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According to Cathie Wood, CEO of Ark Invest, U.S. technology is expected to “do very well” under President Trump’s administration, with one industry in particular. “I absolutely think that the United States was in danger of losing its innovative edge. Undoubtedly, we nearly lost the digital assets revolution to other nations under the last SEC Chairman [Gary] Gensler. In several interviews with Bloomberg on Monday, Wood stated that trade negotiations are producing “a tax cut, certainly for the U.S.” “Now it’s coming back.” With particular reference to “technologically-enabled innovation,” which she considers to be “highly undervalued,” she stated, “I think…

Republicans want to expand regulations for accounts intended to pay medical costs, which also serve as a retirement planning tool that can offer wealthier households an advantage, while they decide how far to go with funding cuts and more limitations for low-income healthcare coverage. Despite being hundreds of pages long, the tax plan that passed the House Ways and Means Committee this week includes provisions pertaining to health-savings accounts. According to the bill, working seniors would have more time to contribute and people may deposit more money into these tax-advantaged accounts. Among other things, it would allow users to pay…

It doesn’t appear that Moody’s decision to downgrade the rating of US government debt will have a significant impact on the corporate bond market. In a phone interview on Monday, Luis Alvarado, global fixed-income strategist at Wells Fargo Investment Institute, stated that the downgrade would create “a little bit of noise,” with long-term Treasurys becoming more sensitive to worries about U.S. fiscal deterioration. However, he stated that corporate credit should be “fairly guarded” against Moody’s removing the U.S. from its triple-A rating, in part because corporations’ balance sheets generally seem to be in good shape, even though “knee-jerk” reactions caused…

Following Moody’s decision on Friday to deprive the United States of its final AAA credit ratings, bond yields surged on Monday, dealing another significant blow to the roughly $29 trillion Treasury market. The recent downgrade comes at a particularly challenging moment for the Treasury market, even while Wall Street wasn’t entirely surprised by the Moody’s decision—Fitch Ratings and S&P Global had already cut their top AAA ratings for the U.S. years prior. Since the November elections, which put Republicans in charge of Congress and put Donald Trump back in the White House, foreign demand for Treasurys has been declining, raising…

Wall Street hailed the S&P 500 SPX’s rise over its 200-day moving average last week as evidence that the main trend of the US stock market is now upward, despite price volatility and uncertainty. The only issue is that this optimism is unsupported by history. The S&P 500 (or precursor index) since the mid-1920s was examined in order to determine the significance of closing above its 200-day moving average. In other words, I concentrated on all trading days when the index ended above its 200-day moving average after closing below it the day before. This is known as a 200-day…

The period of U.S. exceptionalism isn’t quite ended, according to Mohamed El-Erian, the chief economic adviser for Allianz and the former CEO of the bond behemoth Pimco. “It’s been put on pause,” El-Erian told MarketWatch over the phone. “It’s too early to say if the damage inflicted is irreversible.” However, he stated that the tariff wars and the resulting uncertainties must end. El-Erian, who is now running for the position of University of Cambridge chancellor and serves as president of Queens’ College, stated that he was not opposed to tariffs in general. He can see value in temporary tariff restrictions…

They can be found anywhere. No way out. People are watching for indications of a recession. Depending on who you ask, the warning flags have existed since the early 2020 recession. Instead of the anticipated 0.4% increase, the economy shrank by 0.3% in the first quarter, according to GDP. An official recession announcement is thought to be looming after two consecutive quarters of GDP growth that are negative, but is a 0.3% decline really that bad? After years of recession forecasts, geopolitical unrest in the Middle East, a war in Europe, President Donald Trump’s tariffs, a Federal Reserve that appears…

According to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Walmart Inc., which angered President Donald Trump by warning that consumers should expect higher costs due to the White House’s tariff policies, has stated that it will bear “some” of the cost of the tariffs. Walmart (WMT) stated that U.S. tariffs on imported items will raise retail prices when it released its first-quarter results last week. Trump responded angrily to the remarks on his Truth Social network on Saturday morning. Trump stated that Walmart should no longer attempt to attribute price increases to tariffs. He cautioned the business against passing on the expenses to…

Even if “Sesame Street” has announced a streaming agreement with Netflix Inc., there are still clouds in the sky as the beloved children’s show deals with dwindling viewership and concerns about its continued relevance after 56 years on television. Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. (WBD) said late last year that it would not renew the contract it signed in 2016 to air “Sesame Street” on HBO. The deal with Netflix (NFLX) follows WBD’s announcement that it was refocusing its priorities, which included moving away from children’s programs. The beloved children’s program, which has been a television institution since 1969, has won…

In a $256 million deal to buy the assets of the bankrupt 23andMe Holding Co., Regeneron announced Monday that it will “prioritize the privacy, security, and ethical use” of the personal DNA data of roughly 15 million people. As required of all bids in the bankruptcy auction for 23andMe, Regeneron, a biotechnology company based in Westchester, New York, promised to collaborate with an impartial, court-appointed customer-privacy ombudsman to safeguard clients. After the deal closes as anticipated in the third quarter of this year, Regeneron stated that it will continue to provide 23andMe’s consumer genome services, including the ability to connect…