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There’s still too much risk in stock and bond markets. Earn this easy 4.5% return while you wait for stability, says trader who hit 2 big calls in 2022.

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There’s still too much risk in stock and bond markets. Earn this easy 4.5% return while you wait for stability, says trader who hit 2 big calls in 2022.

Ahead of major tech earnings, Meta results are ready to light up the Nasdaq Composite COMP, +2.00% for Thursday. The S&P 500 SPX, +1.05% is also pointing to gains as investors take a glass-half full view of the Fed meeting. Worried that investors are in the clutches of another Fed misread is the founder of LaDucTrading.com, … Read more

Watch Live: Federal Reserve News Conference | WSJ – Wall Street Journal

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Watch Live: Federal Reserve News Conference | WSJ – Wall Street Journal

Watch Live: Federal Reserve News Conference | WSJ  Wall Street Journal Fed’s Powell: will need substantially more evidence to be confident inflation on downward path  Reuters LIVE: Fed Chair Jerome Powell holds news conference following FOMC meeting  Yahoo Finance Stocks Rise to Session Highs as Powell Speaks  The Wall Street Journal LIVE: Chair Powell speaks after Federal Reserve raises … Read more

Bitcoin Pauses as Crypto Traders Await the Fed Decision. Brace for Volatility.

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Bitcoin Pauses as Crypto Traders Await the Fed Decision. Brace for Volatility.

Text size Bitcoin has torn higher to start the year, but there is reason to think the gains could be unsustainable. Dreamstime Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were on pause Wednesday as traders awaited a key decision on interest rates from the Federal Reserve. After the best January for Bitcoin in a decade, bad news out … Read more

Manhattan District Attorney to Present Trump Hush-Money Evidence to Grand Jury – The Wall Street Journal

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Manhattan District Attorney to Present Trump Hush-Money Evidence to Grand Jury – The Wall Street Journal

Manhattan District Attorney to Present Trump Hush-Money Evidence to Grand Jury  The Wall Street Journal Manhattan grand jury reportedly hearing evidence in Trump hush money case  CBS New York Donald Trump’s Former Fixer Now One of His Greatest Threats  Newsweek Trump risks zero-to-4 years jail in NY ‘hush money’ case, say ex-DAs  Business Insider View Full Coverage on Google … Read more

U.S. Stocks Fall Ahead of Fed Meeting

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U.S. Stocks Fall Ahead of Fed Meeting

Markets U.S. Markets Investors brace for big week for tech stocks, with earnings due from Alphabet, Apple and Amazon

Bitcoin Price Holds at $23,000 as Crypto Traders Brace for Fed Decision

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Bitcoin Pauses as Crypto Traders Await the Fed Decision. Brace for Volatility.

Text size Bitcoin prices have had a standout January, rallying about 40% since the start of the year. Dreamstime Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were slightly lower Monday, paring gains after a rally over the weekend. Crypto traders are awaiting the Federal Reserve decision on interest rates due Wednesday, which is likely to be a catalyst … Read more

Fed Meeting: How High Will Interest Rates Go and What Else to Expect at This Week’s Meeting.

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Fed Meeting: How High Will Interest Rates Go and What Else to Expect at This Week’s Meeting.

Will “ongoing” be outgoing at the Federal Reserve? Or will that key word remain in the central bank’s policy directive? On such a seemingly trivial question may hang the course of interest rates when the Federal Open Market Committee announces the results of its two-day meeting this coming Wednesday afternoon. The Fed’s policy-setting panel is … Read more

China’s Top Nuclear-Weapons Lab Used American Computer Chips Decades After Ban

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China’s Top Nuclear-Weapons Lab Used American Computer Chips Decades After Ban

WSJ News Exclusive China State-owned institute continued buying Intel- and Nvidia-made chips despite inclusion on a U.S. export blacklist in 1997

Upstart Indian Shipper Helps Get Russian Oil to Market

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Upstart Indian Shipper Helps Get Russian Oil to Market

World Gatik Ship Management, which took control of 25 tankers after the invasion of Ukraine, now shuttles Russian crude along new trade routes

Former Fed Governor Robert Heller on Why Rate Hikes Need to Stop Now

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Former Fed Governor Robert Heller on Why Rate Hikes Need to Stop Now

Text size Money supply is declining in absolute terms. Further tightening by the U.S. Federal Reserve risks triggering a recession, writes Robert Heller. Al Drago/Bloomberg About the author: Robert Heller is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Inflation is the most important issue facing the economy today, according to the … Read more