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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Treasuries Hit as Hawkish Fed Views Keep Piling Up: Markets Wrap  Yahoo Finance Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Bitcoin Sinks on Ebbing Fed Rate-Cut Bets and Cooling ETF Demand  Yahoo Finance Source link

Next week, Wall Street will be paying close attention to Wednesday’s next Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. The focus will be on the latest Fed dot plot, revealing FOMC members’ estimates for interest rate cuts Reddit will make its IPO debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday, March 21 under the ticker RDDT with a share price of between $31 and $34. Nvidia’s (NVDA) annual GTC conference will take place between March 18-21st, with CEO Jensen Huang giving a 2 hour keynote… Source link

US stocks popped on Wednesday, with techs vaulting back from a steep sell-off as investors digested Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s stance that interest rate cuts are still likely this year. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) jumped about 0.8% after techs led a sharp slide in stocks more broadly on Tuesday. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) also added 0.8%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) popped 0.6%, as both indexes came off losses of more than 1%. Powell’s testimony to Congress… Source link

US stocks opened higher on Wednesday, with techs vaulting back from a steep sell-off as investors digested Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s stance that interest rate cuts are still likely this year. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) jumped about 1% after techs led a sharp slide in stocks more broadly on Tuesday. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) added more than 0.6%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) popped 0.5%, as both indexes came off losses of more than 1%. Powell’s testimony to… Source link

Gold hit new highs on Tuesday as investors continue to bet that major central banks will start cutting interest rates this year. On Tuesday morning gold futures (GC=F) reached a high of $2,150.50 after April contracts settled at a record $2,126.30 per ounce in the prior session. Tuesday’s intraday spot gold touched a record of $2,141.79 per ounce before paring back gains. The precious metal is considered a safe haven during times of geopolitical tensions and when interest rates decrease. While… Source link

Paramount Global (PARA) shares skyrocketed more than 10% in early trading on Wednesday after Bloomberg reported media mogul Byron Allen made a $14.3 billion bid to buy all of Paramount’s outstanding shares. According to the report, Allen offered $28.58 each for the company’s voting shares, marking a 50% premium compared to recent trading levels, and $21.53 for non-voting shares. Including existing debt, the total value of the deal amounts to roughly $30 billion. It’s unclear how he would… Source link

Paramount Global (PARA) shares skyrocketed more than 10% in early trading on Wednesday after Bloomberg reported media mogul Byron Allen made a $14.3 billion bid to buy all of Paramount’s outstanding shares. According to the report, Allen offered $28.58 each for the company’s voting shares, marking a 50% premium compared to recent trading levels, and $21.53 for non-voting shares. Including existing debt, the total value of the deal mounts to roughly $30 billion. It’s unclear how he would… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Wall Street traders gearing up for the Federal Reserve decision scrambled to digest a selloff in big tech, the Treasury refunding plans and weaker-than-forecast data. Fresh concerns about regional lenders added to economic concerns that sent bond yields plunging, though banks pared losses as the session progressed. Most Read from Bloomberg The most-influential group in the S&P 500 got hammered on Wednesday after some of its biggest names failed to live up to high expectations… Source link

(Bloomberg) — A stock selloff deepened in Asia, after fresh data redoubled concerns about China’s economy and as investors curbed wagers on Federal Reserve interest rate cuts. Most Read from Bloomberg Hong Kong shares led the declines, with the Hang Seng Index tanking nearly 4%. The CSI 300 mainland Chinese benchmark also fell 1.6%. The losses came after official figures showed while China reached its 2023 economic goal, the country’s housing slump has worsened and domestic demand… Source link