Financial Performance - Company achieved $137 billion (13.7% billion) in profits last year [1] - Company anticipates exceeding last year's profit [1] - Interest rates around 5% contribute approximately $75 billion (7.5% billion) to profits [2] Investment Strategy - Company invests in gold and Bitcoin [2] Market Outlook - Federal Reserve did not cut interest rates [1] - Company expects improved performance this year [2]

Market Trends & Economic Policy - The Nasdaq 100 climbed over 4% in June, indicating a strong performance in the tech sector [1] - Nvidia reclaimed its position as the most valuable company after a dip in January [1] - Senator Warren believes Trump's economic chaos, particularly tariffs, hinders interest rate cuts [2][3] - The Fed's inflation forecast increased from 25% to 31%, while GDP growth prediction decreased from 21% to 14%, attributed to Trump's tariffs [3] - Oil prices are back down to $64, influencing decisions to wait and see what happens [1] Federal Reserve & Monetary Policy - President Trump is considering naming a new Fed chair as early as this summer, potentially influencing investor expectations [1] - Potential Fed chair candidates include Kevin Walsh, Kevin Hasset, Scott Bessent, David Malpass, and Christopher Waller [1] - The dollar has slid about 10% this year [1] - The Fed acknowledges fiscal policy can theoretically add to inflation [3] Legal & Regulatory Issues - A mediator proposed a $20 million settlement between President Trump and Paramount Global over a 60 Minutes interview [2] - Paramount offered $15 million to settle the suit, but Trump's team seeks $25 million and an apology [2] - FCC Chairman Brendan Carr indicated a third-party complaint about the interview's edit could affect the Paramount Sky Dance merger review [2] - The Federal Housing Finance Agency is directing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to consider crypto assets in mortgage loan risk assessments [2] Vaccine & Public Health - Robert F Kennedy Jr's new vaccine advisory panel includes members with unabashed antivaccine views [1][19] - The panel is focusing on the MMR and varicella vaccine, with concerns about febrile seizures [20] - There are discussions about removing thyarasol, currently in 4% of vaccines, and alum from vaccines [23][24] - MMR vaccination rates are declining, with over 50% of states below herd immunity [41]

Chicago Fair President Austin Goulby joins us now exclusively here on CNBC. Austin, you heard the data and I don't need you to comment on the details of the data unless of course you want to, but the everything looks like it's doing a little better. You know, the desert island indicator jobless claims it just really fails to go up and maybe it's it it it's green going to yellow, but it's just barely.So, what's your take on this data. I mean, I thought two things. One, I gotta go I gotta get Rick over to the ...

I want to start with this data and maybe we can spend some time on a palace intrigue later on. Jobless claims, initial claims lower than expected, continuing claims higher than expected and creeping higher over the past few months. From your vantage point, president title, how much weight would you put on one versus the other.And what's the labour market picture look like in your point of view, your opinion. Well, the labor market is shaping up to be solid and the data today confirmed that. Now, continuing ...

Rick Santelli is standing by at the CME in Chicago. And uh Rick, take it away. Let's see the numbers.Yes. And there are a lot of numbers, so we're going to go slow. And let's start with well, let's start with durable goods, shall we.On durable good orders, we're expecting a number that's going to be somewhere in the vicinity of up 8 to 8 and a half% on a preliminary, not coming across the screen. So, we're going to switch gears. We're going to look at the trade balance minus 96.6% billion.So the good news t ...

We're just a week away from the White House's uh self-imposed July 4th deadline to pass President Trump's mega bill. But even if it passes the Senate this week, the version they're sending back to the House is getting push back from some Republicans joining us now, Republican Congressman Chip Roy. Uh and you've made some some strong uh cases in the past on how you feel and you feel strongly congressman.Is is the Senate version in from what you know uh a a better do you like it more than than what the House ...

joining us now with more on the markets, Noah Blackstein, Dynamic Funds, senior portfolio manager. Uh, no, we u, you know, we looked into the abyss when we I think the S&P got down to God, was it 4,800. I don't know where it was.We're we're almost all the way back to new highs. More new highs or now we look around and say, "Okay, what do we do?" Um, we're back to where we started the year basically up a little. We're up just a little.I mean from from the abyss we're up a lot obviously but um you know just f ...

As inflation remains steady, the Federal Reserve’s next move could sway markets. In this episode of Stocks in Translation, RBC Capital Markets senior US economist Michael Reid joins Yahoo Finance Senior Reporter Allie Canal and Producer Sydnee Fried to discuss the Fed and what’s to come for interest rates following Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s announcement that they will remain on hold for now. The trio also takes a look at the labor and housing markets, and how to break down the statistics and sentiments from ...

Let's bring in Solless Alternative Asset Management's Dan Greenhouse. Now, good to see you. To cut or not to cut, that is the question.What's the answer. I listen, my personal view is uh well, listen, as a general view, I think people agree if not for tariffs, they might have cut at the last meeting and probably would be cutting at the next meeting. There's no probably the Fed chair himself said it.Yeah. Well, listen, I I don't think he's articulated as clearly perhaps as he did yesterday and today, but I t ...

Obviously, we have to start with Capitol Hill. Jerome Powell just on the Hill. He's under really direct pressure from President Trump or President Trump is putting pressure on him to cut those interest rates, but he's planning to wait, citing inflation.How do you expect this to be received by the business community. I think Powell's comments are probably right in line with what the markets and the business community are expecting. I've said this a number of times.We're likely in a disinflation world. I mean ...