President Donald Trump’s pause on reciprocal tariffs is not an all clear signal for investors to embrace risk assets again, according to Jeremy Siegel, professor emeritus of finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. “We’re not out of the woods on the tariff,” Siegel said on CNBC’s ” Squawk Box .” “We’ll see what…
Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, speaks during an interview for an episode of “The David Rubenstein Show: Peer-to-Peer Conversations” in New York on Nov. 28, 2023. Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Hedge fund mogul Bill Ackman let out a sigh of relief after President Donald Trump temporarily dropped some of…
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at the American Bankers Association’s Washington Summit at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC on April 9, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that President Donald Trump‘s aim is for Main Street businesses and consumers to thrive even as…
A pedestrian passes the seal of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) displayed outside the organization’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 20, 2019. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Tuesday said that a February hack of its email systems…
An image provided by Pindrop Security shows a fake job candidate the company dubbed “Ivan X,” a scammer using deepfake AI technology to mask his face, according to Pindrop CEO Vijay Balasubramaniyan. Courtesy: Pindrop Security When voice authentication startup Pindrop Security posted a recent job opening, one candidate stood out from hundreds of others. The…
Steve Eisman of “The Big Short” fame has a message for investors: Don’t be a hero because there’s more market downside ahead. Eisman, who’s known for successfully betting against the housing market ahead of the 2008 financial crisis, warns Wall Street isn’t done discounting worst-case scenarios tied to President Donald Trump’s tariffs. “The issue is…
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Monday that tariffs announced by President Donald Trump last week will likely boost prices on both domestic and imported goods, weighing down a U.S. economy that had already been slowing. Dimon, 69, addressed the tariff policy Trump announced on April 2 in his annual shareholder letter, which has become…
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin fell below the $78,000 level as investors braced for more financial market volatility after U.S. equites suffered their worst decline since 2020 on the rollout of President Donald Trump’s restrictive global tariffs. The price of bitcoin was last lower by 6% at $77,730.03, according to Coin Metrics,…
Andrew Fox | The Image Bank | Getty Images “Dead” investors often beat the living — at least, when it comes to investment returns. A “dead” investor refers to an inactive trader who adopts a “buy and hold” investment strategy. This often leads to better returns than active trading, which generally incurs higher costs and…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters outside the West Wing after doing a television interview on the North Lawn of the White House on March 13, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday the sell-off in the stock market is due more to a sharp pullback in…
