As the stock and bond markets are off to a rough start in 2024, minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last FOMC meeting illustrate the possibility that interest rates will peak this year. Innovator Capital Management Head of Research & Investment Strategy Tim Urbanowicz examines how sustainable the Fed’s inflation goals will be. “The one thing that we need to keep in mind right now is that humility is the most important attribute above all,” Urbanowicz tells Yahoo Finance on the great degree of uncertainty seen across the past several years’ economic environment. “We’ve seen spurts of inflation before but we’ve never seen inflation that has been triggered by a pandemic […]
The minutes from the Federal Reserve’s December meeting shows officials believe interest rates may have reached or be near the peak for the current cycle, with a consensus that rates could end 2024 lower due to progress being made in the fight against inflation. However, officials also stressed that there is a lot of uncertainty in the economy and left the door open to raising rates again if they determine it is needed. Officials emphasized the need for more evidence that inflation is moving towards the central bank’s 2% target. One thing policymakers noted is that they are paying attention to the six-month measure of inflation. That is important because […]
The Santa Claus rally is a closely watched indicator by Wall Street traders, but this year, it is going to fall short. In the video above, Yahoo Finance’s Jared Blikre explains why the rally gets so much attention and what it could indicate if it falls short of expectations. #stockmarket #yahoofinance #youtube About Yahoo Finance: Yahoo Finance provides free stock ticker data, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, comprehensive market data, advanced tools, and more information to help you manage your financial life. – Get the latest news and data at finance.yahoo.com – Download the Yahoo Finance app on Apple (https://apple.co/3Rten0R) or Android (https://bit.ly/3t8UnXO) – Follow Yahoo Finance on social: X: […]
US job openings fell to 8.79 million in November from 8.85 million in October, their lowest level since March 2021, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. Yahoo Finance Live anchors Julie Hyman and Josh Lipton discuss reports on the breaking jobs data and the Federal Reserve’s dual mandate of balancing employment while lowering inflation. #yahoofinance #youtube #stockmarket About Yahoo Finance: Yahoo Finance provides free stock ticker data, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, comprehensive market data, advanced tools, and more information to help you manage your financial life. – Get the latest news and data at finance.yahoo.com – Download the Yahoo Finance app on Apple (https://apple.co/3Rten0R) or Android (https://bit.ly/3t8UnXO) – Follow Yahoo […]
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The November JOLTS report (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey) saw job openings come in slightly below estimates, ahead of Friday’s jobs report. Mizuho Securities USA Chief Economist Steven Ricchiuto joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss expectations for the labor market in 2024. Ricchiuto notes that current data shows the “labor market remains very, very tight.” He explains that workers getting fired and re-entering the job market are finding new jobs quickly, pointing to the tremendous amount of openings. This proves “the labor market is still hot,” Ricchiuto says. “People really, really want the Fed [Federal Reserve] to cut interest rates,” he adds. However, with an average quarterly GDP growth […]
Nvidia (NVDA) had a momentous 2023, thanks to its AI chips and well over 200% gain in its stock price. But with potential economic headwinds, increased competition, and regulations on what it can ship to China, can that success carry into 2024? Stifel Applied Technology Analyst Ruben Roy thins it can. He joins Yahoo Finance to discuss why he believes Nvidia is a good idea for any investor’s portfolio. Roy explains why Nvidia is so dominant in the sector: “Nvidia came up with a software stack, CUDA, that is the ecosystem of AI right now. If you look at Apple (AAPL) and iOS, the way we’re thinking about it is, […]
Wells Fargo names ride-share company Uber (UBER) a top mobility stock for 2024 after seeing massive gains in 2023. Wells Fargo Senior Analyst Ken Gawrelski comments on Uber’s growth outlook moving into 2024 and its dominant market share over competitor Lyft (LYFT). “We’re roughly [at] 70/30 market share, a couple points here or there. Uber with the leadership share, Lyft at the number two spot,” Gawrelski tells Yahoo Finance. “I would call this a pretty rational duopoly, and certainly they fiercely compete for riders and drivers. #Telsa #stockmarket #youtube About Yahoo Finance: Yahoo Finance provides free stock ticker data, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, comprehensive market data, advanced tools, and […]
Richmond Federal Reserve President Tom Barkin spoke in North Carolina on Wednesday morning saying “A soft landing is increasingly conceivable, but in no way inevitable.” Many on Wall Street are patiently awaiting the Fed’s next move. Matthew Luzzetti, Deutsche Bank Chief US Economist joins Yahoo Finance to discuss what he expects from the Fed in terms of its next move and how the economy may react. “Our baseline is that the Fed begins to cut rates in June, that they cut rates by 175 basis points over the course of the year. That’s a little bit delayed relative to market pricing at the moment. It was quite aggressive relative to […]
Oppenheimer & Co Analyst, Hartaj Singh, recently upgraded Moderna (MRNA) shares to “Outperform,” with a price target of $142 per share. News of the upgrade has caused shares of the stock to trade over 13% higher on Tuesday. Hartaj Singh joins the Live show to discuss why he upgraded the stock and take a deeper dive into Moderna’s performance going forward. Singh explains that with he expects Covid-19 demand to be bottoming, adding that “if you believe that Covid-19 vaccine sales have… hit a bottom going forward, that essentially funds their pipeline and that pipeline is very important… there are some material catalysts that are coming.” #Moderna #stockmarket #youtube About […]
