Text size Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell Drew Angerer/Getty Images The Federal Reserve’s aggressive interest rate increases can only last so long. The stock market could experience some relief...
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Fed promises ‘unconditional’ approach to taking down inflation in report to Congress
U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell takes questions after the Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to stem a disruptive surge in inflat...
Powell vows that the Fed is ‘acutely focused’ on bringing down inflation
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks to reporters after the Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to stem a disruptive surge in inflati...
Attractive ETF for a volatile market is DIVO: Amplify ETFs CEO
Investors may want to consider a special fund focused on high dividend yielding large-caps, according to a leading ETF fund manager. Christian Magoon believes his firm’s actively managed Amplify...
Mortgage Rates Surge The Most In 35 Years As Fed Hits Home Buyers
U.S. mortgage rates surged the most in more than 36 years this week, data from Freddie Mac indicated Thursday, as house buying costs continue to track the Federal Reserve’s interest rate path am...
Wealth Management Firms Thinking Happy Thoughts Amid Ugly Bear Market
Despite a bear market, many on Wall Street are optimistic about the long term prognosis for the … [+] economy and markets. LightRocket via Getty Images “The underlying US economy is going to be ...
A day after Powell’s assurances, markets are worried something breaks
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks to reporters after the Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point to stem a disruptive surge in inflati...
This Is Why You Should Ditch Your Bond Funds And Buy Some Bonds Instead
Rising interest rates are very bad for bond funds while individual bonds held to maturity can … [+] perform considerably better. (Photo by Johan NILSSON / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Pho...
Dow Plunges 700 Points As Fed Rally Evaporates Amid Fears That A Recession Is ‘Inevitable’
Topline Markets tanked on Thursday as recession fears surged once again, with stocks reversing gains from the previous session when the Federal Reserve announced it would hike rates by 75-basis-points...
Why Are Oil Prices Down and Gas Prices Up?
Gasoline prices continue to set records even as oil prices are beginning to slip back from their recent highs, leaving many drivers frustrated and perplexed. The American Automobile Association report...
The Federal Reserve Cannot ‘Tighten’ Credit, and It Never Could
Back before Facebook was a public company, founder Mark Zuckerberg had a bit of a reputation with venture capitalists. He would show up to meetings in shorts, flip flops, and with messy hair. His not-...
Why stocks and bonds went into relief-rally mode after Fed’s jumbo rate hike
Financial markets suffered an absolute bloodbath in the days leading up to Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision, with stocks plunging and bond yields soaring in the wake of surprisingly hot inflation ...
What the Fed Rate Hike Means for Your Savings, Credit Cards and Loans
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Fed sees inflation topping 5% in 2022 and then falling rapidly due to higher rates
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday predicted U.S. inflation would exceed 5% by the end of 2022 — much higher than its most recent forecasts — underscoring its more aggressive strategy in raising interes...
Here’s what the Fed’s highest rate hike in 28 years means for you
What the federal funds rate means to you The federal funds rate, which is set by the central bank, is the interest rate at which banks borrow and lend to one another overnight. Although that’s n...
How raising rates slows inflation
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on May 4, 2022 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images The Federal Reserve lo...
Here’s everything the Fed is expected to announce, including the biggest rate hike in 28 years
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference in Washington, DC, on May 4, 2022. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images The Federal Reserve on Wednesday is expected to do somethin...
Inflation expectations hit record levels in May, New York Fed says
People shop in a supermarket as inflation affected consumer prices in Manhattan, New York City, U.S., June 10, 2022. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Consumer expectations for inflation and spending in the year...
Italian bond yields dive and euro climbs as ECB announces emergency meeting on market conditions
European bond yields fell and the region’s single currency climbed on Wednesday as the European Central Bank announced it would hold an emergency meeting to “discuss current market conditions.” The Go...
Inflation and Fed sparking one way trip to market misery: Jim Bianco
Until inflation peaks and the Federal Reserve stops hiking rates, market forecaster Jim Bianco warns Wall Street is on a one way trip to misery. “The Fed only has one tool to bring in inflation ...
A 75-basis point Fed move is not a slam dunk, former staffer says
In the last 24 hours, investor expectations for the Federal Reserve have coalesced around a 75 basis point hike, nudged in that direction by a Wall Street Journal article. Fed-funds futures markets no...
A 75-basis-point hike? Here are 3 ways the Fed can sound more hawkish this week
The Federal Reserve’s plan to raise its benchmark rate to a neutral level, around 2.5%, by the end of the year is under pressure after a surprisingly strong May consumer-inflation data. “The May CPI w...
Fed’s inflation battle to worsen market turmoil: Canaccord’s Dwyer
Stocks may go into a deeper tailspin. Canaccord Genuity’s Tony Dwyer predicts 1980s-era interest rate hikes will exacerbate the turmoil and make a recession seem increasingly more likely. “...
Recent CPI Spike Creates Outside Chance Of Triple Fed Hike On Wednesday
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, following a ceremony in Washington, D.C., US, on … [+] Monday, May 23, 2022. The Senate this month voted to confirm Powell for a second four-ye...
Earnings Are Under Threat, Another Blow to Sagging Stock Market
Stocks have tumbled this year in the face of rising interest rates. But with inflation showing little sign of cooling, many investors fear corporate earnings could be the market’s next support to fall...
Should You Be Looking at Bonds Rather Than Stocks?
With the S&P 500 index having dropped 18% this year, conventional wisdom has it that you should take advantage of the opportunity to buy stocks at bargain prices. But at least for investors over 6...
These Mortgage-Backed Securities Offer Hefty Yields, Mild Risk
Text size Bonds from Ginnie Mae, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac are more attractive than Treasuries or corporates. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Move over TINA, it’s time for TARA. The latter stands for “T...
Here’s the comment from Powell that could make it hard for the Fed to slow down the pace of interest-rate hikes
The Friday before the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate decision will be most remembered for the surprise acceleration in consumer prices, which took inflation to a fresh 40-year high. But there was ano...