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Stocks Post Modest Losses as Debt Ceiling Talks Hit an Impasse

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) Friday closed down -0.14%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed down -0.33%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IU XX) (QQQ ) closed down -0.23%. Stock indexes Friday gave up early gains and posted...

Barchart · May 19, 2023

Dollar Slips on a Snag in Debt Ceiling Talks and Dovish Powell

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Friday fell by -0.36%. The dollar retreated after Friday after talks to raise the debt ceiling hit a roadblock when Republican negotiators left a meeting with White House representatives and said talks were on a “pause.” The dollar also moved lower Friday after Fed...

Barchart · May 19, 2023

Stocks Slide After Republicans Pause Debt Ceiling Negotiations

What you need to know… The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) today is down -0.35%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI ) (DIA ) is down -0.45%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) is down -0.36%. GOP negotiators halted debt ceiling discussions with the White...

Barchart · May 19, 2023

Stock Market Today: Stocks Pop, Then Drop After Fed Rate Hike

The major indexes couldn't make heads or tails of the latest Fed statement, ultimately ending the session in the red.

Kiplinger · May 3, 2023

Fed Expected to Raise Interest Rates Hike by +25 bp Today and Signal a Pause

Market expectations are for the Federal Reserve later today to raise the federal funds target range by +25 bp to 5.00%-5.25%, the highest since 2007. The markets are also expecting the Fed to signal a pause in its rate-hike campaign, with tighter lending conditions and signs of a slowing economy...

Barchart · May 3, 2023

Will the Next Fed Announcement Be Bullish or Bearish?

Investors have been in a state of limbo all year long trying to determine if still in a bear market or has the new bull already emerged? 4,200 on the S&P 500 (SPY) being the key level. Interestingly, the Fed announcement on Wednesday 5/3 could be the key catalyst to…

StockNews.com · May 3, 2023

Earnings, Bank Woes and Other Key Themes to Watch This Week

This week we have more excitement on deck with earnings, we also have the beginning of the month on Monday and plenty of potentially market-moving news the rest of the week. Sprinkle in the Fed Funds rate on Wednesday and it's possible we will have a really tradable week on…

Barchart · Apr 30, 2023

In a blow to Fox News, judge rules network committed ‘discovery misconduct’ over withheld Giuliani tape

Fox News was cited for “discovery misconduct” by the judge in the $1.6 billion defamation case filed by Dominion Voting Systems after learning that recorded conversations with former president Donald Trump’s attorneys were not turned over as evidence.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 12, 2023

4 Key Lessons Learned From Q1 in the Stock Market…

While I think the bulls have made major strides in the first quarter, I think it's too early to say we're completely out of the woods. So I thought this would be the perfect time to look back at the Q1 of 2023 and review the factors that influence the…

StockNews.com · Apr 9, 2023

Journal of Free Speech Law: "Diversity! Mandating Adherence to a Secular Creed," by Prof. Matthew Finkin (Illinois)

Just published in volume 2, issue 2 of the Journal of Free Speech Law, and available here; here's the Introduction: The academy is rife with contention over the conditioning of faculty ap­pointments on an attestation to or a record of support for a secular trinity: "Di­ver­si­ty, Equity, Inclusion." These DEI…

Reason · Mar 28, 2023