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What the Supreme Court’s ruling in the Cook case means for Federal Reserve independence
Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. In a 5-4 decision, the court ruled that the president cannot fire the seven members of the Fed’s board of governors without a clear cause. The decision endorses the Fed’s independent structure even as the court eliminated such…
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Top 5 mutual funds with highest 5-year returns: Here’s how their strategies differ
Equity mutual funds invest primarily in stocks across large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap segments, spanning different sectors and industries. Several equity funds have delivered strong returns over the past five years, even through periods of market uncertainty and fluctuations. So, let’s take a look at the top five performing diversified equity funds. Top 5 diversified equity…
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Wall Street Just Supersized Its Price Target on Intel. Is the Stock Still Too Cheap?
Quick Read Cantor Fitzgerald hiked Intel stock’s price target to $150 but kept a Neutral rating, while the broader analyst consensus of $96 sits below the current share price. Intel landed new deals with Google and a CPU slot in NVIDIA’s DGX Rubin systems, but Intel’s quarterly earnings fell 72% year over year. Don’t wait:…
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Tesla's Quarterly Earnings Preview: What You Need to Know
Tesla Inc logo by- baileystock via iStock Valued at a market cap of $1.4 trillion, Tesla, Inc. (TSLA) is a leading electric vehicle and clean energy company that designs, manufactures, leases, and sells electric vehicles, battery energy storage systems, and solar energy products across the United States, China, and international markets. It also develops advanced autonomous…
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Explained: How Lisa Cook’s three home loans became central to Trump’s fight over her Federal Reserve seat
Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook’s legal battle against President Donald Trump centered, in part, on a trio of mortgages she obtained before joining the nation’s central bank. The loans, tied to properties in Michigan, Georgia and Massachusetts, drew scrutiny regarding whether Cook misrepresented how the homes would be used — as primary residences or otherwise.…
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Supreme Court Says Trump Can’t Fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook
The Supreme Court blocked President Donald Trump’s effort to seize control of the Federal Reserve on Monday in a 5-4 ruling in Trump v. Cook, finding that he could not fire Reserve Board governor Lisa Cook based solely on made-up charges of mortgage fraud. The decision written by Chief Justice John Roberts and joined by…
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Tesla Q2 2026 Deliveries: Wall Street Sets 406,024 Bar for July 2 Report
Tesla is set to release its second-quarter 2026 vehicle delivery figures on or around July 2, with Wall Street’s consensus sitting at 406,024 vehicles and two major banks already calling for a beat. For TSLA shareholders, this single number — landing in the next three days — represents the most direct real-time read available on…
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Supreme Court gives Trump sweeping new powers to fire government employees, but says Federal Reserve is 'protected'
Two major decisions from the Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with the question of when the president can fire an independent agency leader but reached starkly different conclusions. The facts were similar: Both Federal Reserve Board governor Lisa Cook and Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter were fired by President Trump “for cause,” and both filed…
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Supreme Court Blocks President Trump's Bid To Fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook
The United States Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s attempt to remove Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook from office, dealing a setback to the administration’s efforts to assert greater presidential control over the US central bank. However, the court ruled that the president may proceed with removing members of other independent federal agencies, including…
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U.S. Supreme Court rules against Trump bid to fire Lisa Cook, Federal Reserve governor
The U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to let President Donald Trump fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook as it stood firm to preserve the central bank’s cherished independence against an unprecedented challenge by the Republican president. The court, in a 5-4 ruling, blocked Trump’s bid to become the first president to remove a Fed…