October 4, 2025
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Morningstar PitchBook index tracks exposure to public and private assets

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 14, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters With the desire to have private market exposure alongside publicly traded stocks gaining traction among investors, Morningstar has developed a benchmark to reflect the trend. The Morningstar PitchBook US Modern Market […]

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Friday’s jobs report could confirm a slowing labor market. But will stocks care?

The New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 26, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The August jobs report on Friday is expected to confirm the labor market is weakening. Just by how much is what will matter to investors. It can’t be too slow, nor can it be too hot. Wall Street is on edge heading […]

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Trump order will allow alternative assets like cryptocurrencies, private equity in 401(k)s

U.S. President Donald Trump waves from the roof of the West Wing of the White House as he takes a tour on August 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on Thursday to allow alternative assets such as private equity, […]

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Hong Kong’s Regencell Bioscience triples in latest surge for a speculative stock

Hong Kong Skyline Nikada | E+ | Getty Images Regencell Bioscience Holdings, an early-stage, Hong Kong-based bioscience company with no revenue, is the latest speculative overseas stock to attract an unusual surge in trading demand. Shares of Regencell, which says it develops traditional Chinese herb treatments to treat childhood attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism, […]

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Trump’s first 100 days are the worst for the stock market since Nixon

U.S. President Donald Trump is displayed on a television screen as traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on April 7, 2025 in New York City.  Spencer Platt | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s first 100 days in office are the worst for the stock market for the start of […]

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Traders betting Fed will cut rates at least 4 times this year to bail out economy

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on April 03, 2025 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Traders are now betting the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at least four times this year, amid fears President Donald Trump‘s tariffs could tip the U.S. […]

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Trump says his administration will check Fort Knox ‘to make sure the gold is there’

President Donald Trump said his administration is going to audit the U.S. gold reserves kept at Fort Knox in Kentucky. “We’re going to go to Fort Knox, the fabled Fort Knox, to make sure the gold is there,” Trump said Wednesday on Air Force One. A drive to audit Fort Knox has gained steam from […]

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Trump aims at ‘wasteful’ spending by ordering end to penny production

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, U.S., Feb. 7, 2025.  Kent Nishimura | Reuters President Donald Trump ordered a halt to the production of new pennies, which he said will help reduce “wasteful” government spending. “For far too long the United States […]

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AMZN, PINS, EXPE and more

Amazon signage during the 2024 CES event in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Jan. 10, 2024. Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading: Amazon — The e-commerce giant fell 2% after issuing weaker-than-expected guidance for the current quarter. Amazon said it forecasts sales in the first quarter […]

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Wall Street’s fear gauge — the VIX — saw second-biggest spike ever on Wednesday

A television station broadcasts the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wall Street’s fear gauge — the VIX — spiked by the second biggest percentage in its history on Wednesday, after […]

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