After months of foot-dragging, the Federal Reserve finally hiked its benchmark interest rate last week. Many economists and Fed watchers had expected that rate hike earlier, perhaps back in July, but Fed Chair Kevin Warsh said he and his colleagues waited a bit longer than expected to better assess the underlying causes of persistently elevated inflation.
Investors have piled into quantum computing stocks, bidding their valuations up into the stratosphere. Indeed, as it offers exponentially faster computing than traditional systems, it could usher in the next wave of technological advancement.
However, one prominent investor who thinks interest in the sector is premature is Ark Invest CEO Cathie Wood, predicting that commercial viability will not arrive until at least the mid-2040s.
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New ETFs give investors exposure to state-specific municipal bonds and tax-exempt income
CHICAGO, September 23, 2026–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Northern Trust Asset Management, a leading global investment management firm with $1.6 trillion in assets under management as of June 30, 2026,
September 18, 2026.
The environment surrounding money in Japan has shifted once again.
At its Monetary Policy Meeting, the Bank of Japan decided to raise the policy interest rate from around 1.0% to around 1.25%.
The decision was made by a majority vote of 7 to 2.
If you deposit money, it will increase by 15% per year.
I think many people would be interested if they heard that.
The Nikkei newspaper reported on September 22, 2026, that individual funds are flowing into a financial product in Brazil called a ‘CDB’ that offers a yield of around 15% per year.
On September 16, The Federal Reserve raised its target range for the federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point, to 3.75%–4%. This is the first increase since 2023 and you may be wondering,
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Massachusetts retirees could face a steep $527 average monthly reduction in Social Security benefits by 2032 if the federal retirement program exhausts its reserves, according to a recently released analysis.
The Social Security retirement trust fund is projected to be depleted in less than seven years, according to a June 3 report by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.
In short, prices are flat, employment is increasing, and production growth is slowing. Even after the rate hike, the US 10-year yield fell from the previous business day. We will not decide whether the economy as a whole is strong or weak based on a single figure,
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Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, delivered a stark message to central bankers and financial officials gathered in London: the playbook for handling supply shocks no longer works.
Speaking at the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum (OMFIF) on September 21, Goolsbee argued that disruptions from tariffs,
In the second half of 2009, Chief Rule Breaker David Gardner made a run of recommendations in Stock Advisor that, judged individually, look unremarkable at best. Adobe (ADBE +1.25%), selected in August, lags the S&P 500 by roughly 280%.
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