The dramatic drop in regional bank stocks is a key entry point for investors, according to analyst Christopher Marinac. Marinac, who serves as Director of Research at Janney Montgomery Scott, believes...
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Evercore warns SVB fallout will force new market low
Evercore ISI is comparing the bank stress to another critical time on Wall Street: The year of the savings and loan crisis and epic crash. “To think you would see financial stress of this kind d...
Something broke, but the Fed is still expected to go through with rate hikes
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, in Hart Building ...
Mortgage rates tumble in the wake of bank failures
A residential neighborhood in Austin, Texas, on Sunday, May 22, 2022. Jordan Vonderhaar | Bloomberg | Getty Images The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage dropped to 6.57% Monday, accor...
Jobs Report Offers Mixed Results And Fed Says Interest Could Go Higher Than Expected
Getty Images TL;DR This weeks jobs report offered up mixed results, with new payrolls of 311,000 beating expectations, at the same time as unemployment rose and wages stayed broadly flat Fed Chairman ...
Bill Ackman says U.S. did right thing in protecting SVB depositors
A sign hangs at Silicon Valley Banks headquarters in Santa Clara, California on March 10, 2023. Noah Berger | AFP | Getty Images Billionaire investor Bill Ackman said the U.S. government’s actio...
Banking Failures Prompt Fed To Reconsider Major March Hike
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing to … [+] examine the Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, Wednesday, March 8, 2023, on...
We’re looking for stocks to buy after regulators saved SVB depositors
Phew, that was close. Too close. There was so much fear engendered by the events of the last 72 hours since Silicon Valley Bank collapsed that we’ll have investors who want to sell no matter wha...
Two bond ETF strategies that may help investors profit from rate hikes
Interest rate jitters are meaningfully pushing investors to the shorter end of the yield curve, according to Joanna Gallegos, co-founder of fixed-income ETF issuer BondBloxx. Gallegos, former head of ...
Biggest Bank Failure Since Great Recession Sparks ‘Overblown’ Fears Of Contagion—But Big Lingering Risks Remain
Topline The sudden collapse of startup lender Silicon Valley Bank—which has culminated in the biggest bank failure since the Great Recession—has wreaked havoc on stocks and sparked fears of a potentia...
Markets Now See Larger Fed Hike This Month
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on … [+] Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Copyright 2023 Th...
Powell changed everything this week on market’s view of interest rates
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell testifies before a House Financial Services hearing on “The Federal Reserve’s Semi-Annual Monetary Policy Report” on Capitol Hill in Washington...
Job openings declined in January but still far outnumber available workers
A ‘Now Hiring’ sign is displayed outside a Jiffy Lube location amid a still-robust labor market on February 2, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Job openin...
How High Will Fed Raise Rates? Powell Fuels Fears Rates Could Hit 6%
Topline One day after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell caught investors off guard by striking a more hawkish tone than expected, the central banker is set to give the U.S. House additional details ...
Watch Fed Chair Jerom Powell speak live in second day of Capitol Hill testimony
[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies Wednesday before the House Financ...
BlackRock says the Federal Reserve could hike interest rates to a peak of 6%
Rick Rieder, managing director and chief investment officer of fundamental fixed income for BlackRock Inc., speaks during the Institute of International Finance Annual Membership Meeting in Washington...
In a ‘Real World’ of Credit, Money Is Never Remotely ‘Free’
A recent opinion piece referenced a time in the not-too-distant past when money was “virtually free.” This was before Fed Chairman Powell supposedly brought “real world” to the cost of credit. Readers...
Dow Falls Nearly 600 Points As Fed Chair Powell Warns More Severe Rate Hikes On Deck
Topline Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell struck a more hawkish tune than expected during his semiannual report to Congress on Tuesday, saying the central bank will continue to up the temperature on...
Dow Falls 500 Points As Fed Chair Powell Warns More Severe Rate Hikes On Deck
Topline Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell struck a more hawkish tune than expected during his semiannual report to Congress on Tuesday, saying the central bank will continue to up the temperature on...
Powell’s Hawkish Testimony Raises Prospect Of Larger March Hike
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on … [+] Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) Copyright 2023 Th...
Used vehicle prices rising at an unseasonably strong rate
A used car dealership is seen in Annapolis, Maryland on May 27, 2021, as many car dealerships across the country are running low on new vehicles as a computer chip shortage has caused production at ma...
Dow Falls 400 Points As Fed Chair Powell Warns More Severe Rate Hikes On Deck
Topline In a semiannual report to Congress beginning Tuesday at 10 a.m., Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell struck a more hawkish tune than expected, saying the central bank will continue to up the t...
Crypto prices whipsaw on Fed Chair Powell’s Congressional testimony
Markets • March 7, 2023, 11:21AM EST Markets sank initially on the release of U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony to Congress before rebounding slightly. Bitcoin was tradi...
Crypto Whipsaws as Powell Talks to Congress
Bitcoin and ether lost as much as 1.7% and 1.5% as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell appeared in the Senate, before paring losses. Risk assets took a hit Tuesday Morning as the central bank head tol...
Markets Watch Powell For Signs As Fed Chair Testifies Before Congress
Topline In a semiannual report to Congress beginning Tuesday at 10 a.m., Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will offer a glimpse into how officials are thinking about the economy as they continue the...
Fed Chair Powell says interest rates are ‘likely to be higher’ than previously anticipated
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting on February 01, 2023 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Federal...
Watch Fed Chair Jerome Powell speak live on Capitol Hill about interest rates and the economy
[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will address the Senate Banking, Housing an...
Fed Chair Powell heads to Capitol Hill, and he’s got his hands full
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies during the Senate Banking Committee hearing titled “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress”, in Washington, U.S., March...
Debunking The Myths – Are Rising Interest Rates Bad For Stocks?
Jerome H. Powell and his colleagues at the Federal Reserve have been steadily raising the target for … [+] the Fed Funds rate. Getty Images The latest week saw stocks sell off as the yield on th...
A year later, the Fed still has a long way to go in the fight against inflation
A grocery cart sits in an aisle at a grocery store in Washington, DC, on February 15, 2023. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images It was a year ago this month that the Federal Reserve launched its fir...