Cooper Howard explains how municipal bonds can offer potentially attractive after-tax income, especially for higher earners, but require careful evaluation of tax brackets, credit quality, and relative value versus Treasuries and corporate bonds.
The new Fed chairman is expected to take office today facing an ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which has fueled inflation. Major indexes are poised for a positive week.
The S&P 500 Equal Weight and Dow Jones Industrial Average are both hitting fresh all-time highs today as investors appear optimistic about Iran negotiations ahead of the three-day weekend.
Tokenization is often associated with cryptocurrency, but now Wall Street is looking to tokenize stocks. What do investors need to know about a digital stock market?
The two main features today come after lunch starting with Fed minutes and concluding with Nvidia's post-close results. High yields have stocks down three straight sessions.
Though oil prices and yields could set direction later, investors focus this morning on Home Depot earnings that kick off a busy reporting week. Nvidia looms tomorrow afternoon.
As Kevin Warsh takes over as Federal Reserve chair with his own goals, he may face challenges even beyond rate policy, from inflation to independence to a bulbous balance sheet.
Stocks are shaky following Friday's sell-off in reaction to rising yields and oil. Treasuries might continue calling the shots in a week dominated by retail earnings and Nvidia.
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