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JPMorgan’s top short ideas for the second half including Tesla
Tesla and Moderna are among the stocks JPMorgan advises to sell short heading into the second half of the year. Investors have been largely pushing past the threat of ongoing tariffs placed by the Trump administration on U.S. trading partners. The S & P 500 and tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite each hit a fresh high on […]
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The markets are telling you not to worry with steep drop in volatility. Should you listen?
As midsummer sets in and the trauma of the springtime sell-off fades, the markets are whispering, “Don’t worry.” With every orderly ratchet higher to a record high in the benchmark indexes, affirmed by a breakout in bitcoin as gold sleeps, a steep retreat in market volatility and a collapse in corporate-credit spreads, the investment universe […]
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Goldman’s top trades for this upcoming earnings season
The first full week of earnings kicks off Monday, and several stocks stand to move higher on the strength of their quarterly results, according to Goldman Sachs. To be exact, 35 S & P 500 companies and six in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are set to report next week, including two of the largest […]
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Jamie Dimon has a blunt message for Europe: ‘You’re losing’
Key Points Jamie Dimon told an event in Ireland on Thursday that Europe was “losing” on competitiveness and lacked the kind of global, successful corporations common in the U.S. The JPMorgan Chase boss also told an event in Ireland that there was “complacency in the markets” around U.S. tariffs and rates. Dimon said he saw […]
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CNBC Daily Open: The battleground for Fed chair might have shifted to renovations from rates
Construction work around the Federal Reserve building on Sept. 17, 2024 in Washington, DC, U.S. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images Homo economicus, or the “economic man,” is an idea that depicts humans as rational beings. This assumption has been used to construct models of the economy and, more broadly, society. The […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Building renovations might be another front in Trump’s attacks on Powell
Construction on the Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Homo economicus, or the “economic man,” is an idea that depicts humans as rational beings. This assumption has been used to construct models of the economy and, more broadly, society. […]
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Stock futures are flat after S&P 500, Nasdaq rally to new closing records: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on July 07, 2025, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S. equity futures were little changed Thursday evening after investors continued piling into risk assets, sending the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite to new closing records. […]
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Stock futures are little changed after S&P 500 posts first winning session in three: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on July 08, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Stock futures were relatively unchanged on Wednesday evening after the S&P 500 recouped some of its losses from this week’s tariff-fueled slide. S&P 500 futures traded just above the flatline, […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Wishing upon a meteor that tariffs won’t cause inflation
Containers sit at the Port of Los Angeles, in San Pedro, California, U.S., July 8, 2025. Daniel Cole | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that copper and pharmaceutical imports will face tariffs of 50% and as high as 200%, respectively. Following the news, the S&P 500, which hit multiple record closes last week, […]
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Retail investors outplayed fund managers over tariffs: Robinhood CEO
Retail investors, once dismissed as speculators, are now outmaneuvering professional fund managers by adhering to a simple strategy: buy into companies you believe in for the long haul, according to Robinhood’s CEO. Institutional investors have spent the weeks since April 2’s so-called “Liberation Day” worrying over macroeconomic signals and taking “risk off across the board,” […]
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