Catalyst anchor Brad Smith breaks down the day's market movers for June 17, 2025. Investors eye trade, geopolitics, and the Fed. Brad speaks with several experts about what these issues mean for markets and investors. Senate Republicans have unveiled big changes to President Trump's tax bill with key issues being the SALT tax and medicare. Yahoo Finance's Ben Werschkul breaks down the details. For more Catalysts videos, please visit: About Yahoo Finance: Yahoo Finance provides free stock ticker data, up-to- ...

Confidence among US homebuilders in June hit its lowest level since December 2022 as high mortgage rates and policy uncertainty hit wouldbe buyers. With more on the landscape for homebuilders, we have Katie Hubard, Walton Global's executive vice president of capital markets joining us now. So Katie, there was actually an expectation we would see sentiment rebound here.Clearly not the case. What does this tell us about where home builders and really the overall housing market stand right now. Yes.Hi Ally, th ...

[Music] US retail sales fell nearly a full percentage point in May, more than the 610 of a percent that was expected. Does that suggest US consumers are tapped out or an expected outcome after tariff fears drove panic spending. Joining me now, we've got Deborah Wineswig, who is the Corsite Research founder and CEO.Still with me here as well, we've got Peter Chair of Academy Securities. Deborah, good to see you back here with us this morning. First, just want to get your read in on the retail sales data that ...

It's time now for today's strategy session. Riskoff sentiment gripping today's trading action as stocks open in the red, but market momentum holding up some stocks trading near record highs. Can the market continue its rally despite a growing wall of worry for investors.Joining us now, we've got Kenny Pulkari, who is the Slate Stone Wealth chief market strategist. Kenny, one of the things that you and I were talking about in the break and and perhaps is within that wall of worry to a certain extent is the r ...

90% of the rivers in in in the world that are used are processed in China. If you look at where critical minerals are used, the question is where aren't they used. Right.Everything we touched almost every day has a critical mineral whether it's something in a vehicle, could be something in our our homes in terms of our kitchen, but also, you know, a lot of our defense systems and and defense industry relies on rare earth and critical minerals. So, when you think about that at a broader picture, that has a m ...

Joining us now is Gargi Chowdery, chief investment and portfolio strategist at Black Rockck. Black Rockck is the world's largest asset manager with over 11.5% trillion dollars in assets under management. Gargy, welcome and always great to see you.So, uh, let's start with those geopolitical headlines, Gargy, because they were obviously front and center. Israel, Iran going redhot in the Middle East, but as Julie was just mentioning there, it was green across the screen today. It was risk.What do you make as a ...

Dan, it is great to see you. So, let's dive right into this, Dan. So, a historic geopolitical moment here, Israel, Iran, that war going red-hot.One question front and center, Dan, is just how long we think this conflict could last. When clients ask you, what are you telling them, Dan, and what are the what are the variables that depends on. Uh, thanks, Josh.Good to see you. So, uh, it's an excellent question. How long does the war last and what does it depend on.I I think it will take anywhere from a few da ...

[Music] Hello and welcome to Market Domination. I'm Julie Hyman. That's Josh Lipton. Live from our New York City headquarters, we are giving you the ultimate investing playbook to help tune out the noise and make the right moves for your money. And here's Headline Blitz, getting you up to speed 1 hour before the closing bell rings on Wall Street. First, I think what we're going to see at the meeting is we got these updated projections and we expect the Fed to go from two cuts this year to one and just ackno ...

Travel Industry Overview - Travel industry is experiencing a turbulent period due to macro uncertainty, but there's cautious optimism in the lodging sector [1] - Forward bookings have paused for about four months, around Liberation Day [3] - The 30-day booking window has decreased to approximately 20 days, indicating last-minute booking trends [3] - Luxury travel is holding up, while weakness is observed at the lower end [4] - Inbound tourism from Mexico and Canada remains weak, potentially due to a weaker dollar [5] International Travel Impact - International travelers account for a low to mid-single-digit percentage (3-5%) of US hotel stays, but certain resorts and gateway cities have a higher percentage [7] - Fewer outbound travels from Americans are expected, with more domestic holidays [8] - Inbound travel, characterized by longer stays, is expected to decline through the rest of 2025 [9] Lodging Stock Picks and Strategy - Hyatt is the top lodging pick, with a "buy" rating despite being down this year and over the past 12 months [9] - Hyatt is in the "fifth or sixth inning" of becoming asset-light, similar to Marriott and Hilton [11] - Hyatt is focusing on wellness and luxury customers, particularly in North America [12] - Hyatt has the biggest pipeline of new properties compared to its competitors [13] - Marriott and Hilton are rated neutral because their upside is already captured, and a resurgence in travel fundamentals is needed for further growth [14] - Hyatt is expected to close an acquisition of a Caribbean Mexican all-inclusive company for over $1 billion [15]

The Fed's latest round of projections released Wednesday will include the muchstudied dot plot. It's a chart updated quarterly that shows each Fed officials prediction about the direction of the central bank's benchmark interest rate. Our next guest, however, is in the camp of no cuts from the Fed for the remainder of the year.We got Kenny Pulcari here, a Slatestone Wealth chief market strategist and host of the Yahoo Finance podcast, Trader Talk. So, each one of those little dots represents a member of the ...