2 big tests ahead will determine if last week’s stock market excitement was warranted

2 big tests ahead will determine if last week’s stock market excitement was warranted

Wall Street takes back-to-back weekly gains and an overbought market into an important week featuring Nvidia earnings and the latest reading on the Federal Reserve’s favorite inflation gauge. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell on Friday gave the speech from Jackson Hole that investors wanted to hear. The S & P 500 and Nasdaq bounced back from … Read more

Dividend stocks as a hot play into fall due to Fed and interest rates

Dividend stocks as a hot play into fall due to Fed and interest rates

It appears more investors are eyeing dividend stocks ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision in September. Paul Baiocchi of SS&C ALPS Advisors thinks it is a sound strategy because he sees the Fed easing rates. “Investors are moving back toward dividends out of money markets, out of fixed income, but also importantly toward … Read more

How investors can prepare for lower interest rates

How investors can prepare for lower interest rates

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Friday gave the clearest indication yet that the central bank is likely to start cutting interest rates, which are currently at their highest level in two decades. If a rate cut comes in September, as experts expect, it would … Read more

The Federal Reserve Could Lower Interest Rates, Which Is Good News For Your Car Loans

The Federal Reserve Could Lower Interest Rates, Which Is Good News For Your Car Loans

Photo: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Jerome Powell, chairman of the Federal Reserve, said earlier today that inflation is on its way back down to reasonable levels — levels that would permit the Reserve to start lowering the interest rates it sets for overnight lending between banks. That change can effect everything from mortgages to credit … Read more

‘More restrictive policy’ may still be needed

‘More restrictive policy’ may still be needed

Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England, waits to deliver a lecture at the London School of Economics in London, UK, on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.  Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey will hail the progress made in dampening inflation in the U.K. in a Friday speech, but … Read more

‘The time has come for policy to adjust’

‘The time has come for policy to adjust’

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a news conference following a Federal Open Market Committee meeting at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Federal Reserve Board Building on July 31, 2024 in Washington, DC.  Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell laid the groundwork Friday for interest rate cuts ahead, though he … Read more

Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks from Jackson Hole conference

Fed Chair Jerome Powell speaks from Jackson Hole conference

[The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivers his keynote speech Friday morning at the central bank’s annual retreat in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Powell was widely expected to chart a path forward … Read more

Stocks slide ahead of Powell’s speech

Stocks slide ahead of Powell’s speech

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 12, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they … Read more

rate cut: Jackson Hole Symposium to lay groundwork for this cycle’s first rate cut: James Knightley

rate cut: Jackson Hole Symposium to lay groundwork for this cycle’s first rate cut: James Knightley

James Knightley, Chief International Economist, ING, says we may get a bit more information on the glide path to where we may end up in terms of interest rates at Jackson Hole. In June the Fed was saying only one rate cut this year. This will allow laying out the case whether the market’s pricing … Read more

Stocks slide ahead of Powell speech

Stocks slide ahead of Powell speech

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on August 12, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they … Read more