Accelerating Inflation May Prompt Higher Interest Rates This Year
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Prior to the Iran war annual inflation was decelerating and relatively close to the Fed’s 2% policy target and there was an expectation interest rates could fall.
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Read MoreAsian shares track Wall Street’s retreat as bond markets crank up the pressure
Asian shares were mostly lower on Wednesday as rising bond yields cranked up pressure on stocks and other investments, undermining the AI-driven rally in technology shares.
Bond yields have been climbing as the war with Iran drags on, raising worries over prolonged higher inflation.
In Japan, the Nikkei 225 lost 1.2% to 59,834.15.
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Read MoreStock Market Today, May 19: SoFi Technologies Extends Losses on Cautious Sentiment
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Investors Aren't Waiting for a SpaceX IPO. New Space ETFs Are Taking Off
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Space-themed ETFs such as Global X Space Tech, Roundhill Space & Technology,
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Read MoreThe Burst
The Monopoly Behind AI Chips
If you want to understand the real bottleneck in semiconductors, it isn’t wafers, fabs, or even chip designers like Nvidia. It’s the machines that etch impossibly small patterns onto silicon. And in that game, there’s just one winner, ASML.
ASML isn’t just another chip equipment supplier. It has something no one else on Earth can build,
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Why Nvidia Could Still Be in the Early Innings of a Historic Run
Nvidia didn’t just ride the AI wave, it built the surfboard thanks to the graphics processing unit that evolved from powering video games to becoming the computational engine of the AI revolution.
Today, roughly 92% of all AI data center processing runs on Nvidia chips, according to IoT Analytics. That kind of market share is virtually unheard of in hardware.
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Market Legend Says Rethink Everything You Know About Stocks
When it comes to investing, few names carry the weight of Aswath Damodaran, the NYU professor who literally wrote the book on valuation.
In a wide-ranging conversation with Motley Fool, Damodaran shared a masterclass on navigating markets in uncertain times.
From the political entanglement of major corporations to the dominance of passive investing,
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