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For more on what this all means for the markets, let's bring in UBS Global Wealth Senior Portfolio Manager, Alan Rex Shaffen. Alan, thank you for being here. Um, what do you make of Kevin Hassid's comments there.>> You know, I I think it's Leslie, thank you for having me on, Carl. Thank you. Um, what you saw in 2025 was a period of fog and uncertainty.And I think what you heard from from Kevin Hasset and what you're seeing in the administration that 2026 is going to be a time of clarity, of normalization, a ...

Good Tuesday morning. Welcome to opening bid. I'm Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sazi.I'm coming in hot today. I had a lot of caffeine. So, if you're in that easy peasy holiday mindset, it's time to get out of it. Get out of it now.Here are my uh five things that you need to know today. One, gold prices have hit another record and are up a sparkly 70% this year. Gold has seen 50 record highs this year.Two, copper prices have also hit another record. Copper is up 30% this year. Sure is lots of copper b ...

Good Tuesday morning. Welcome to opening bid. I'm Yahoo Finance executive editor Brian Sazi.I'm coming in hot today. I had a lot of caffeine. So, if you're in that easy peasy holiday mindset, it's time to get out of it. Get out of it now.Here are my uh five things that you need to know today. One, gold prices have hit another record and are up a sparkly 70% this year. Gold has seen 50 record highs this year.Two, copper prices have also hit another record. Copper is up 30% this year. Sure is lots of copper b ...

At the end of that speech at Columbia, you nodded to the fact that recessions are inevitable. Fed's job It's going to forestall them as much as they can. Policymakers, jobs or that.I'm very curious when you look at the labor market in particular, the rise that we've seen in the unemployment rate, that's kind of rise we've seen customarily before recessions. How do you assess the risk of there being a recession here in the near term when you look at the labor market, for instance. So I don't see a recession ...

Let's talk about what's happening in Japan today. What message should global bond markets take away from the job picture. Yeah, I mean, I think the path of least resistance is for yields to keep climbing higher.I mean, I know the currency has been sending mixed signals. It's kind of been detached from what we're seeing in long term yields. But if you look globally at the moment, everything is just creeping higher.So GDP yields creeping higher because rate hikes in France, yields are climbing higher because ...

Gold rose to an all-time high, with heightened geopolitical tensions and bets on more Federal Reserve rate cuts adding impetus to the best annual performance in more than four decades. https://t.co/VJM7QTeoAa📷: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg https://t.co/VwnvSQVVwI ...

Silver rose to a record and gold edged higher on heightened geopolitical tensions and expectations for more Federal Reserve rate cuts next year https://t.co/HvnrIaENYn ...

Hey everyone and thanks for jumping back into the macroverse. Today we're going to talk about the most recent CPI report. We're going to discuss how it has dropped to 2.7% and expectations that we might have based on further rate cuts and of course how it affects markets like Bitcoin.If you guys like the content, make sure you subscribe to the channel, give the video a thumbs up, and also check out the sale on into the cryptoverse premium at into the cryptoverse. com. Link is in the description below.Again, ...

Wind propels a sailboat forward, symbolizing the tailwinds created by Fed interest rate cuts. Key Points The financials sector is up 4.18% over the past month and may use the Federal Reserve’s final interest rate cut of the year to carry momentum into 2026. Banks and other lenders are likely to see net interest margin gains as a result, which will act as a boon heading into the new year. The Vanguard Financials ETF holds a basket of top-rated companies operating in the sector, ideal for investors who w ...