The Latest Breaking News from US Federal Reserve

The economy shrank in the first half of this year, underscoring fears of a broad-based slowdown that could lead to a recession

While the market remains uncertain due to the Fed’s hawkish stance and recession fears, the Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) industry is expected to grow significantly in the foreseeable future with continued digitalization across sectors. Hence, buying fundamentally strong SaaS stock Informatica (INFA) would be wise. However, a struggling stock with bleak growth…

The economy shrank in the first half of this year, underscoring fears of a broad-based slowdown that could lead to a recession

Lack of coordination between monetary and fiscal policy is hurting the UK economy and threatening a global currency crisis. What might that mean for NZ?

The fintech industry has grown significantly over the past few years due to the pandemic-driven accelerated pace of digitization. Continued digitization of businesses and financial transactions should keep driving the industry’s growth. Thus, investors could add promising fintech stocks Visa (V), AssetMark Financial (AMK), and Regional Management (RM) to their…

U.S. initial jobless claims unexpectedly fell last week to the lowest levels since April, signaling the labor market remains resilient despite continued rate hikes from the Federal Reserve.

I’ve rarely felt more trepidation about writing a column than this one. But here goes: After more than a century of almost continual growth, the world’s appetite for oil is peaking, and will soon enter terminal decline.

While everybody's been sweating over the housing and labor markets, the office market has been streaking toward a hard landing.

Volatility expected to remain heightened (in ‘both directions’) until the Fed manages to get inflation back under control.

The bear market has been brutal. Given the trend in inflation and weakening economy, it's unlikely to end soon. For investors, the best strategy is to use the adverse market conditions to scoop up stocks that have a long-term history of compounding earnings. Therefore, investors should consider buying Builders FirstSource…

The Federal Reserve is cracking down hard on inflation, in hopes of avoiding a repeat of the 1970s, when price hikes were so sustained, they got baked in to people's thinking.