October Rate-Hike Odds Just Fell From 51% to 19% in One Week
Fed rate-hike odds swung violently in a single week, but the jobs data behind that swing raises as many questions as it answers, and long-bond investors may be celebrating too soon.
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America Got Addicted to Cheap Money — Now the Economy Is Cracking as Rates Exceed 5%
For 15 years, borrowing was close to a free lunch. Companies locked in 3% debt, homeowners secured sub-4% mortgages, and Washington financed deficits at yields that barely registered. That era is over. The 10-year…
4 Dividend Stocks With October Payout Deadlines Right Around the Corner
Four dividend stocks have ex-dividend deadlines in the next 48 hours, and one of them stops qualifying at today's close. Yields, earnings coverage, and a few red flags worth knowing before the window shuts.
Gorilla Slides 5% as the Selloff Outlasts Northland’s $40 Buy Target; Palantir Dips, BigBear.ai Falls 3%
Shareholders of Gorilla Technology Group (NASDAQ:GRRR) are giving more weight to the $125 million in convertible notes the company issued after its most recent reported period than to a standing analyst Buy rating. Gorilla…
Medicare’s Premium Goes Up in January and Her Social Security Check Won’t Go Down a Penny. A Decades-Old Rule Says It Can’t, and Whether It Protects You Comes Down to One Comparison
A federal rule dating back decades quietly protects millions of Social Security recipients when Medicare premiums spike, but whether it shields your check or leaves you absorbing the full cost comes down to a…
Can PepsiCo Regain Its Growth Stock Status With the Q3 Report?
Jim Cramer just stripped PepsiCo of its growth stock label, and on October 8 the company gets one shot to prove him wrong. The numbers management must hit are narrower than most investors realize.
USA Rare Earth and MP Materials Fall 5% as Rare Earth Stocks Slide Together; Critical Metals Declines 3%
Rare earth miners and processors are all falling together, and that shared drop points to pressure across the whole sector. USA Rare Earth (NASDAQ:USAR) stock is declining 5% and recently traded at $13.08. At…
Dominion vs. Southern: Bigger Yield or Better Dividend Growth?
Dominion Energy offers a bigger yield, but Southern Company keeps raising its payout year after year while Dominion's sits below its pre-cut level. For retirement investors choosing between them, that difference carries real consequences…
What Will $5,000 Invested in Micron Stock Be Worth in 5 Years?
A $5,000 stake in Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU | MU Price Prediction) buys about 4.65 shares at the model’s starting price of $1,074.89. Early Monday the stock traded at $1,066.18. Over the past year the…
Redwire Falls 5% as Space Stocks Sell Off Together; Rocket Lab Drops 4%, Intuitive Machines Slides 6%
Space stocks are moving lower as a group, and Redwire (NYSE:RDW) shares are posting one of the sharper declines even though the company hasn’t released any news that would account for the slide. Redwire…
Trump Told the Fed to Cut Rates. It Raised Them
In early September, President Donald Trump delivered one of his most aggressive demands yet for lower interest rates. Fresh off a surprisingly strong jobs report, Trump told the Federal Reserve to cut rates and…
Apple Is Setting The Stage For a Massive Windfall That Few Understand
The market sees a phone company that missed the AI revolution, but one investor keeps buying shares and believes Wall Street has the story exactly backwards.
Why Jim Cramer Is All-In on Intel’s CPU Comeback
Intel has already left the S&P 500 in the dust, and Jim Cramer is doubling down on its CPU business just as analysts debate whether the market has gotten ahead of the facts.
AGNC Investment: The Real Question Behind That Monthly Dividend
AGNC has paid the same monthly dividend for five straight years, but the leverage and rate bets holding that streak together just produced a quarter where economic return went negative. Whether the payout survives…
Home Depot Is Down 15% This Year. Here’s The Price Where I’d Start Buying.
Shares of Home Depot (NYSE:HD | HD Price Prediction) traded at $285.10 as of 10:01 AM ET on October 7, 2026, down 0.55% in Wednesday’s session. The stock has fallen 15.33% year to date…