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A late night comedian has taken aim at CNBC host and stock market personality Jim Cramer over his flip flopping on inflation and being wrong on how bad things really are. Here’s what John Oliver had to say. What Happened: Since 2014, Oliver has shared his take on news, politics and...

The FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) will announce if it is deciding to raise the federal funds rate Wednesday, July 27 with an announcement at 2 p.m. ET. Here’s a look at what major analysts are expecting the rate hike to look like. The FOMC Meeting: The FOMC holds eight scheduled...

Benzinga’s Money Mitch had the opportunity to catch up with TD Ameritrade’s head trading strategist Shawn Cruz to discuss the big week ahead for investors in the markets. As investors assess whether the S&P 500 is playing out a technical dead cat bounce, or if the index has...

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell had some relatively soothing words for the markets after the Fed on Wednesday raised its target fed funds rate by 0.5% to a new range of between 0.75% and 1.0%. This was the first rate hike of at least half a percentage point in more than 20 years. What...

When Federal Reserve members talk, investors listen. Some Fed members understandably tend to move the stock market more than others. Federal Reserve Structure: The Federal Reserve consists of the Board of Governors, the Federal Reserve Banks and the Federal Open Market Committee, or FOMC. The Board...

As one of the biggest weeks of earnings began on Monday, the S&P 500 closed flat on the day, ahead of earnings announcements from the likes of Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX), Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA), and Verizon (NYSE: VZ), which are scheduled to report this week. While the markets have recovered...

If you’ve picked up any financial news in the recent week you probably saw headlines about the yield curve inverting and this being a recession indicator. But then nothing really explaining what that is, why it happens or what is causing it. Well let’s break it down and do just that....

The latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) minutes released this week suggest the potential for seven interest rate hikes in 2022. Wall Street and economics gurus love to make a fuss over the timing and potential implications of interest rate changes, but not every American is a bond trader,...

A recent analysis by Bloomberg's Mike McGlone says Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is going to dominate the crypto market in 2022, despite the recent plunge.  The report says Bitcoin is expected to surge and move towards the $100,000 mark this year, while Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) will...

The U.S. Federal Reserve confirmed investor suspicions in December that multiple interest rate hikes are likely coming in 2022. The bond market is now pricing in the potential for the first rate hike to come sooner than many investors may realize. Probability Rising: According to CME Group, the...

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) just released its December rate decision, leaving rates unchanged but voting for three rate increases in 2022. What Happened: Option traders had been buying short-dated protection via long puts earlier this week on Monday and Tuesday, which caused...

Options traders on Tuesday are bracing for a key Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) decision tomorrow at 2 p.m. EST, which is the final monetary policy decision of 2021. The key themes on traders' minds are any new input about inflation concerns from the Fed, along with any...

The following post was written and/or published as a collaboration between Benzinga’s in-house sponsored content team and a financial partner of Benzinga. While DeFi has opened up infinite possibilities for lending companies, the transactions are only limited to collateral-based lending and...