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WASHINGTON – The Federal Reserve on Wednesday lowered its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point, the third consecutive reduction and one that came with a cautionary tone about additional reductions in coming years.  In a move widely anticipated by markets, the Federal Open Market Committee cut its overnight borrowing rate to a target

A television station broadcasts the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wall Street’s fear gauge — the VIX — spiked by the second biggest percentage in its history on Wednesday, after

Workers setting up the TuSimple booth for CES 2022 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Jan. 3, 2022. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images Embattled Chinese autonomous trucking company TuSimple has rebranded to CreateAI, focusing on video games and animation, the company announced Thursday. The news comes as GM folded its

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 The Federal Reserve on Wednesday projected only two quarter-point rate cuts in 2025, fewer than previously forecast, according to the

The Commerzbank AG headquarters, in the financial district of Frankfurt, Germany, on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. Emanuele Cremaschi | Getty Images News | Getty Images Italy’s UniCredit said on Wednesday it has raised its potential stake in Commerzbank to 28% using further derivatives, as markets watch whether it will take the leap with a buyout

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange on Dec. 10, 2024. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been declining for nine straight days, heading for its longest losing streak since February 1978. What is going on and how concerned should investors be? First off, let’s explain which stocks

Violetastoimenova | E+ | Getty Images Financial advisors will soon — and for the first time — hold more of their clients’ assets in exchange-traded funds than in mutual funds, according to a new report by Cerulli Associates. Nearly all advisors use mutual funds and ETFs — about 94% and 90% of them, respectively, Cerulli

In this article MSTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Michael Saylor, chairman and CEO of MicroStrategy, speaks during the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami on April 7, 2022. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of MicroStrategy were higher Monday after Nasdaq announced the bitcoin proxy will join the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 index.

In this article .NDX .IXIC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Invesco launched an exchange-traded fund designed to give investors exposure to the top 45% of companies in the Nasdaq-100 Index. Brian Hartigan, the firm’s global head of ETFs and index instruments, runs Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), which is the fifth-largest ETF in the world,

After ringing the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, President-elect Donald Trump stopped short of telling investors to buy more stock as he gets set to take office. “I don’t want to get into a situation where they do and we have a dip or something, because that can always happen,”

In this article FFIC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Flushing Bank in New York City. Google Earth Flushing Financial, a New York-based commercial real estate lender, is seeking to raise $70 million to shore up its capital, CNBC has learned. The bank’s CEO, John Buran, has told potential investors that he intends to sell

Aly Song | Reuters Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng has met with several U.S. finance executives in the last month as Beijing seeks to build relationships ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on China. He Lifeng is one of China’s four vice premiers, and heads the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s economic and finance committee.

Rohit Chopra, director of the CFPB, testifies during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on June 14, 2023. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Thursday announced the final version of a rule limiting banks’ ability to charge overdraft fees. It says the rule will save American

In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Sasan Goodarzi, president and CEO of Intuit Inc. and Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Amazon has for years counted on millions of third-party sellers to provide the bulk of the inventory that consumers buy daily. But keeping

In this article NVDA INTC AMD AVGO 2330-TW QCOM Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT BlackRock expects infrastructure and cybersecurity plays to shine in 2025. Jay Jacobs, the firm’s U.S. head of thematic and active ETFs, cites the artificial intelligence boom as a major catalyst. “It’s still very early in the AI adoption cycle,” he

Closed circuit screenshots of a person of interest in the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing. Source: NYPD UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot Wednesday doing something countless other American executives routinely do: Walking unaccompanied to an investor event held by his company. But Thompson’s death this week in the heart of corporate America’s capital has sent

In this article BLK Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT BlackRock said Tuesday it will acquire HPS Investment Partners for $12 billion in stock, as the world’s largest asset manager looks to grow its presence in the highly popular private credit space. “We have always sought to position ourselves ahead of our clients’ needs. Together

[The stream is slated to start at 1:40 om ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks Wednesday at the New York Times DealBook conference. The appearances comes two weeks ahead of when the central bank will announce its decision on

Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, right, speaks during the New York Times DealBook Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.  Yuki Iwamura | Bloomberg | Getty Images NEW YORK — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Wednesday he isn’t worried President-elect Donald Trump will

A large advertisement touting China’s “trade-in” policy hangs outside a housing construction project in Nanjing, China, on Nov. 29, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s latest efforts to kickstart growth haven’t had a broad impact yet, data and company earnings show, indicating the world’s second-largest economy won’t be roaring back soon. Growth in