Warsh Forms Task Force to Review Fed’s $6.7 Trillion Balance Sheet
Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said he is appointing a task force to examine the central bank’s $6.7 trillion balance sheet, a first step in addressing a policy issue he has long criticized. Warsh said one of the independent task forces he is forming will...
War Drains Oil Inventories to Critically Low Level at US Hub
Customers desperate for oil are draining so much of it from giant storage tanks in Oklahoma that producers are having trouble keeping up. Inventories at Cushing, the largest commercial crude oil storage hub in the US, have fallen for eight weeks in a row and now stand...
JPMorgan’s Michele Says Fed Market Message Is to Brace for Hikes
JPMorgan Asset Management’s Bob Michele expressed surprise at the hawkish tilt from the Federal Open Market Committee under new Chairman Kevin Warsh, saying policymakers sense more risk from inflation pressures than Wall Street had expected. “Half the committee is...
US Manufacturing Output Stalls for the First Time This Year
US manufacturing production stalled in May after four months of gains as a drop in chemical and petroleum output masked ongoing strength in categories tied to the data center boom. Factory output was little changed last month after an upwardly revised 0.7% advance in...
The 400-year-old lesson for SpaceX investors: Chart of the Day
SpaceX (SPCX) may be one of the biggest and most important IPOs in Wall Street history. It still has to clear one of the oldest IPO problems: turning a decades-long growth story into a price investors can buy today. That problem is as old as the stock market itself....
JBS to Close Pennsylvania Beef Plant Amid Cattle Shortage
JBS NV is closing a beef plant in Pennsylvania, in the latest sign of pressures meatpackers are facing amid a severe US cattle shortage. In addition to the beef production facility in Souderton, Pennsylvania, the world’s largest meat supplier also said it is closing a...
What Stock Traders Can Expect From SpaceX’s Trading Debut
Investors will soon have a sense of how SpaceX shares will perform after the largest initial public offering ever — but they may need to wait several hours to get in on the trading action. Shares of the rocket, satellite internet and artificial intelligence giant will...
BlackRock’s HLEND Caps Redemptions After Investors Seek 13%
BlackRock Inc. capped redemptions from its flagship private credit fund for the second straight quarter after investors sought to pull about 13%, a sign that shareholders remain nervous about the health of the $1.8 trillion market. The roughly $25 billion HPS...
SpaceX Treated as ‘Simply Too Risky’ for Funds With Governance Mandates
The list of sustainability-focused fund managers opting to blacklist SpaceX is growing, as they contemplate the unprecedented level of control that Elon Musk will hold over the rockets-to-chatbot behemoth. “It’s simply too, too risky for the type of longevity we want...
Hedge Funds Are Split Over How to Trade This AI-Fueled Market
Even hedge funds are divided about whether to ride the artificial intelligence wave or position for a nasty stock-market correction. Andreas Halvorsen’s Viking Global Investors, which manages more than $50 billion, is among the cautious few. He recently told investors...
Chanos Bearish on SpaceX Valuation Fueled by ‘Hopes and Dreams’
Veteran short seller James Chanos said SpaceX’s blockbuster public debut is being driven more by investor enthusiasm for Elon Musk and artificial intelligence than by financial fundamentals, arguing the company’s valuation is difficult to justify on any reasonable...
Tech Stocks Sink as Oil Jumps on US-Iran Jitters: Markets Wrap
Wall Street was rattled by a renewed selloff in some of the world’s largest technology companies, with stocks also falling as a flare-up in geopolitical tensions lifted oil prices. Those worries drove the S&P 500 to a five-week low, with the benchmark dropping...
Humaniod robotics company raises up to $1.4 billion from Nvidia, Amazon and others
German company Neura Robotics has raised a round of up to $1.4 billion, the company said on Wednesday. U.S. tech giants including Tether, Qualcomm, Amazon and Nvidia all participated in the round. Robotics companies have raised $55.8 billion so far in 2026, according...
Private Equity Faces Reckoning With Struggle to Clear Buyout Backlog
A “constipated” private equity industry must compromise on price to shift assets built up in the boom era, and some buyout houses could disappear altogether, senior executives say. The reckoning is one of several major challenges confronting private markets as...
