U.S. corporate greed has gone too far, says Norway fund manager
“‘We think in particular in the U.S. the corporate greed has just gone too far.’” That’s the head of Norway’s $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund,...
Fed’s Bullard doesn’t want to ‘stall’ on getting interest rates over 5%
The Federal Reserve should not “stall” on raising its benchmark rates until they are above 5%, said St. Louis Fed President James Bullard, on Wednesday....
Opinion: Market instability replaces inflation as the biggest risk, raising the chances of a pivot by the Federal Reserve
Market instability is the biggest risk to central banks globally, replacing inflation, owing to massive amounts of leverage. So far, the U.S. Federal Reserve is...
Carl Icahn to investors: ‘The worst is yet to come’
Wall Street icon Carl Icahn has a warning for his fellow investors: “The worst is yet to come.” Speaking on Wednesday at MarketWatch’s Best New...
Gold hits near one-month high as yields, U.S. dollar retreat
Gold climbed to nearly a one-month high on Thursday buoyed by a pullback in the U.S. dollar and Treasury yields, as investors awaited Friday’s July...
Fed can’t stop hiking interest rates even if there is a recession, former top central banker says
The Federal Reserve has to emulate Mario Draghi and do “whatever it takes” to bring inflation down and that means continuing to raise interest rates...
The U.S. housing market is teetering on recession. Will the economy soon follow?
The last time the housing market suffered a major meltdown in 2006, it took the entire U.S. economy with it. But history never follows the...
In an Era of Real-Time Cyber Threats, No Company Can Go It Alone
About the authors: Gen. (Ret.) Keith B. Alexander is the former director of the U.S. National Security Agency and the founding commander of U.S. Cyber...