Cisco, Deere & Co, and fresh CPI numbers: Stocks and data to watch this week

All eyes on inflation data this week, plus a few major company reports to keep headlines popping

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The next phase of Trump’s trade war has officially begun

For countries with a trade deficit against the U.S., a baseline 15% tariff is now in force. The average tariff will hit 18%, the highest since 1933

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Tariffs tank Toyota profits

The world’s biggest automaker took a $2.9 billion hit last quarter and slashed its full-year forecast. The trade war may just be getting started

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Inside America's protein obsession

Protein is saturating diets and American life, becoming at once a marketing pitch, a moral good, and a multibillion-dollar industry

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Disney's cash machine just roared to life

A 53% jump in free cash flow, billion‑dollar box office hits, and blockbuster sports deals in its earnings report put the Magic Kingdom on offense

06.08.2025 3

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Markets face fresh uncertainty after a $1 trillion wipeout

Experts warn that Trump's firing of a top economic data official undermines trust in U.S. markets and could hurt long-term investment

04.08.2025 3

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McDonald's, Disney, Palantir: Stocks to watch this week

Disney, McDonald’s, Palantir, and a wave of pharmaceutical giants are set to report earnings — all against the backdrop of ever-volatile geopolitics

03.08.2025 10

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Mastercard's quarter proves the cashless revolution isn't over yet

With $2.7 trillion in gross dollar volume and double-digit transaction growth, the payments giant proves the move away from cash is far from over

31.07.2025 2

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The Fed is set to hold its ground, but politics loom large

No rate cut is expected today, but tariffs, inflation risks, and political pressure are clouding the path ahead

30.07.2025 3

Catherine Baab

UPS is pivoting from high-volume to high-margin. It's risky

UPS is ditching low-profit Amazon deliveries, closing 73 facilities, and axing thousands of jobs — all in a bid to keep profits aloft

29.07.2025 2

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Boeing reports rising deliveries. Is the turnaround finally turning?

Boeing narrowed losses and boosted deliveries in the second quarter. But heavy debt, thin margins, and lingering safety baggage show the climb isn’t...

29.07.2025 5

Catherine Baab

The U.S. and Europe reach a trade deal. The market shrugs

The relatively muted moves suggest markets may have already priced in much of the upside. The most action came in currency markets

28.07.2025 10

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Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, and the Fed: What to watch in the markets this week

The earnings stampede becomes a full-blown deluge this week, with hundreds of companies set to report, including dozens of heavyweights

27.07.2025 10

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The paradox eating AI's profits

AI startups promise sky-high margins. But a 160-year-old concept known as the Jevons Paradox may be dragging them back to Earth

25.07.2025 3

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The toys might suck this Christmas — and batteries won’t be included

Toymakers are stripping out batteries, accessories, and features as Trump’s trade war drives up costs ahead of the holiday season

24.07.2025 4

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American Airlines says it might lose money this quarter despite record revenue

The forecast suggests cracks could be forming in the consumer travel boom that has buoyed other airlines in recent months

24.07.2025 3

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The trade war is real now

New earnings by Hasbro and GM show that tariffs aren't just political abstractions anymore. They're reshaping the businesses of legacy consumer brands

23.07.2025 2

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GM lost $1 billion from Trump's tariffs. The damage may only be starting

The automaker expects the impact of tariffs to become more pronounced in the next quarter — totaling $4 to $5 billion for the full calendar year

22.07.2025 20

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'If they want war, they will get war': Europe vows response as Trump escalates tariff threats

European officials are drafting retaliation plans that go beyond tit-for-tat tariffs, including new digital service taxes and procurement restrictions

21.07.2025 10

Catherine Baab

Google, Tesla, GM, and more: What to watch in the markets during a blockbuster earnings week

Hundreds of companies are set to report earnings, including Google parent Alphabet, Tesla, GM, Intel, and Coca-Cola

20.07.2025 10

Catherine Baab

It's the end of the internet as we know it

The AI era means the internet is splitting in two: one for people, another for the bots

19.07.2025 20

Catherine Baab

Wall Street begs Trump: Please don't break the Fed

The president's trial balloon about firing Fed Chair Jerome Powell sent bond traders scrambling and prompted warnings from big bank CEOs

17.07.2025 3

Catherine Baab

Wall Street is winning the trade war

The unpredictability of Trump-era trade policy has created a kind of dream environment for trading desks

17.07.2025 5

Catherine Baab

Goldman Sachs earnings show big banks are booming on market chaos

Wall Street trading desks have benefitted from the market volatility that followed Trump’s sweeping tariffs announcement, and the threats and...

16.07.2025 2

Catherine Baab

The surprising $52 billion blip in BlackRock’s solid quarter

The asset manager reported rising revenue and record assets under management, but one massive withdrawal is too big to ignore

15.07.2025 2

Catherine Baab

What JPMorgan earnings say about the economy right now

Markets are humming and upper-income consumers feel safe. But JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says we're not out of the woods

15.07.2025 3

Catherine Baab

China's exports are booming despite Trump's tariffs. What's behind the numbers

If Trump’s goal was to isolate and weaken China, the latest export numbers suggest the opposite may be happening

14.07.2025 30

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Netflix, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, and Pepsi: Stocks to watch this week

Big banks kick off the second quarter with a slew of earnings reports and market commentary from CEOs. Netflix and Pepsi will also announce results

13.07.2025 30

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Delta brings back its forecast — and maybe a little economic confidence with it

From “best year ever” to cautious clarity, Delta becomes one of the first major companies to bring back earnings guidance. Will others follow?

10.07.2025 3

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Bank CEOs are about to tell us what they really think of Trump’s tariff chaos

The tone of big bank earnings calls will likely reveal more about the economy than any single earnings number

10.07.2025 6

Catherine Baab

Biotech startups are facing a new threat

Cuts in federal funding and upheaval at the FDA under Trump have funders keeping their wallets closed — and executives "sounding the alarm"

09.07.2025 9

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July 9 was the deadline. So where are the trade deals?

The White House promised 90 trade agreements by July 9. So far: two partial deals, 14 letters, and a new deadline Trump claims “has not changed.”

09.07.2025 20

Catherine Baab

Why is Trump targeting Cambodia and Tunisia first? The quiet logic behind loud trade threats

Why the first wave of new tariff letters targets a mix of allies, low-volume trade partners, and BRICS-adjacent economies

08.07.2025 10

Catherine Baab

Tariff chaos escalates as Trump threatens BRICS and misses his own deadline

Trump escalates tariff rhetoric again, but the economy is flashing warning signs — and the promised deals remain almost entirely undelivered.

07.07.2025 2

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'There's a knife at my throat'. A tax code time bomb hammered small businesses

Some businesses were wiped out by a quiet change in the tax code that helped fuel mass layoffs. A fix from Washington is coming too late

07.07.2025 5

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A hidden time bomb in the tax code fueled mass tech layoffs. Here’s how it works

Understanding the Trump-era tax tweak that quietly turned research and development into a liability — and rewrote the economics of tech employment

07.07.2025 4

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Trump's trade deadline and Delta earnings: What to watch in the stock market this week

Here's what to watch in a week freighted with political and market news, from the trade deadline to Delta results

06.07.2025 2

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The flashing warning signs in the June jobs report

A modest gain beat Wall Street expectations. But flatlining demand for white-collar workers and more troublesome signs come as Trump attacks Fed Chair...

03.07.2025 3

Catherine Baab

Let's talk about AI cheating

From students using ChatGPT to write their essays and professors using it to grade them, the line between using tools and dishonesty is blurring

03.07.2025 20

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Japan is calling Trump's trade bluff

Japan isn’t biting, but the Trump administration needs 88 more deals in seven days to hit its own deadline

02.07.2025 7

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The dollar just had its worst start to the year in half a century

Amid the trade war, a ballooning deficit, and a sharply falling dollar, investors are finally sweating the math

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Jobs numbers, July 4th, and more: Stocks and data to watch this week

Investors will digest reams of jobs data, plus U.S. beer sales and more. The stock market is closed on July 4th

29.06.2025 9

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He's 26. He runs an $85 million hedge fund. And he's going viral for skewering Trump

Spencer Hakimian runs Tolou Capital. But he has become better known for his provocative macroeconomic takes, often shared in real time on social media

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The Dow surges soars 500 points and oil falls on ceasefire hopes. But Trump says the quiet part loud

Markets rise on hopes for an Israel-Iran ceasefire, even as Trump blurts out that neither country "knows what the f—k they're doing"

24.06.2025 5

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The U.S. strikes Iran. What it means for the markets

All the uncertainty that's been swirling around markets just got a bit more uncertain. Here's what it might mean for stocks, oil, the Fed, and more

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FedEx, Micron, Nike, and inflation: Stocks and data to watch this week

Investors will be watching the aftermath of the U.S. attack on Iran, Powell's testimony, an inflation gauge, and earnings from FedEx, Micron, and more

22.06.2025 5

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Weight-loss drugs are blowing up the U.S. trade deficit — and Trump is blaming Ireland

How a tiny volume of Irish drug ingredients is triggering surreal political and economic drama.

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The Fed is meeting. Don't expect an interest rate cut

While inflation has cooled in recent months, it remains above the Fed’s 2% target and has remained persistently elevated for years

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The Fed holds interest rates steady — and still sees two cuts later this year

The decision and surrounding reasoning, widely expected by markets, leaves the federal funds target rate at its current range of 4.25% to 4.50%

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