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Japan sees private credit as a policy pillar despite overseas market turmoil
Japan's financial regulator sees private credit as a potential key pillar of its new strategy to meet rising corporate funding demand driven by a surge in M&A activity, a senior official told Reuters, despite turbulence in overseas private credit markets.
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Energy trader Danske Commodities' profit down 52% last year on lower volatility
Danish energy trader Danske Commodities on Thursday reported a 52% drop in profits for 2025, citing low volatility and structurally challenged gas markets.
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Middle East war hangs over Europe Inc as earnings season kicks off
European companies are likely to deliver resilient first‑quarter earnings despite the Middle East conflict, but investors say that may mask mounting risks from higher energy prices, supply-chain disruption and weakening growth that could weigh on forecasts for the rest of the year.
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‘Moment of ENORMOUS uncertainty': GOP senator calls for swift Fed changes
Sen. Dave McCormick, R-Pa., discusses President Donald Trump's renewed threats to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Kevin Warsh's upcoming confirmation hearing on ‘Kudlow.
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Allspring sees opportunity to add duration as inflation pressures begin to abate
Allspring Global Investments' George Bory says uncertain economic spillovers from the Iran conflict are likely to keep the Federal Reserve on hold for now and discusses the opportunity he sees with bond yields moving higher due to oil prices rising.
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Asian Stocks Advance on U.S.-Iran Deal Hopes
Asian equities were broadly higher as investors remained hopeful that the U.S. and Iran will reach a peace deal soon, allowing the vital Strait of Hormuz oil-shipping lane to reopen.
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Economy not derailed by energy shocks so market is looking past it, says Bespoke's Paul Hickey
Paul Hickey, Bespoke co-founder, joins 'Power Lunch' to discuss the Nasdaq's recent performance, the upcoming earnings results and much more.
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Tom Lee: Stock market is in better position now than the all-time highs earlier this year
Fundstrat's Tom Lee joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss what to expect from equity markets going forward, the international market compared to domestic and much more.
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Has the Era of the Mega-Layoff Arrived?
From Snap to Block to Amazon, a new template for ‘right-sizing' the workforce is spreading through C-suites—and other companies are taking notes.
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‘HEAD SPINNING': Volatility from Iran conflict is ‘dramatic,' says ex-NEC director
Former National Economic Council director Gene Sperling assesses the market impact of the Iran War on ‘The Claman Countdown.' #fox #media #breakingnews #us #usa #new #news #breaking #foxbusiness #theclamancountdown #iran #politics #political #politicalnews #government #economy #markets #stocks #volatility #trading #investing #oil #energy #global #war #finance #inflation #geopolitics
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S&P 500 To 7,000 And Nasdaq 100 Points To ATH: Are Markets Getting Ahead Of Themselves?
With US fighter jets on the sideline, US stock benchmarks are experiencing a sonic boom. The resumption of talks is supposed to take place tomorrow, and traders don't seem to wonder if they are getting ahead of themselves.
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S&P Global downgrades ASX after Australian regulator finds governance, risk failures
S&P Global Ratings on Thursday lowered its issuer credit rating for the Australian Securities Exchange to "A+/A-1" from "AA-/A-1+", two weeks after a local regulator flagged governance and risk management failures at the stock exchange operator.
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New All-Time Highs; Bull Market Confirmed
After falling 9.9% from its last all-time high in January to its low eleven trading days ago on March 30th, the S&P 500 closed at a new all-time high today. Today's new high reconfirms the current bull and extends its length to 1,281 calendar days.
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Iuorio: Plunging Crude Oil Prices Next Catalyst for Equities
Jim Iuorio explains why fears of stagflation are fading as labor data and falling oil prices reshape the market outlook. He discusses how crude slipping toward key support levels will ease inflation pressures, reopen the door to interest rate cuts, and lift equities.
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Review Preview: War & Peace?
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed at records with earnings season delivering a positive distraction.
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The market is seeing a feverish rotation. Here's Cramer's advice on how to play it
CNBC's Jim Cramer said the market is rotating out of former winners into previously lagging stocks. Rotations are "tricky" to navigate, the "Mad Money" host said.
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Stock Market Enjoys Large-Cap Buying; Will These 5 Growth Stocks Form Bullish Handles?
Reactions to earnings results for the country's biggest banks have been relatively sanguine so far.
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The ‘ultimate contrarian trade' is starting to pay off for investors. Why it might have more room to run.
After a long stretch of sharp underperformance, software stocks may be poised to catch up to semiconductor names, as the gap between the two groups has become so extreme that it may be ripe for a reversal.
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Gold Vs. Debt: Navigating The Historical Shift In Global Central Bank Reserves
Foreign central banks are reallocating, not abandoning, US Treasuries—partially shifting custody from the NY Fed to Euroclear and Clearstream for diversification and risk mitigation. Total foreign official holdings of US Treasuries remain near all-time highs, but the pace of accumulation has slowed, with a marked preference for gold since 2022.
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This Rally Won't End Well
The S&P 500's resilience near 7,000 is driven by hedged positioning, CTA flows, liquidity tailwinds, and continued AI trade momentum. Despite supportive flows, I expect significant downside in the next two to three months due to geopolitical risks, persistent inflation, and adverse seasonality.
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