The Wall Street bull statue is pictured in Manhattan, New York. Carlo Allegri | Reuters A closely watched survey of global fund managers registered its lowest cash allocation on record this month, underscoring a bullishness on stocks as the equity market nears the end of a strong year. The average cash allocation level of participants in Bank of America’s…
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, U.S., November 7, 2024. Annabelle Gordon | Reuters Respondents to the CNBC Fed Survey for December are sure the Federal Reserve will cut rates on Wednesday, but they are less sure whether…
President-elect Donald Trump dances after speaking during the Fox Nation’s Patriot Awards at the Tilles Center in Greenvale, New York, Dec. 5, 2024. Heather Khalifa | AP Americans say they are ready to support President-elect Donald Trump in his second term, and majorities give a green light to some of his controversial promises on the campaign trail, according to…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington on Nov. 7, 2024. Kent Nishimura | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell can finish his first term leading the U.S. central bank, said Scott Bessent, a hedge fund magnate and President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Treasury Secretary, despite…
CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Cryptocurrency-related stocks gave up big gains Thursday even after the price of bitcoin soared above $100,000 for the first time overnight. MicroStrategy dipped into negative territory to slip 4.8% after surging more than 7% earlier in the day. Riot Platforms and Mara Holdings fell around 5% and more than 4%, respectively. Meanwhile,…
The price of bitcoin soared past the long-awaited $100,000 benchmark for the first time ever late Wednesday evening. By Thursday afternoon, the flagship cryptocurrency pulled back from the milestone. It was recently higher by 0.28% at $99,140.00, according to Coin Metrics, trading at the lows of Thursday’s trading following some profit taking by investors. On Wednesday night, it rose…
Donald Trump Jr. speaks with the media at the end of the debate between Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Governor Tim Walz hosted by CBS in New York, U.S., October 1, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | Reuters News of Donald Trump Jr. joining the board of PSQ Holdings sent shares of…
Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to block Japanese company Nippon Steel‘s planned purchase of U.S. Steel. “I am totally against the once great and powerful U.S. Steel being bought by a foreign company, in this case Nippon Steel of Japan,” Trump said in a post on his social media…
Stellantis’ Ram 1500 Revolution battery-electric concept pickup truck is introduced during a keynote address by Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavaras during CES 2023 at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas on January 05, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images DETROIT — Stellantis is delaying the launch of its Ram all-electric pickup truck from this year until the…
Goldman Sachs is out with its much anticipated 2025 equity outlook to clients and it calls for stocks to gain 11% from here (12% total return with dividends) as a growing economy and improving profit margins fuel sizable earnings growth. “Our view is predicated on continued US economic expansion, earnings growth of 11% in 2025 and 7% in 2026,…
