Odds of Fed Rate Hike This Year Fall as Goldman Sachs Warns Against Hawkish Bets
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Odds of a Fed rate hike in September as well as in 2026 slipped further.
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This comes after Goldman Sachs says markets are still too hawkish even as inflation cools.
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Fed to hold interest rates this year, economists say, sticking to their view: Reuters poll
By Indradip Ghosh
BENGALURU, Aug 17 (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve will keep its key interest rate unchanged next month and through year-end, according to most economists in a Reuters poll, a view they have held for the past several months.
Market pricing for a September quarter point hike flipped toward a near-70% chance of a hold,
Here's the bull and bear case for investing in stocks with the market at an all-time high
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US stocks have are trading near records, begging the question for investors: pile in or wait for a pullback?
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The bull case is largely led by tame inflation data and reduced odds of a rate hike this year.
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The bear case points to factors like seasonal weakness and risks to earnings growth.
EPF vs NPS vs PPF vs mutual funds: How quickly can you get your retirement money?
Investors should maintain at least 6 months of expenses in easily accessible instruments so that long-term allocations remain untouched during uncertainty
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Reflecting On Renewable Energy Stocks’ Q2 Earnings: Blink Charging (NASDAQ:BLNK)
Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q2 behind us, let’s have a look at Blink Charging (NASDAQ:BLNK) and its peers.
Renewable energy companies are buoyed by the secular trend of green energy that is upending traditional power generation.
Cathie Wood Just Dumped $117M in Winning Tech Stocks for a Risky Pivot
Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest sold roughly $96 million of Roblox (NYSE:RBLX) and $21
million of Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR) during the first week of August and redirected
the proceeds into SpaceX, Nvidia, CoreWeave, and Cerebras Systems. The rotation
signals a shift from software winners toward capital-intensive AI infrastructure
plays, and the size of the trades makes it difficult to dismiss as routine
rebalancing.
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Social Security is paid out on Wednesday, August 19: who benefits?
Across the United States, certain Social Security recipients are to get their latest monthly benefits this week, as the Social Security Administration (SSA) continues its payment schedule for August 2026.
Who receives Social Security on Wednesday, August 19?
Of the 71.3 million Social Security beneficiaries in the U.S.,
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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures waver ahead of retail earnings
US stock futures wavered on Monday as investors weighed the Federal Reserve’s next policy move and awaited a slate of retail earnings this week.
Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) slipped 0.1%. Those on the S&P 500 (ES=F) traded near the flat line after the benchmark index posted its third straight weekly gain.
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Where Will Palantir Stock Be in 2030?
Key Points
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Palantir probably won’t repeat the returns it has generated over these past four years.
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But that’s not as bad as it sounds — the bar is very high.
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Palantir’s blistering commercial growth will likely drive healthy returns for a while yet.
Bitcoin ETFs record largest outflow in six weeks as token stagnates
By Suvashree Ghosh
Spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds recorded their largest outflows last week since the end of June, reversing a strong start to August.
The 13 US-listed funds saw a net $389.7 million drained in the week of Aug.
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