MARKETS

Robinhood Hits Trading Records Despite the Retail Slowdown

Robinhood has another engine for trading revenue Robinhood’s customers traded 16.4 billion event contracts last quarter, generating more revenue than cryptocurrency transactions. A business built around trading outcomes is becoming a substantial contributor to a platform once closely associated with

Stocks Approach Their Best Six Months With a 19-for-19 Record

A favorable calendar meets a demanding market Wall Street’s strongest season arrives next week with an unusually compelling record behind it. The November–April trading window begins Monday, November 2, measured from Friday’s October 30 close. Across the 19 completed midterm

Fed Nears a Pause as Inflation Keeps Rate Hikes in Play

The expected pause comes with unfinished business The Federal Reserve opened its two-day meeting Tuesday with investors widely expecting officials to leave interest rates unchanged. The harder question is how long that decision will last. The benchmark range stands at

Home Prices Keep Climbing as Mortgage Costs Squeeze Buyers

Summer prices meet a more expensive autumn U.S. home prices gained momentum in August. Buyers shopping today face a tougher calculation. The S&P Cotality Case-Shiller national index rose 2.09% year over year, while the 20-City Composite increased 2.65%, accelerating from

Dow Slides 1% as Wall Street Reconsiders the AI Spending Boom

Technology finds its footing on an uneven market floor U.S. stocks struggled for direction Friday as investors revisited the companies behind the AI infrastructure boom. The Nasdaq Composite gained roughly 0.3%, while the S&P 500 slipped 0.2% and the Dow

Fed Rate Hike Could Catch Wall Street Off Guard in October

Wall Street thinks the Fed’s next move is settled Investors have become remarkably confident that the Federal Reserve will leave interest rates unchanged later this month. Fed Chair Kevin Warsh may have other ideas. As of Friday morning, futures markets

America’s $2 Trillion Deficit Is Becoming Everyone’s Problem

Washington’s debt problem is reaching Main Street America’s national debt has surpassed $40 trillion, and the cost of carrying it is becoming much harder to ignore. The federal government ran a deficit of approximately $2 trillion in fiscal 2026, according

Bending Spoons Surges 42% on Berkshire’s $330M Investment

Berkshire just made a second bet on Bending Spoons Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) rarely needs to make headlines to move markets. A $330 million investment in a relatively young public company was enough to send Bending Spoons (NASDAQ: BSP) shares

JPMorgan’s $15.3 Billion Profit Comes With a Warning

Even America’s biggest bank is feeling the pressure JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) just made $15.3 billion in three months. Its revenue climbed 8%, consumer spending remained strong, and lending continued to grow. Yet CEO Jamie Dimon used the earnings announcement