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If last week was the setup (consumer and wholesale inflation data, surging oil prices), then this week is the main event, with all eyes squarely on Washington, D.C., where the Federal Reserve on Wednesday will announce its latest rate decision. With a relatively quiet calendar otherwise, the hike vs. hold debate — and its impact…

Key Points Market crashes are a normal part of the investing cycle, so long-term investors will encounter such periods. Warren Buffett’s words may inspire investors to make one crucial wealth-building move during such times. No one likes to think about market crashes or experience one. But these happenings do take place from time to time…

Nubank launched in the United States on Thursday and put stablecoins at the center of its international expansion. Alongside its U.S. banking debut, the Brazilian company introduced Nu Global, a multi-currency account that converts customer deposits into USDC and EURC, stablecoins pegged to the dollar and the euro. Nu Global pays 3.50% APY on dollar…

At Geneva’s Onchain Leaders Gathering, BeInCrypto moderated a discussion on the infrastructure needed to bring capital markets onchain. Experts from Zama, G-20 Group, Blobb.io, and Rex Change argued that tokenization now faces a harder test of making onchain markets liquid, private, compliant, and genuinely useful for institutions. Nasdaq and LSEG are pushing stocks onto blockchain…

Three S&P 500 covered-call ETFs promise income from the same underlying index, but their wildly different strategies produce returns that would shock anyone who chose a fund based on yield alone. This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Three S&P 500…

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh faces his first real test since taking office in showing how he will address rising inflation at the upcoming Fed meeting amid pressure from President Donald Trump not to raise interest rates (Brendan SMIALOWSKI) The US Federal Reserve goes into a key rate-setting meeting this week with markets expecting policymakers…

SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The Federal Reserve’s Open Market Committee meets next week. It directs one of the Fed’s biggest tools – that’s the interest rate. Raise the interest rate, it can act as a brake on the economy. Lower it, and it can act as an accelerator. It is so powerful that Fed chairs traditionally…

TLDR: Table of Contents S&P 500 earnings growth for 2026 is now forecast at 32%, up from roughly 24% before second-quarter results. About 86% of reporting S&P 500 companies beat estimates, well above the long-term average of 67.5% overall. Communication Services’ 2026 profit growth forecast jumped to 51% from 26% as AI-driven gains spread. Barclays…

If you’re investing in the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO +0.85%) — or the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY +0.85%) — that’s great. You’re now a partial owner of 500 of America’s biggest companies. Even Warren Buffett has recommended low-cost S&P 500 index funds for most of us small investors. In his 2016 letter to…

Jim Cramer spotted gigantic flex-call buying across a basket of tech and energy names on live television and openly asked who was behind it. A House disclosure filed weeks earlier quietly named two of those same stocks. This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions…