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The Federal Reserve held rates steady at 3.5-3.75% last week and nudged its year-end median projection up to 3.8%. Markets panicked anyway. Bitcoin dropped to the $63,000-$64,000 range, the S&P 500 wobbled, and the usual chorus of doom filled financial Twitter. But a growing cohort of options traders is looking at the wreckage and seeing opportunity,

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A divided Federal Reserve does not anticipate an interest rate cut before early 2027, according to minutes from the Federal Open Market Committee’s June meeting released Wednesday, as a renewed conflict in the Middle East pushed odds of a rate hike by September to nearly 70%.

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Around $4 earned for every $100 deposited. That’s what savers can largely expect to receive this July if they open one of today’s top certificate of deposit (CD) accounts – and keep their money intact in the account until the maturity date arrives.

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TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Global index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI) has placed Indonesia on its 2027 watchlist for market classification review, warning that unresolved concerns over stock ownership transparency could result in Indonesian equities receiving special treatment, including a possible reclassification from an emerging market to a frontier market.

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Investors in Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation VAC need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the Oct. 16, 2026 $30 Callhad some of …

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Investing.com — Federal Reserve officials expressed growing concern about elevated inflation at their June 16-17 meeting, with a few participants making a case for raising interest rates immediately, according to FOMC minutes released Wednesday.

The minutes showed that inflation remained a key concern for policymakers. All participants ultimately supported holding the benchmark interest rate steady in the 3.50%-3.75% range.

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