Category: Uncategorized

Jim Cramer is no stranger to big predictions, and stock market investors navigating this choppy market need reasons to look beyond the next trading session.  In his September 11 episode, the Mad Money host pointed to eerie similarities with 2018, when elevated interest rates helped turn a robust market into a painful sell-off. Despite that…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump expressed optimism about resolving a trade fight with Canada and downplayed the prospect of quitting a continental trade pact, in a potential sign of deescalating tensions between the two countries. Trump was asked Saturday whether he intended to have the U.S. leave the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement during a meeting with…

Retirees hoping for a substantial increase in Social Security benefits this year will likely be disappointed despite being on a track for record cost of living adjustment (COLA). The latest forecast from the advocacy group The Senior Citizen League puts 2027’s COLA at 3.5%, the highest level in four years. That figure is a drop…

Bloom Energy’s S&P 500 addition triggered mechanical buying pressure, but rival fuel cell stocks with no connection to the rebalance are surging alongside it, pointing to a second, more powerful force at work in the sector. Shares of Bloom Energy (NYSE:BE) are climbing in Friday morning trading, up 7% to $276.31 after S&P Dow Jones…

U.S. stock funds just posted their largest outflows since January. Treasury yields are at a 19-year high. Oil is above $100. And yet markets are barely moving. Bank of America says that calm is the problem. Strategists Jared Woodard and Michael Hartnett published a note warning that investors and policymakers are both being too relaxed…

Earnings may be all wrapped up. But there’s still a lot to look forward to this week — most importantly, what promises to be a consequential Federal Reserve meeting and a slew of conferences. Rates and economy: The main event comes after the upcoming Fed’s two-day policy meeting. On Wednesday afternoon, we find out if…

The Federal Reserve is about to make one of its most consequential interest rate decisions of the year. The problem: the inflation data underpinning that decision has an expiration date. Markets are pricing in roughly 90% odds of a rate hike at the September 15-16 FOMC meeting, following a hotter-than-expected Consumer Price Index report that…

Key Points Warren Buffett has for decades advocated for a long-term, buy-and-hold approach to investing. A disciplined strategy that includes buying stocks throughout market declines can improve long-term returns. This could be the single move that does the most to improve your portfolio’s performance. Most investors today have become accustomed to the idea that stock…

Mortgage rates are already reacting to bad news on multiple fronts, and the hits could keep on coming at this week’s Fed meeting. For agents hoping to make up some ground after a less-than-ideal spring market, the latest economic indicators don’t offer a lot of cheer. At the next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting,…