Every day, you may hear people talk about what the ‘market’ has done recently. So, what exactly is the market, and what are people referring to when they use this term? The answer may seem complex at first but will make much more sense as we take a deeper dive.
What people are usually referring to is the performance of an index.
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Big Tech stocks came under pressure this past week as investors pulled back from some of the market’s biggest artificial intelligence winners. Higher bond yields, renewed inflation concerns, and sector-specific developments all added to the move lower.
The sell-off left the “Magnificent Seven” with more than $850 billion in erased market value over five trading days.
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JPMorgan pushed back emphatically on expectations of potential interest rate cuts in the back half of this year.
According to the bank’s head strategist, Oksana Aronov, we’re unlikely to see aggressive tightening in monetary policy, with economic growth sluggish and risks creeping up under the surface.
“The bar for hikes is quite high,
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SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce is indicating an openness to work with Wall Street on emerging exchange-traded fund products tied to cryptocurrencies and tokenization.
“We want to work with people on new products,” Peirce said during an exclusive interview this week with “
It was the week that may have marked the end of the market’s “Trump put.”
Dealing with whiplash and conflicting messages about a potential peace deal with Iran, investors dumped stocks to cap off a volatile week. Oil continued to churn higher as Donald Trump’s reassurances failed to calm nerves.
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