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Inflation risks appear to be tilting higher, threatening to throw Fed’s rate-cut hopes into disarray

The possibility that U.S. inflation won’t trend much lower is raising concerns that Federal Reserve policymakers are mistakenly clinging to prospects for three interest-rate cuts this year and may lose their credibility, which could trigger cross-asset volatility.

Lowe’s credit card now has a 31.99% interest rate. Customers call it ‘loan sharking.’

“These interest charges could be astronomical on a big purchase,” says one credit-card expert.

The S&P 500 and Wall Street’s ‘fear gauge’ are both up in 2024. Should investors be worried?

Something unusual happened in the stock market this quarter: Both the S&P 500 and Cboe Volatility Index, better known as the Vix, rose.

These tips for investing in mutual funds and ETFs can help you go with the market’s flow

A winning fund’s strategy, a bitcoin milestone and a proven way to manage risk.

This small-cap stock is expected to take off — if its weight-loss pill trial succeeds

Terns Pharma is due to release data from an early-stage trial of an obesity treatment in pill form in the second half. Positive data would send the stock higher.

RH shares are on pace for their best day in more than three years. Some analysts aren’t buying it.

The home-furnishings company’s fourth-quarter results didn’t “provide resolutions to the key debates” around its future performance, one analyst said.

Sam Bankman-Fried is going to jail for 25 years. His victims are moving on, but it isn’t always easy.

Several individuals and companies heavily exposed to FTX’s collapse have moved on from the storm that hit them amid one of the biggest failures in the history of cryptocurrency.

Gas prices topping $4 a gallon this summer is possible — but not expected

Retail gasoline prices are set to rise as they usually do just as the U.S. summer driving season gets underway, but to say the average national price will climb to $4 a gallon is a bit of a stretch.

Retirees are more afraid of healthcare than they are of running out of money

Even more scary than running out of money in retirement is paying for healthcare, which can be a major drain on any retiree’s nest egg.

Good Friday’s PCE data brings crucial inflation reading — but markets are closed

Stock-market investors get a key piece of economic data on Good Friday, but won’t be able to trade on it.

Sam Bankman-Fried gets 25 years — one of the longest-ever sentences for financial fraud

As much as $10 billion in customer deposits went missing from FTX, Bankman-Fried’s crypto-trading platform, as a result of his fraud.

Three Fed interest-rate cuts this year? Yes, top banking economists say.

Top economists at big U.S. banks predict the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates three times this year — with the first reduction in June — even though inflation is unlikely to slow much further in 2024.
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