A key measure of wholesale inflation rose less than expected in July, opening the door further for the Federal Reserve to start lowering interest rates. The producer price index, which measures selling prices that producers get for goods and services, increased 0.1% on the month, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday. Excluding … Read more
Shares of German meal kit firm HelloFresh jumped on Tuesday after the company reported a better-than-expected profit in the second quarter and said its ready-to-eat meals segment saw rapid growth. HelloFresh shares climbed as much as 20% during morning trade, but had pared gains to rise 11% to 5.90 euros ($6.44) as of 6:19 a.m. … Read more
People shop at a grocery store in Brooklyn on July 11, 2024 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Consumers grew more confident in July that inflation will be less of a problem in the coming years, according to a New York Federal Reserve report Monday that showed the three-year outlook at a … Read more
Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Veteran investor David Roche expects a bear market in 2025 caused by smaller-than-expected rate cuts, a slowing U.S. economy and an artificial intelligence bubble. “I think [a bear market] is probably coming, but probably in 2025. We now know what will cause it,” the strategist at Quantum Strategy … Read more
It was another volatile week for stocks, but Wall Street ultimately finished lower again. The market experienced a sharp sell-off Monday on recession concerns, which led the S & P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average to its worst single-day performances since 2022. The VIX index — Wall Street’s fear gauge and a measure of … Read more
A general view of the Eiffel Tower with the Olympics rings pictured with national flags of competing countries from the Place du Trocadero ahead of Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 21, 2024 in Paris, France. Kevin Voigt | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images The Olympic Games are causing a surge in prices, but … Read more
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate on August 08, 2024, in Palm Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Thursday said that he should have a voice when the Federal Reserve makes its decisions on interest rates. “I feel … Read more
The S&P 500 is facing a key test level as the consensus view of a soft landing for the U.S. economy reaches “make or break” point, according to one strategist. Ron Williams, chief investment officer at RW Advisory, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Europe” the 5,200 mark will “decide whether this bounce back holds or whether … Read more
The CNBC All-America Economic Survey finds former President Donald Trump holding a commanding lead among voters on key economic issues, but ahead of Vice President Kamala Harris by just a 2-point advantage in the head-to-head race for the White House. After the replacement of President Joe Biden with Harris, an assassination attempt on Trump and … Read more
Diversification into smaller stocks is a “free lunch” for long-term investors as market trends shift, according to the head of the world’s largest index provider. After a period of concentration into the “Magnificent Seven” mega-cap tech stocks — comparable to the dotcom bubble of the 1990s — traders are diversifying their strategies with small caps … Read more
