, according to minutes of the...
Fed must ‘inflict more losses’ on stock-market investors to tame inflation, says former central banker
So much for the Fed put. “‘It’s hard to know how much the U.S. Federal Reserve will need to do to get inflation under control. But one thing is certain: To be effective, it’ll have to inflict more los...
Federal Reserve Hints At Bigger Rate Hikes Ahead, Outlines Plan To Shrink Balance Sheet
Topline With numerous Federal Reserve officials sounding the alarm on inflation, minutes from the central bank’s latest monetary policy meeting released Wednesday hinted at bigger interest rate hikes ...
Fed minutes March 2022 meetings:
Federal Reserve officials discussed how they want to reduce their trillions in bond holdings at their March meeting, with a consensus amount around $95 billion, minutes released Wednesday showed. Offi...
More Fed Officials Are Sounding The Alarm On Inflation And Spooking Markets
Topline An increasing number of Federal Reserve officials have recently spooked markets by warning about the economic impact of decades-high inflation and how the central bank will need to aggressivel...
Can Digital Assets Replace Gold as an Inflation Hedge?
CMC Markets Connect, a leading global provider of institutional trading and technology solutions, hosted a panel debate to answer the question, “can digital assets ever replace gold as an inflation he...
These income strategies can help protect your stock investments from inflation and a recession
There is always uncertainty in the stock market, but the deflationary cycle that helped feed tremendous gains over the past several decades has ended. Two related strategies can give you downside prot...
Stocks fall following remarks from Fed governor signaling tougher action on inflation
U.S. stocks faltered on Tuesday, dragged down by losses in tech, as investors weighed remarks by Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard that indicated policymakers were ready to act more aggressively ...
Here is Ray Dalio’s inflation outlook, on a scale of 1 to 10
Billionaire investor and financial markets historian Ray Dalio is sending a dire warning on the outlook for inflation. “Oh, I’m like an eight, an eight to 10 or something like that,”...
Fed’s Mary Daly says high inflation ‘is as harmful as not having a job’
San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank chief of research Mary Daly stands near the podium before a speech at the CFA Society in San Francisco, California, U.S. July 10 2018. Ann Saphir | Reuters San Franc...
Rising Inflation Drives Crypto Adoption- Michael Saylor
MicroStrategy’s CEO Michael Saylor believes an increase in inflation will weaken the global currencies and will lead to the adoption of digital assets such as Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The s...
Sensitivity to inflation will hurt CityCoin cryptocurrency
CityCoins are prone to inflation and are impossible to track Plenty of improvements to be made in the industry Digital crypto wallets are a rage in today’s world A couple of months after news brok...
Inflation fears force Americans to rethink financial choices: Survey
Surging inflation has Americans reconsidering how they spend their money. The Consumer Price Index, which measures a wide-ranging basket of goods and services, jumped 7.9% in February from 12 months p...
Most Americans are worried about a recession hitting the U.S. in 2022
Rate hikes, soaring energy prices and geopolitical risks have combined to stoke fears of a possible recession. Credit Suisse however, thinks that is an unlikely scenario. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | G...
Conagra says meat snacks and frozen food taking an inflation-related hit from protein and transportation costs
Conagra Brands Inc. says its meat snack and frozen food business is taking a hit from inflation, which is driving up protein, dairy and transportation costs. Conagra’s CAG, +0.20% brand lineup include...