Oil Prices Dive On Report U.S. and Iran Are Near a Peace Agreement
Brent crude and WTI prices were dropping as President Donald Trump said “great progress” had been made toward an agreement with Tehran and a report claimed a deal was close.
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Kevin Warsh Has More Room to Maneuver Than Markets See
The Fed’s next chair has a president who wants rate cuts and central bank policymakers who don’t. He actually can satisfy both .
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MercadoLibre Is the Amazon’s Amazon, and It’s Growing Fast
A recent drop in the stock price presents a compelling buying opportunity.
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Novo Stock Rises After Earnings. It’s Taking the Weight-Loss Drug Fight to Eli Lilly.
Novo Nordisk stock rose as it raised its guidance on the back of the strong performance of its weight-loss pill.
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Lucid Stock Drops After Earnings Miss. What's Going On at the EV Maker.
Lucid reported a first-quarter loss of almost $1 billion. Wall Street was looking for a loss of about $864 million.
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Joby Keeps Losing Money—and the Stock Keeps Rising
Joby shows progress on its path to commercial operations in the first quarter.
Arista Shares Drop 14% After Earnings
The maker of the switches that connect AI chips reported earnings after the closing bell.
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Jane Fraser Turned Citigroup Inside Out. Now Comes the Hard Part.
Under the CEO, the long-beleaguered bank is working through its 13th restructuring. Can Citi shed its longstanding reputation as the banking sector’s laggard?
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The White House Wants To Cut Research Funding Again. What Could Be Lost.
The economic consequences of slashing government-funded research would be far-reaching, Steph Batalis, Katherine Quinn, and Rebecca Gelles write.
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OPEC Is Losing Its Grip on Global Oil. Volatility Will Follow.
With the U.A.E.’s exit, the group of oil exporting countries will have less capacity to stabilize prices, Ben Cahill writes.
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Jane Fraser Turned Citigroup Inside Out. Now Comes the Hard Part.
Under the CEO, the beleaguered bank is in its 13th restructuring. Can Citi’s stock shed its longstanding reputation as an absolute dog?
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BlackRock’s Rieder Endorses Warsh and Sees More Gains for Stocks
Rick Rieder, CIO of global fixed income at BlackRock, called presumptive Fed chair Kevin Warsh “a brilliant guy” on Barron’s Live. He’s bullish on the economy and stock market, too.
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The Great Wealth Transfer Has Begun. A Third of Families Have Already Moved Some Assets to the Next Generation.
The handover of generational wealth presents challenges and opportunities for financial advisors. A new UBS report has advice.
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Trump IRAs Are Coming. They’re No Silver Bullet for U.S. Retirement Savers.
A new platform will connect workers with accounts from private-sector companies. The funds come with lots of restrictions.
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State Securities Regulators Approve Update to Marketing Rules to Match SEC
The proposal aims to level the playing field between state and federally registered investment advisors.
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Anthony Scaramucci: How Inflation and Populism Are Changing Financial Advice
The founder of SkyBridge Capital and short-lived White House communications director says that financial advisors must recognize the growing economic disparity and rise of populism in America and educate clients about AI and digital assets.
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