BOE’s Pill Suggests Rates May Need to Rise to Tackle Inflation
Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said that interest rates may need to rise to contain the threat of inflation, even as energy prices tumbled on Friday.
The BOE needs to make decisions that give “the most insurance” against a repeat of the 2022 inflation shock, Pill argued,
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Read MoreThe Vegas Lesson That Made Warren Buffett Tell His Wife, 'We're Going to Get Rich'
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Decades ago, billionaire Warren Buffett noticed something in Las Vegas that helped him understand investor psychology: people inherently like to gamble and speculate, even when the odds are against them.
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Stock Market Today, April 17: Tesla Rises Again to Break Losing Streak
Today’s Change
(2.96%) $11.51
Current Price
$400.41
Key Data Points
Market Cap
$1.5T
Day’s Range
$391.65 –
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Read MoreThe Burst
Alphabet’s Comeback Wasn’t Luck, But Classic Mispricing
The speed of Alphabet’s reversal has surprised many investors, but the more interesting story is how such a dominant business ever became that cheap in the first place, and why the momentum it regained isn’t likely to stall heading into 2026.
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Alphabet’s rally stemmed from deep mispricing,
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Is Buffett’s Biggest Bet On Sale?
Over the past 12 months, Berkshire shares have gained just under 6% less than the S&P 500.
With Warren Buffett preparing to step down as CEO at year end, investors are reassessing what Berkshire looks like in its next chapter and whether the stock offers value at today’s price.
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Berkshire trades at reasonable levels but not at prices that signal clear undervaluation,
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
Is Micron the Smartest Way to Ride the AI Chip Boom?
Micron Technology has been one of the biggest winners of 2025 so far. The stock has rocketed by almost 3x year to date, as investors wake up to the fact that memory chips, once seen as boring, cyclical commodities, are now an indispensable backbone of the AI revolution.
The chipmaker’s DRAM and NAND memory chips are quietly powering the world’s largest data centers,
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