Your Pulse On America: Live And Unfiltered
U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during an announcement about lowering U.S. drug prices, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 10, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters On Friday morning, the S&P 500 was less than a couple of points from another all-time high. Then, after a single social media post from President…
A relentless bull market could show some wear in coming weeks, with investors flying blind the longer the government remains in a shutdown. Stocks are at all-time highs, with tech names in particular rallying even in the absence of any government data. On Friday, each of the major averages were headed for a winning week,…
More companies will be acquired after the latest deal to take Electronic Arts private, according to Goldman Sachs. Electronic Arts — the American video game company that said Monday it will be acquired by PIF, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners in an all-cash deal valued at $55 billion — marks the latest takeover in a…
Wall Street is going to need another “goldilocks” number out of next week’s jobs report, as investors grow wary of a pullback. The September nonfarm payrolls report, which is due to come out Friday, is expected to have a bigger impact than usual for the market, as it will determine the path of monetary policy…
Randy Holmes | Contributor | Getty Images Jimmy Kimmel’s fate at ABC is still up in the air as talks with Disney reportedly continue. The late-night host is in ongoing discussions with Disney and ABC executives about the conditions under which his long-running show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” could return to air, according to Variety, which…
Sentiment is high heading into the Federal Reserve decision. Investors are at their most bullish since February, according to the latest global fund manager survey released Tuesday from Bank of America Securities. The Wall Street firm said the survey’s broadest sentiment measure — which was calculated based on a mix of growth expectations, cash levels…
What Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says about the path of monetary easing next week will be critical to a stock market that’s been insistent on interest rate cuts. The Fed meeting next week is a critical one. Investors are certain the central bank will have to cut rates for the first time since December…
This may not be an era in which Americans are awash in physical currency fattening their wallets, but we are awash in cash parked inside accounts that have been generating attractive yields thanks to Federal Reserve interest rate hikes to combat inflation. There is a record amount of cash in money market funds, roughly $7.6…
There is more than enough focus on Wall Street about what the Fed will do next, and Friday’s weak nonfarm payrolls report will add to expectations for a rate cut. But maybe there is not enough planning among investors about what they should do to preserve the hefty gains embedded in market portfolios since the…
Wall Street will have to contend with the fallout from the latest jobs data next week, with investors keeping an eye on troubling signals in the bond market. Inflation data is also on deck. Stocks vacillated Friday, with the major averages falling during midday trading after making a move to all-time highs earlier in the…