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This Week's Market Wrap: Strait To Jail
The Strait of Hormuz became the market's fault line –Tanker attacks, supply disruptions, U.S. military moves, and uncertainty around whether shipping lanes can be reliably reopened repeatedly drove oil and equity prices. The world opened the oil reserves, markets still didn't believe it – The IEA and its member countries agreed to release 400 million barrels from emergency reserves, but crude remained volatile and rose again as traders concluded that reserves cannot fully offset an active chokepoint disruption.
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Traders Tell Us How They're Dealing With the Fog of War
They face some of the wildest commodity trading on record, whipsawing oil prices and market swings
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Stock Market Falls As Oil Extends Its Rise; Fed Meeting Looms As Powell Move Is Blocked
The stock market, including the Dow Jones index, fell Friday. Oil prices climbed again amid the ongoing Iran war.
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Stocks Suffer Third Straight Weekly Loss as Investors Brace for Longer Conflict
Stocks slipped for a third straight week, with investors weighing the risk of a prolonged Middle East conflict on energy prices and economic stability. All three major indexes logged a weekly decline of more than 1.2%. On Friday, the S&P 500 fell 0.6%.
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Fmr. Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher of Powell investigation: Pirro will lose these appeals
Fmr. Dallas Fed President Richard Fisher joins 'Closing Bell Overtime' with reaction to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's comments on a judge striking down subpoenas targeting Fed Chair Powell.
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The New Value Stocks
Big Tech hyperscalers like MSFT, GOOGL, and AMZN are transitioning from asset-light to asset-heavy, driving a structural market shift favoring capital intensity. Recent massive bond issuances by hyperscalers signal a real commitment to CapEx, positioning these firms for future appraisal as value over growth.
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Judge blocks justice department from subpoenaing Fed chair Jerome Powell
A federal judge on Friday blocked the justice department from serving subpoenas to Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell in an inquiry purported to be about the management of the central bank's renovation.
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Kevin Warsh's Fed confirmation faces new delay, key senator says. Here's why.
A key U.S. senator warned that Kevin Warsh's confirmation as the next head of the Federal Reserve faces a fresh delay amid a legal setback to the Justice Department's criminal investigation into current Fed Chair Jerome Powell.
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'Tech Bubble' Warnings Cost Investors A 550% Nasdaq-100 Run
Below, I examine periods when normal market resets were mischaracterized as a bubble. I then discuss why today's AI cycle does not share those characteristics.
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Judge Blocks US Investigation of Fed Chair Powell, DOJ to Appeal
A federal judge rejected Justice Department subpoenas seeking records from the Federal Reserve Board related to its headquarters renovations and Chair Jerome Powell's comments to Congress. The judge said the government had no evidence to justify the subpoenas and they reflected an "improper motive" of retaliating against Powell over policy differences.
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S&P Closes Out Third Straight Week of Loses | Closing Bell
Comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the U.S. market close on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Katie Greifeld, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video?
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Markets End Another Week Down—Dropping Over 1%—As Oil Still Above $100 Amid Iran War
This is a developing story.
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Think Russian oil will calm the Iran conflict's supply panic? Here's what the math reveals.
Russian oil can reach markets fast. The Iran conflict's supply fears, however, are much bigger.
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Krugman Says Pirro Is Harassing Fed Chair Powell
Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, a City University of New York professor, reacts to a federal judge's ruling that blocks a federal investigation of Fed Chair Powell. Krugman says President Trump and US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro are "harassing" Powell.
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Judge blocks subpoenas against Fed Chair Powell citing 'essentially zero evidence'
CNBC's Eamon Javers reports on news regarding the Federal Reserve.
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Warren Buffett's sage advice about fear and greed is a trap in this market
Contrarian investors recently have been buying more stocks as the market's “fear gauge” has climbed. History is not on their side.
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U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro responds to judge blocking subpoenas against Fed Chair Powell
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro speaks to journalists after a judge blocked subpoenas of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
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Trump Can't Subpoena Fed's Powell, Judge Rules—Says President Just Trying To ‘Harass' Fed Chair
A federal judge denied the Trump administration's subpoena against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday, ruling the criminal investigation into the Fed chief was being used as a “pretext” to punish him for not lowering interest rates as President Donald Trump has demanded.
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US Attorney Pirro Says Powell Is Not Above the Law
US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro rails against a federal judge's decision to block a federal probe into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. She says "no one is above the law" and her office will appeal the ruling.
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Sagging GDP Growth Is A Gut Punch And Accelerating Inflation Is A Hard Right Hook
Economic signals remain highly contradictory, with Q4 2025 GDP growth revised sharply down from 1.4% to 0.7%. Rising inflation and a weakening labor market are increasing risks, making defensive portfolio strategies more pressing.
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