Expert weighs in after Federal Reserve raises interest rates for 1st time in 3 years
The U.S. Federal Reserve is increasing its efforts to tamp down inflation.
On Wednesday, U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh announced that the central bank is raising its benchmark rates by 0.25%.
The 12-member policymaking board, including Trump-appointed U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh, voted unanimously in favor of the rate increase.
Cybersecurity Stocks Have Run Sharply Amid Tech Rotation: Freedom Capital's Jay Woods Says This Stock Has Ample Room To Run
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Cybersecurity leaders have surged this year as investors rotate within technology and seek exposure to AI-driven security demand.
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Zscaler remains a laggard despite signs of improving momentum and a potential technical breakout.
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Jay Woods sees a path toward $250-$265 if Zscaler’s breakout holds above key resistance and support levels.
Gold price today, Wednesday, September 16, 2026: Gold holds in the $4,300 range, awaiting the Fed's decision
Gold (GC=F) December futures opened at $4,333 per troy ounce on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, flat from Tuesday’s close. Gold moved higher in early trading this morning to $4,389.40 per troy ounce as of 6:38 a.m. ET.
Gold prices have settled in the $4,300 range all week as gold investors and others await the Fed’s rate decision this afternoon.
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The Federal Reserve unanimously voted to raise interest rates yesterday for the first time in more than three years,
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Why are bonds important?
The importance of bonds has clearly increased compared to before.
Global rises in long-term interest rates, bond buybacks for yield suppression as seen with Bessent, and coordinated US-Japan intervention. These are even influencing the policy decision-making of the Fed and central banks of various countries, which should theoretically be uncontrollable.
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1 Top Trader Just Bought Netflix
Is Netflix breaking out? If you are to believe Mark Minervini, a renowned trader with a very successful track record, the answer is yes, but there’s more to the story than meets the eye.
First let’s take a look out at the chart highlighting the recent breakout above resistance of Netflix. As you can see a few days ago the share price peeked above resistance,
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Why Did Trump’s Team Buy This Crypto?
On December 11, 2024 a wallet associated with President-Elect Donald Trump began buying a cryptocurrency, Chainlink (LINK) in spades. Within hours a full million dollars had been invested into the token, so what is it about this under-the-radar play that most investors are not seeing?
There’s a little-known piece of blockchain history that often goes overlooked: back in 2017,
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Billionaire Bets Big On This Energy Stock
Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller is renowned for his investing prowess, and he’s made some savvy calls over the years. So it was worth paying attention when his family office picked up just over a million shares of Cenovus Energy Inc. (NYSE:CVE).
Why would Druckenmiller might be interested in this Canadian oil producer and does it makes sense for investors to follow his lead?
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