Several Wall Street firms hiked their year-end outlooks for the S & P 500 , citing continued strength in the artificial intelligence trade and easing concerns tied to tariffs. Deutsche Bank said the broad index can now ended the year at 7,000, up from 6,550. Wells Fargo said it expects the average to finish 2025…
One Wall Street strategist is wary of the near-term market outlook, even as the consensus grows more optimistic. JPMorgan equity strategist Dubravko Lakos-Bujas is worried the S & P 500 could suffer a near term pullback of roughly 5% to 8%, equal to the benchmark index slumping as low as 6,200 or 6,000, respectively, and…
A construction worker is shown on the job site at a multi-unit residential housing project in Encinitas, California, U.S., July 28, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters With job growth tanking and the economy wobbling, pressure is on for the Federal Reserve to start lowering interest rates, with markets now expecting a cut at each of…
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 29, 2025. NYSE Traders are leaving open the option the Federal Reserve next week could cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point, though most on Wall Street think the bar for doing so is pretty high. In the most likely scenario being…
President Donald Trump sent shockwaves through global markets Monday night by saying he would fire Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook. Trump’s decision not only put investors and economists on alert, but brought attention to the complicated innerworkings of the U.S. central bank. It also marks the latest escalation of Trump’s monthslong pressure campaign against…
Treasury yields inched higher as investors continue to digest Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech last Friday and look toward key inflation data due later in the week. The 10-year Treasury yield rose about 1 basis point to 4.269% as of 2.55 a.m. ET. The 2-year yield was over 2 basis points higher at 3.713%. One basis point…
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is seen walking in Grand Teton National Park near Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on August 22, 2025. Natalie Behring | Getty Images News | Getty Images Since inflation in America peaked at 9.1% in June 2022, the U.S. Federal Reserve has made controlling price increases — by keeping interest rates high…
SHANGHAI, CHINA – AUGUST 14, 2025 – Tourists are visiting the Bund in Shanghai, China on August 14, 2025. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded mixed Friday as investors look to U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at the central bank’s annual economic symposium, which could offer clues into the…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is set to deliver what almost certainly will be his last keynote address at the central bank’s annual conclave during one of the most tumultuous times in its history. What’s at stake is the near-term sentiment for financial markets, the longer-term path of the Fed’s policy trajectory, and a not…
Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day: 1. Jackson Hole 101 It’s a good week to be a restaurant or hotel in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Economic policymakers, market participants and government officials are descending on the town for the Kansas City Federal Reserve’s annual policy symposium, which kicks…