This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: The view from the summit doesn’t look so good. Clouds and vertigo have tempered the S&P 500’s new all-time highs in the form of heavy tariff threats, brewing discontent from trading partners and…
US stock futures pulled back on Thursday as investors scrutinized Walmart (WMT) earnings and trod carefully amid the fallout from President Trump’s planned tariffs and policy shifts. S&P 500 futures (ES=F) dropped 0.3% after the benchmark closed at a record high for the second day in a row on Wednesday. Contracts on the Dow Jones…
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady at its meeting in January. The minutes from that meeting, released on Wednesday, revealed most Fed officials supported holding policy at restrictive levels. “Many participants noted that the Committee could hold the policy rate at a restrictive level if the economy remained strong and inflation remained elevated, while…
US stocks opened lower on Wednesday as investors weighed President Trump’s latest 25% tariff salvo and waited for Federal Reserve minutes for insight into future policy. The benchmark S&P 500 (^GSPC) and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) each slipped roughly 2% while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 0.3%. Markets are caught in wait-and-see mode…
US stock futures edged lower on Wednesday as investors weighed President Trump’s latest 25% tariff salvo and waited for Federal Reserve minutes for insight into future policy. Futures on the S&P 500 (ES=F) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) slipped roughly 0.1%. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) were up just above the…
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in downtown Long Beach for a “Not My President” rally on Presidents Day to protest the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s role in it. Outside City Hall, protesters waved American and Mexican flags and homemade signs with messages such as “Impeach Trump,” “Felon + Elon = Treason” and “I’ve seen smarter…
Consumer inflation (CPI) was higher than expected in January. One of the culprits was airfare, with … [+] used car prices and auto insurance premiums adding to the rise. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images) Getty Images Earnings season is nearing the finish line, with over three-quarters of the fourth-quarter earnings season complete. The pace of…
Some Hongkongers in the United States are at risk of deportation if President Donald Trump scraps the special protection extended to them by previous American leader Joe Biden. Amid Trump’s high-profile crackdown on immigration, some experts said the future of the Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) programme for Hongkongers was uncertain as his administration had already…
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US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) end the day mixed, with the Nasdaq Composite holding onto gains of 0.41% after a week defined by January’s inflation data and President Trump’s latest tariffs. Market Domination Overtime’s Julie Hyman and Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared Blikre recap Friday’s market and sector action. To watch more expert…