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S&P500: Investors Eye Record High Ahead of Bank Earnings Today
US stocks hold near highs as S&P 500 eyes record, with tech stocks leading and focus on bank earnings today.
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Iran war will hit global growth hard: IMF
IMF Chief Economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas says Iran war is weighing on global growth outlook, speaking to CNBC's Karen Tso. 📺️Watch more: cnb.cx/4chu6ck
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Visible Alpha Breakdown Of U.S. Airlines' Q1 2026 Earnings Expectations
Delta Air Lines has set the tone for the US airline's earnings season with first-quarter results that highlight resilient demand supporting revenues, but rising costs eroding profitability and clouding the near-term outlook. On the demand side, analysts expect year-on-year capacity growth across the group to remain measured, largely in the low-single-digit range.
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Nasdaq Surges 2% Amid Progress In Iran Talks: Investor Sentiment Improves, Fear & Greed Index Moves To 'Neutral' Zone
The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed improvement in the overall market sentiment, while the index moved to the “Neutral” zone on Tuesday.
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Travelers Gears Up For Q1 Print; Here Are The Recent Forecast Changes From Wall Street's Most Accurate Analysts
The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV) will release earnings for its first quarter before the opening bell on Thursday, April 16.
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Gary Gensler Paved the Way for Prediction Markets. Sports Betting Wasn't Part of the Plan.
Kalshi and Polymarket say their sports bets are allowed under federal law. States argue otherwise.
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Osterweis Capital Management Q2 2026 Strategic Income Outlook
The first three months of 2026 featured a mind-boggling confluence of geopolitical and economic events. AI has been another big headline maker over the last 12 months, particularly recently with further advancements in Anthropic's Claude and OpenAI's ChatGPT.
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Iran war causing 'very significant' growth downgrade - IMF's Gourinchas
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Chief Economist at the IMF, discusses the impact of the Iran war on the global economy and explains how central banks should respond.
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Monthly Newsletter - March 2026
A risk that it is out of the normal course of events, is unexpected, unanticipated and is extremely hard to guard against, is exogenous. When the war in Iran started, I don't think a lot of people were thinking about helium, but it turns out that Qatar produces about 30% of all industrial helium.
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US prosecutors make surprise visit to Federal Reserve office
Prosecutors from U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office made a surprise visit on Tuesday to the Federal Reserve's headquarters renovation ​project, as the Trump administration continues its pressure campaign against the central ‌bank.
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Towering 10-Day A/D Lines
The Iran war resulted in a tough March for US equities. In addition to the S&P 500 falling close to 10% versus its 52-week high, breadth took a measurable hit.
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Navigating U.S.-Iran Volatility & How Options Influenced Recent Moves
After a month-long spree of volatile days in the stock market, Zed Francis recaps what he saw in implied and real volatility trends amid the U.S.-Iran War shakeout. One trend he found interesting was how options activity influenced implied volatility to the downside even as risk persists.
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Nasdaq Logs Longest Winning Streak Since 2021 as Investors Look Beyond War
The S&P 500 stands 0.2% from a record hit in January.
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Review & Preview: Banking on Resilience
Oil Down, Earnings Up. Hope is a powerful market force. Even in the face of continued pessimism from energy analysts, transportation exports, and geopolitical strategists, stocks rose on Tuesday. There was, apparently, just enough hope about Mideast peace talks to push markets higher.
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China's Huaqin seeks to raise nearly $581 million in HK listing amid market volatility
China-based technology firm Huaqin launched a Hong Kong ​share sale on Wednesday, aiming to raise up ‌to HK$4.55 billion ($580.85 million), as the city's capital markets continue to attract interest despite war-driven market volatility.
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Cramer: The market's biggest fears 'just didn't happen' – and that's why you can't leave the game
CNBC's Jim Cramer on Tuesday said the stock market has been able to rally in recent days because three predictions failed to materialize. "What we have is a rally that appears to be based on nothing," said the "Mad Money" host on Tuesday.
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History says there's a good chance we haven't seen the stock-market lows yet
The U.S. stock market has suffered a significant correction in every single midterm election year since 1950, warns Lansing Street Advisors.
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Larry Kudlow: There is a whiff of optimism in the air
FOX Business host Larry Kudlow discusses the outlook of the financial markets on 'Kudlow."
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Stock Market Rally Strengthens As Nasdaq, S&P 500 Near Highs; Watch These Magnificent 7 Names
The Nasdaq composite extended its winning streak to 10 sessions in the stock market Tuesday as a sharp drop in oil prices fueled positive sentiment. The index is quickly closing in on its all-time high, just like the S&P 500, which rallied for the ninth time in 10 trading sessions.
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Inflation and uncertainty on oil shock means Fed should wait and see, says PIMCO's Richard Clarida
Richard Clarida, former Fed vice chairman, joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss Bessent's recent comments on the Federal Reserve, if the Fed's right to wait and see and much more.
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