Watch Fed Chair Powell testify live before House financial panel

[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 is set to testify on Capitol Hill before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on Wednesday. The appearance comes after Powell appeared before the Senate […]

Why the Fed cutting interest rates may weaken the U.S. dollar

SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images The U.S. Federal Reserve may start cutting interest rates before year’s end. That could make future trips abroad more expensive for the nation’s travelers. That’s due to how interest-rate policy affects the strength of the U.S. dollar. Here’s the basic idea: An environment of rising U.S. interest rates relative to […]

Bill Gross says Tesla is the new meme stock

Bill Gross’ Janus Henderson Global Unconstrained Bond Fund suffered more than $200 million in redemptions last month, lowering assets to $1.25 billion from over $2.24 billion in February. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Longtime investor Bill Gross believes Elon Musk’s Tesla is behaving like a speculative play among retail investors. “Tesla acting like a meme stock — sagging […]

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: TSM, TSLA, CVNA

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Tesla — The electric vehicle maker gained nearly 1% after Goldman Sachs increased its stock price target by $73 to $248 per share on better than expected second quarter deliveries. Tesla has booked 10-straight days of gains. Though Goldman increased its price target, the investment bank […]

China’s inflation numbers miss expectations, rising 0.2% in June

Consumers are shopping at a supermarket in Qingzhou, China, on June 12, 2024.  Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s consumer price inflation rose by 0.2% in June from a year ago, missing expectations, while producer prices fell in-line with forecasts, data from the National Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday showed. China’s consumer […]

NVDA, GLW, HELE, PATH and more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Nvidia — Shares of the artificial intelligence darling popped 1.8% following KeyBanc’s price target hike to $180, which implies about 40% upside from Monday’s close. The firm said demand for Nvidia’s H100 chip “remains robust” even with the imminent launch of Blackwell in the second half […]

Non-alcoholic beer maker Athletic Brewing raises $50 million

Company founder Bill Shufelt (left) and head brewer John Walker pause at the Athletic Brewing’s non-alcoholic brewery and production plant on March 20, 2019 in Stratford, Connecticut.  Spencer Platt | Getty Images Leading non-alcoholic brewer Athletic Brewing Company announced Tuesday it’s raised an additional $50 million in equity financing in a round led by General […]

Hedge funds post mediocre 1H numbers with some only up single digits

So far this year, hedge fund managers have failed to beat the S & P 500 , one of the cheapest, easily available investment vehicles for ordinary investors. Hedge funds returned just 5% in the first half of the year after a 0.2% loss in June, with event-driven strategies the biggest laggards, according to data […]

Watch Fed Chair Jerome Powell testify live before Senate banking panel

[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 speaks Tuesday to the Senate Banking Committee as part of his semiannual address to Congress on monetary policy. With the Fed still on hold regarding […]

Chemours, Intel, BP and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. Chemours — The chemical company added about 3% after UBS upgraded the company to buy from neutral, saying the stock could outperform as refrigerants see favorable demand and price drivers heading into next year. Nvidia — Shares rose more than 1% after KeyBanc hiked its price […]