The market slump may be in its final innings. According to Evercore ISI’s Julian Emanuel, stocks should start grinding higher due to peaking inflation. He cites a positive trend going back to th...
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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...
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 ...
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...
Key people from the Fed just spooked the markets — here’s what they said
If there was any question about where the Federal Reserve stands on the key issue of the day — inflation — two important officials brought even more clarity on Tuesday. Fed Governor Lael Brainard and ...
Bond Misery Priced In?
As interest rates rise, bonds have taken it on the chin. Bonds lose value when prevailing rates climb because new bonds then carry higher rates, making existing bonds less attractive. With bonds down ...
Bear market rally setting stage for correction: Morgan Stanley warns
A major Wall Street firm is on correction watch. Despite the latest market bounce, Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson is bracing for an S&P 500 decline of at least 13% between now and September. W...
Investors believe the biggest threat to the markets now is a Fed misstep, CNBC survey shows
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on December 08, 2021 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images (Click here to subscribe to the new Delivering Alpha newsletter.) A ...
The Supply Chain Is No Place For Cowboy Rhetoric
“The Fed is no longer assuming supply-chain problems will heal through the year,” chair of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, said last week. Later he commented, “If we knew now that these supply blo...
China Owes Federal Reserve For Saving 5.5% Growth Target
Xi Jinping greets the media at the Great Hall of the People on November 15, 2012 in Beijing, China. Feng Li/Getty Images As Jerome Powell threatens to pick up the pace of tightening, Xi Jinping’s Chin...
Powell says ‘inflation is much too high’ and the Fed will take ‘necessary steps’ to address
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell addresses an online only news conference in a frame grab from U.S. Federal Reserve video broadcast from the Federal Reserve building in Washington, U.S., Ja...
Dow Gains Nearly 300 Points As Stocks Wrap Up Best Week Since November 2020
Topline The stock market continued to rebound on Friday—with the S&P 500 notching its biggest weekly gain in more than a year—as investors react positively to the Federal Reserve’s latest interest...
Here’s what changed in the new Fed statement
This is a comparison of Wednesday’s Federal Open Market Committee statement with the one issued after the Fed’s previous policymaking meeting on Jan. 26. Text removed from the January stat...
Dow Jumps 400 Points As Stocks Continue To Rebound Ahead Of Federal Reserve Decision
Topline The stock market opened higher on Wednesday, adding to gains earlier this week, as investors await the Federal Reserve’s latest monetary policy decision, with the central bank expected to rais...
Here’s everything the Fed is expected to do at its meeting this week
Jerome Powell, chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, speaks during a House Financial Services Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty I...
Cleveland Fed President Mester says Ukraine war accelerates the need for interest rate hikes
War in Ukraine only heightens the need for higher interest rates to get inflation under control, Cleveland Fed President Loretta Mester said Thursday. The attack from Russia has pushed commodity price...
Wheat Prices Surge Amid Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine—Here’s What That Means For U.S. Food Costs
Topline Wheat prices continued to skyrocket this week—hitting their highest level in 14 years on Thursday—as experts warn the escalating conflict between major exporters Russia and Ukraine could lead ...
Watch Federal Reserve Chair Powell speak live
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Dow Jumps 700 Points, Oils Hits 11-Year High As ‘Investors Are Whipsawed’ By Rate Hikes And Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Topline The stock market jumped on Wednesday—despite oil prices skyrocketing to their highest level since 2011 amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress...
Rate Hikes Are Coming In March Despite ‘Uncertain’ Impact From Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine, Powell Says
Topline Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell confirmed in testimony before Congress on Wednesday that the central bank would begin raising interest rates in two weeks amid growing urgency to combat ...
Watch Jerome Powell live
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Fed Chair Powell notes ‘highly uncertain’ Ukraine impact, but says rate hikes are still coming
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaking at a re-nomination hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, on January 11, 2022, in Washington, DC. Pool / Getty Federa...
With inflation and Ukraine, Powell must thread a needle on Capitol Hill this week to calm markets
U.S. Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell attends his re-nominations hearing of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., January 11, 2022. ...
Stock futures are steady ahead of first trading day of March, Russia-Ukraine conflict in focus
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Feb. 24, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures were steady in overnight trading on Monday before the first trading day of March as investors continue to monitor the f...
Dow futures fall more than 500 points as traders assess ripple effects of Russia sanctions
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Feb. 24, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures moved lower in overnight trading on Sunday as investors grew concerned about the economic ramifications of the fighting...
U.S. is top safe haven amid Russia-Ukraine war: Blackstone’s Joe Zidle
The world’s leading private equity firm suggests the U.S. the ultimate safe haven play. According to Blackstone’s Joseph Zidle, it’s largely insulated from the Russia-Ukraine war fal...
The Federal Reserve’s ‘War On Inflation’ Is More Important For Stocks Than The Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Topline While worries over a Russian invasion of Ukraine, which Western officials say has “already begun,” drag stocks lower in the short-term, markets face a bigger problem on the horizon with the Fe...
The Fed Is As Much In The Dark As The Rest Of Us
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has no surefire playbook at his disposal (Photo by ANDREW … [+] CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) AFP via Getty Images “The Fed Is About To Make A Massive Policy E...
Growing Distrust Of Federal Reserve Heightens Concerns Of Incompetence
The seal of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brooks … [+] Kraft/ Getty Images) Getty Images Negativity about the Federal Reserve reached new, ser...
Two Senior Federal Reserve Staffers Made Trades Amid Central Bank’s 2020 Stimulus
Topline Two senior Federal Reserve staffers reported a series of financial trades as the central bank was putting in place historic levels of stimulus to prop up the economy at the onset of the Covid-...
Stock futures are steady as investors juggle Fed comments and policy
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, March 17, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters U.S. stock futures were little changed in overnight trading on Tuesday as investors continue to digest revelations from the...