From Quadrangle Club to the Federal Reserve: Princetonians reflect on Jerome Powell ’75
Last May, Chair of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell ’75 delivered the Baccalaureate address to the Class of 2025. Only a few months later, on Jan. 9, he was served grand jury subpoenas as part of a criminal investigation into cost overruns on the Federal Reserve’s Washington headquarters renovation project.
President Donald Trump accused Powell of lying to Congress about the predicted cost of the renovations,
Read MoreSEC approves Nasdaq options tied to index-based prediction contracts
SEC approves Nasdaq MRX index-linked binary options tied to Nasdaq-100, expanding prediction-style trading as exchanges race into event-based markets.
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Read MoreDid Nvidia Just Deliver a Breakout Fake-Out? Why Dip‑Buyers Should Welcome a Dip
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Nvidia (NVDA) fell 8% below $200 per share after briefly rejoining the $5 trillion club, facing potential weakness to the $170-180 channel as Alphabet (GOOG) closed its market cap gap to $4.6 trillion following a 10% surge on a strong quarterly result.
WATCH LIVE: Powell’s last Federal Reserve interest rate decision before stepping down
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will hold his final press conference at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to discuss the policymakers’ interest rate decision ahead of his planned departure on May 15.
The appearance comes at a pivotal moment for the central bank as it weighs whether to change interest rates amid lingering inflation concerns and President Donald Trump‘s demand that rates need to drop.
Read MoreWarren Buffett tells Tim Cook to 'take a bow' as Apple CEO gets surprise send-off at Berkshire annual meeting
At the first Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting led by new CEO Greg Abel, the spotlight turned back over to the company’s chairman Warren Buffett and, surprisingly, Tim Cook. Buffett looked to be fully embracing retirement as the legendary investor sat in the front row wearing a blue coloured sweater instead of his usual suit.
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1 Under-the-Radar Pharma Stock with 90% Upside?
Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller has been making large changes to his portfolio recently, leaving retail investors struggling to keep up with what the famous stock picker is thinking.
One of the smaller holdings in Druckenmiller’s portfolio that makes for interesting examination is ARS Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:SPRY).
Druckenmiller’s 536,900 shares of SPRY are currently valued at around $7 million.
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Will This Tiny Quantum Stock 2x by 2030?
IonQ isn’t a household name yet. But give it time. This small-cap quantum computing company is pulling in some big-league attention and the numbers from early 2025 are starting to back it up.
You’re probably used to hearing about quantum computing like it’s some distant dream but in Q1 2025, that revenue hit $7.6 million.
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Time To Buy This Magnificent 7 Stock?
Usually investing is about spotting a stock that is underpriced relative to fair value. Trading is about finding a stock that meets some chart criterion. Maybe it’s a breakout, a cup-and-handle, a doji, or some buy signal or other. Whatever the approach, the focus is on a single position.
But sometimes, comparative analysis highlights opportunities that otherwise might fall under the radar.