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Editor’s Note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, and the headline were updated in the story. U.S. stock futures rose on Monday, as the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500, and Dow Jones indices rose, following Thursday's sharp declines. Over the weekend, the tensions in the Middle East...

Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood has launched a sharp critique of U.S. monetary policy, branding the Federal Reserve‘s 2022 interest rate hikes a “massive mistake” while asserting that newly appointed Chairman Kevin Warsh will successfully fix it. The Fed’s Blunder Wood argued...

Gold’s reputation as the market’s ultimate safe haven is facing one of its toughest tests in recent times. Since the beginning of June, the yellow metal is down by over 4.3%, hitting an intraday low of $4,268.9 per ounce on Monday. The decline is the aftermath of a stronger-than-...

It was a volatile week on Wall Street, with the final two sessions delivering jolts to an AI-driven rally that had looked unstoppable. On Friday, the Nasdaq 100 — tracked by the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) — recorded its worst drop since April 2025’s ‘Liberation Day’ selloff...

President Donald Trump did not confirm Jerome Powell at the helm of the Federal Reserve after the expiration of his term in May and installed Kevin Warsh after months of relentless pressure on the central bank to slash interest rates. But the easy-money future Trump has craved for most of his...

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to add more details and context. The U.S. labor market strengthened in May as employers added 172,000 jobs, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. The monthly increase in total nonfarm payrolls far outpaced the 85,000 mark economists had...

(Editor’s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, economic data and the headline were updated in the story.) U.S. stock futures were mixed on Friday, as the Nasdaq 100 and S&P 500 fell, and the Dow Jones index gained, following a mixed close on Thursday. Investors digested the...

For much of the past year, investors have operated under a simple assumption. Inflation is gradually cooling, the Federal Reserve will eventually pivot to rate cuts, and the economy will settle back into a familiar low-interest-rate environment. Increasingly, the data is pointing in the opposite...

(Editor’s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs and the headline were updated in the story.) U.S. stock futures declined on Thursday after a lower close on Wednesday, as the Nasdaq 100, Dow Jones and S&P 500 fell. Weekly initial jobless claims jumped by 13,000 to a seasonally...

The U.S. economy is increasingly dividing into two distinct realities, with affluent Americans fueling a luxury boom while lower- and middle-income households face mounting financial pressure. Fractured Landscape: ‘E’ Shaped Economy The Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book report...

For most of 2026, the debate on Wall Street has centered on when the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates again. Ed Yardeni just flipped that conversation on its head. The veteran strategist and president of Yardeni Research is now openly predicting that the Federal Reserve could raise rates as...

(Editor’s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs and the headline were updated in the story.) U.S. stock futures were mixed on Wednesday, after a record close on Tuesday, as the Dow Jones and S&P 500 declined but the Nasdaq 100 rose. The U.S. military retaliated against Iran...

(Editor’s note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, and the headline were updated in the story.) U.S. stock futures fell on Tuesday, after a record close on Monday, starting the month of June on a positive note. President Donald Trump appeared unfazed by the possibility of...

Market skeptics and commenters on social media will watch a single variable move in what they consider an unfavorable way, and then jump to the conclusion that the stock market is in trouble. Maybe the market eventually moves as they predicted. Sometimes that happens. But markets are complicated,...

Editor’s Note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs, and the headline were updated in the story. U.S. stock futures rose on Monday, after a higher close on Friday, ending the month of May at a record high. The U.S. has undertaken "self-defense" strikes in Iran on Sunday as President...