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Fed rate hike hinges on two key inflation reports in the next two days

Consumer and wholesale prices are rising again. Just how bad does it have to get for the Fed to act?

Investors worried about rising bond yields are keeping a close eye on this corner of the market

U.S. small-cap stocks have hit a pivotal point, trading below a key level as interest rates in the bond market climb ahead of the Federal Reserve’s highly anticipated policy meeting next week.

Treasury will buy more government bonds than previously announced. The market remains ‘underwhelmed.’

The Treasury Department said it would buy back $6 billion in U.S. government debt, exceeding the amount previously announced in its effort to contain bond yields.

Meta’s stock jumps as new personal AI agent Muse addresses a major investor concern

Meta’s Muse could be the beginning of a product cycle that the market has not yet priced into the stock, an analyst says.

Strategists say S&P 500 could top 8,000 — but risks of a pullback are mounting

While RBC Capital Markets, HSBC and Barclays all have price targets for the stock index around 8,000, they outline risks the market is facing.

Why UBS is telling investors to forget Europe’s ‘tired caricature’ and buy its stocks

Value trap no more, European stocks are of high quality and underowned, say UBS strategists.

GameStop now generates more revenue from collectibles than videogames

The original meme stock is not the company that was famously portrayed in the movie “Dumb Money.”

‘We fear financial exploitation’: Who will manage our finances if my wife and I become incapacitated?

“We have witnessed our parents’ gradual decline in cognitive ability.”

How fashion designer Marc Jacobs renovated a $9 million Frank Lloyd Wright house

Marc Jacobs might be best known for his catwalk creations, but in 2019, he took on the ambitious project of overhauling a $9.17 million Frank Lloyd Wright–designed property that he purchased on a whim.

‘The View’ host Joy Behar finally sells Hamptons house for about half the original asking price

“The View” host Joy Behar has officially offloaded her longtime Hamptons home for $5.65 million—more than $5 million below her original asking price.

Bessent says, ‘I am the house now.’ What that means for the yen — and U.S. stocks.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has never been accused of being a wallflower, but speaking in front of Southern Methodist University’s business school on Tuesday night, he made perhaps the most strident comment of his government career.

Oil’s surge back above $100 fuels fresh inflation fears at a crucial time for interest rates

A prolonged oil shock could keep consumer prices elevated and complicate the path for central banks already navigating a difficult policy environment.

The ECB is virtually certain to raise rates. Wall Street is bracing for what comes next.

While nearly all observers anticipate a rate hike today, there is dissent among bond markets about the terminal rate for this tightening cycle from the ECB. Much depends on events in the Middle East and their impact on energy prices and inflation.

Memory chips have come to rule the AI boom. Why Micron’s reign could be here to stay.

Semiconductor industry revenue is expected to reach $1.5 trillion this year, driven mostly by memory chips.

Walmart’s advertising empire is booming. Here’s what it could target next.

There are some opportunities for the company to tackle in streaming, but perhaps not as many as once hoped when Walmart acquired Vizio.

Refining bottlenecks are emerging as the next big oil problem as Middle East skirmishes flare up

American drivers just paid the highest Labor Day gasoline prices ever. Dwindling global refinery capacity is threatening to push prices higher.

Stocks stumble after Labor Day. This year’s easy gains may be over.

Stocks might soon need to adapt to the Federal Reserve’s first rate hike since 2023.

Why a stronger Japanese currency could spell trouble for AI and technology stocks

A rapid unwind of the Japanese yen ‘carry trade’ could trigger a stock selloff, particularly hurting high-valuation U.S. tech names.

Expecting an inheritance? Don’t count on it.

Too many people may be relying on the so-called Great Wealth Transfer

A contrarian case for stock-market gains through the midterm election

Yet another lease on life for the bull market, observes Mark Hulbert.

Is IBM’s selloff an opportunity? Here’s one case for the beaten-down stock.

An Evercore ISI analyst thinks investors are getting exposure to IBM’s various quantum-computing initiatives essentially for free.

I did everything ‘right’ with my health insurance — and still got a surprise bill. Here’s what I learned.

It’s hard even for a healthcare insider to navigate the system, let alone appeal a denial with amorphous reasoning behind it.

SpaceX’s stock could jump 43% — if the company is able to accomplish this engineering feat

Failing to successfully scale the Starship rocket would make SpaceX’s plans a lot more difficult.

These software stocks are in a prime spot to benefit from a rapidly shifting AI landscape

Adobe tops a list of software companies ranked by cash generation, while sector heavyweights Microsoft and Oracle are at the bottom.

Bombardier’s stock drops as the U.S.-Canada trade war intensifies. Here’s what Trump is targeting next.

Shares in Bombardier lost altitude Tuesday after President Donald Trump threatened to ban the Canadian aircraft manufacturer unless it makes new commitments to build in the U.S.

Intel’s stock is rising as the company looks primed to boost prices even more

The chip maker is reportedly set to further lift prices on its PC chips as costs rise across the supply chain.

Oracle’s stock gets a boost as the OpenAI ecosystem comes back into favor

“It looks like OpenAI is turning things around,” and that’s seen as good news for Oracle, which has a lot riding on the ChatGPT creator’s success.

Prenups aren’t just for the rich. Here’s what they can cover.

Plus: Introducing the ‘New American Playbook’

The traditional paths to building wealth are becoming less accessible for young Americans. Here’s what happened.

Generation Z and young millennials are navigating major shifts in the economy that have made it harder to build wealth the way Americans did in the past.

Novartis’s failed trial for cholesterol drug leads to broad biopharma stock selloff

Along with several other drugmakers, Novartis has bet that lowering Lp(a) will cut the risk of sometimes fatal cardiovascular events.