Oil Is Gushing Out of the Gulf. Why Are Prices Still Above $100 a Barrel?
Stubbornly high prices at the pump offered little hope for drivers looking for some relief.
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Oil Prices Rise on Worries of Middle East Conflict Escalation
Oil prices rose on market concerns about possible U.S.
Fed Holds Rates Steady but Two Officials Sought Another Increase
The decision to keep rates on hold was widely expected but drew dissents from Fed governor Lisa Cook and Cleveland Fed President Beth Hammack.
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UBS CEO Signals Possible Switzerland Exit Over Capital Demands
The group is caught in a dispute with lawmakers in its home country over proposals to introduce more demanding capital requirements on its foreign subsidiaries.
There isn’t one strict way to define a stock market crash, but it happens when equities tank suddenly without warning. When living through them, it can feel like the world is ending. This feeling is exacerbated by investor panic or an economic shock.
The most recent started in February 2025, when President Donald Trump introduced sweeping tariffs on Chinese goods.
SK Hynix (NASDAQ:SKHY), a memory semiconductor maker, closed at $164.70, up 13.30%. The stock surged after record third-quarter results and stronger AI-memory demand. The company also said memory-chip demand is expected to outpace supply through the end of the decade.
Trading volume reached 48.4 million shares, coming in about 113% above its three-month average of 22.7 million shares.
Workers work on a production line manufacturing smart automotive central control navigation products at a factory of Beidou Intelligent Connected Vehicle Technology Co. (BICV) in the High Tech Industrial Development Zone in Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China April 9, 2025.
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China’s technology stocks are losing their luster as investors question whether the country’s artificial intelligence boom can deliver profits strong enough to justify lofty valuations.
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We have entered an era where the Nikkei Stock Average exceeds 60,000 yen.
Considering the history of Japanese stocks, this is a level that was once unimaginable.
Television and the internet report on rising stock prices, and news of a booming economy is everywhere.
However, many investors who hold individual stocks are likely seeing a completely different picture.
NEW YORK (AP) — The bond market swung Wednesday, while U.S. stocks ticked higher following the Federal Reserve ’s decision not to raise its main interest rate to bring down high inflation. The bond market’s moves indicated traders see less of a chance of hikes to rates in the future that would help ease inflation but could also hurt the economy.
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Silver prices have fallen sharply from their January peak. Should ETF investors average down, hold or cut their exposure? Wealth managers offer different views.
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President Donald Trump‘s signature tax legislation is projected to worsen Social Security‘s financial outlook, according to government estimates.
The law could worsen Social Security’s finances by nearly $169 billion over a decade, according to an August 2025 letter from Karen Glenn, the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) chief actuary,
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Market on Wednesday | Sensex falls 353 points, Nifty slips below 22,700; mid, smallcaps outperform
Indian benchmark indices ended lower on October 28, with the Nifty closing around the 22,700 mark, dragged down by selling in information technology and oil and gas stocks.
Caution ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s policy decision and Brent crude prices holding around $115 per barrel following an attack on a Saudi Arabian refinery further weighed on investor sentiment.