People are very concerned about what data centers are doing to their bills and it is absolutely true that data centers are playing a big role in what we are seeing go on. [music] They are pretty big users of electricity. Their demand is raising costs for everyone because of the way that [music] utilities do their billing.They kind of spread those extra demand costs around. Infrastructure is another big factor. [music] Our grid in the US just happens to be pretty old.A lot of the things like wires, like towe ...

Well, President Trump making efforts this week to pitch Americans on his plans to improve affordability. But as an investor, how should you be thinking about it. My next guest recently authored a note highlighting which stocks could be winners in this environment.And join me now, we got Drew Pettit, City US equity strategist. Drew, it is great to see you. So, let's dig into this report.Drew, at at a high level, you're pointing out here, listen, populism is on the rise. It's certainly true. politicians on bo ...

ETF inflow is already topping at a hundred billion dollars within the first few weeks of 2026 after smashing records in 2025. But what does that mean for the price action. Yahoo.Finds Jared Blickery breaks it all down in this installment of Stocks and Translation. [music] Yes, money is pouring into ETFs in 2026, and the pace is already setting records in everything from stocks to gold and silver to new leverage bets on your favorite tech stocks. But here's the headscratcher.If ETF flows are strong, how come ...

It's been a busy week for you. Earnings calls, investor days, and I'm I was trying to think >> if there's one ingredient to what uh investors saw with the positive same store sales in the US, the improved transactions, is it faster lines. Is it protein coffee.Is it our friend Trese Liber bringing bringing back uh Glass Bears. Like what was it in the quarter. >> Yeah, look, I I think it really is a combination of a couple things.one um you know we really focus on getting the operational excellence back into ...

Microsoft Met and and Apple put forth a mixed bag of results for investors, but Wall Street sending a strong message to tech giants. The pressure is on to prove spending can power growth. Next up in the hot seat, we got Google, we got Amazon.Join me now to discuss all of it. City senior analyst Ron Josie. Ron, it is good to see you.So, uh, you cover Amazon Alphabet, Ron. You also cover Meta. They reported investors like what they had to say.Are there readroughs in that meta report, Ron, to Alphabet. >> You ...

Stocks care about nominal GDP. Generally when when people like us talk about GDP, we talk about real GDP, which is GDP, you know, after inflation. Stocks don't care about that.Earnings are nominal numbers. So like if we have an eight or nine or 10% nominal GDP growth sort of figure, which is kind of what we think we're going to get for the first half, that means that just sort of the average company, if they just sort of hang around and just do the the general economic thing, is it going to have earnings gr ...

Federal Reserve officials voted to hold interest rates steady at their January FOMC meeting — the first of 2026 — as they try to balance both sides of the US central bank's dual mandate: inflation and the labor market. Yahoo Finance speaks with experts about what this decision means for future rate cuts, markets and the economy. #youtube #Fed interest rates About Yahoo Finance: Yahoo Finance provides free stock ticker data, up-to-date news, portfolio management resources, comprehensive market data, advanced ...

With age-old myths still puzzling American filers, there are several new tax rules, too. We're actually coming from President Trump's big, beautiful bill. Emma Aerman joins me to unpack what you need to know before your taxes are due on April 15th. Emma, what do I need to know.>> A lot. I mean, filing your taxes has never been accused of being easy, but like you said, with the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year, there are a lot of new provisions to consider. Um, so some of those can, you kn ...

Now that President Trump has nominated Kevin Worsh [music] to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, questions are arising about whether current Fed chair J [music] Pal will stay on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors after his term [music] as chairman expires in May. Chair Pal's term as a Federal Reserve [music] Governor does not end until 2028. Some analysts like former Fed staffer Vincent Durham say that pal staying on would actually add legitimacy to the Fed and help combat any appearance that ...

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