Powell gave traders a green light to double down on AI—but the markets punished Meta and Microsoft anyway
The broad index of large-cap companies in the S&P 500 closed flat, but the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 rose…
‘I won’t go into particular names, but they actually have earnings’
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell doesn’t think the AI boom is another dotcom bubble. In fact, he made…
Powell says that, unlike the dotcom boom, AI spending isn’t a bubble: ‘I won’t go into particular names, but they actually have earnings’
“I won’t go into particular names,” Powell told reporters after the Fed’s policy meeting, “but they actually have…
Powell cuts rates in the dark in historic move, with no jobs data and Trump heckling from abroad
The Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, a…
Nikkei 225, Nifty 50, CSI 300
Mount Fuji and the Shinjuku skyline in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via…
Fed has a rate cut plus a bunch of other things on its plate this week
Jerome Powell, chairman of the US Federal Reserve, during the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Fall…
Stock market today: Live updates
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Oct. 27, 2025…
Asian equities climb: Investors weigh US-China trade tensions, Fed rate cut expectations; gold rallies
Asian markets edged higher on Thursday as investors weighed escalating tensions in the US-China trade war alongside expectations…
Small caps break out to new high; may keep rallying heading into year-end
Small caps could prove a profitable corner of the market heading into year end. The Russell 2000 just…
Powell says ‘downside risks to employment appear to have risen,’ implying more Fed cuts are possible
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the outlook for employment and inflation has not changed much…
A Trump post drowns out positive developments for markets
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a meeting with President of Argentina Javier Milei in the Cabinet Room…
Dow rises, Nasdaq slides in volatile day as Trump amps up China threats, Fed’s Powell speaks
Stocks closed Tuesday’s trading session mixed, with the day’s results largely driven by a ratcheting upward of trade…