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Biden to nominate Michael Barr as Fed bank regulator in second attempt to fill post
Michael Barr, assistant secretary for financial institutions with U.S. Treasury, speaks during the Advisory Council on Financial Capability meeting at the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., Nov. 30, 2010. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden will nominate Michael Barr, a former Treasury Department official, to be the Federal Reserve’s top regulator […]
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China’s lockdowns are a greater threat to inflation today than in 2020, Bernstein says
China’s automobile and component exports more than doubled in 2021 from a year ago, exceeding 30% growth in China’s exports overall, Bernstein analysts found. Yi Fan | Visual China Group | Getty Images BEIJING — China’s latest Covid lockdowns are a greater risk for global inflation today than they were in 2020, Bernstein analysts said. […]
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Jim Cramer says investors should have these 5 industrial stocks on their wish lists
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday offered a list of five industrial stocks investors should consider adding to their portfolios. “After years where the market chased growth at all costs, we’re now in a post-momentum, pivot environment where Wall Street wants solid companies with easily justifiable valuations,” the “Mad Money” host said. Cramer named five industrial […]
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Japan’s shares set for lower open; U.S.-listed Chinese tech stocks drop overnight
SINGAPORE — Japan’s markets are set to fall at Friday’s open, after U.S. stocks fell overnight as Treasury yields climbed to highs. The Nikkei futures contract in Chicago was at 26,955 while its counterpart in Osaka was at 26,920 — lower than the Nikkei 225’s last close at 27,172. Economic data due out on Friday […]
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Cramer’s lightning round: Virgin Galactic is like a lottery ticket
“Mad Money” host Jim Cramer rings the lightning round bell, which means he’s giving his answers to callers’ stock questions at rapid speed. Source
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Cramer’s week ahead: Keep an eye on bonds and Ukraine as earnings season picks up
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday previewed next week’s slate of earnings and what investors should have on their radar to prepare for the tumultuous market ahead. The “Mad Money” host said that bonds, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Covid lockdowns in China are “the stories that do matter with treasurys running roughshod over everything once […]
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Jim Cramer says falling used car prices suggests inflation could be easing
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday said that while headwinds facing the used car market make it un-investable, its declining performance is also an indicator that inflation might be cooling. “When everybody was freaking out about the 8.5% consumer price index number – that is a hot number – you might’ve noticed that used car and […]
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Stocks could stay choppy as fears about the Fed overshadow earnings news
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, March 29, 2022. Source: NYSE Earnings season is here, and it may distract investors from other issues, but it’s not likely to be the big driver of the overall market in the week ahead. Investors instead will keep an eye on the things that have been worrying the […]
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Investor optimism on stocks hits 30-year low by one measure. Here’s what that means
In the latest AAII poll, bullishness, or hopes for a higher stock market over the next six months, slumped to 15.8% Source
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Crypto firm Ripple’s court battle with the SEC has gone ‘exceedingly well,’ CEO says
PARIS — Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is confident the company will come out well as its lengthy court battle with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission nears a conclusion. The San Francisco-based start-up is fighting the SEC over allegations that Ripple, Garlinghouse and executive chairman Chris Larsen engaged in an illegal securities offering through sales […]
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