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Early Bidding Focuses on Job Market

Jerome Powell wants the numbers, Jerome Powell will get them. Federal Reserve matron Jerome Powell continued to play a familiar tune on Wednesday. "In his keynote address at Stanford University, he said: "Given the strength of the economy and the progress of inflation so far, we have time to let the coming data guide our policy decisions.

XLE ETF: Energy Stocks Are Booming Again

Don't look now, but the energy sector is heating up again, with the Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLE) creeping up 16% year-to-date to break out to a new 52-week high. I'm bullish on XLE based on the momentum in the energy sector, its portfolio of highly rated energy stocks, and the relatively cheap valuations of these holdings, even given the strong performance in 2024. I am also bullish on XLE because of its cost-effective expense ratio and 3% dividend yield. Favorable S

ANALYSIS-Currency markets are in a deep freeze. Rate cuts and Trump could thaw it

Traders and investors are looking to global interest rate cuts and a heated U.S. election to yank global currency markets out of their worst slump in nearly four years. Measures of both historical and expected volatility - how much prices move over a set period of time - have slumped in recent months as the world's biggest central banks stayed put, depriving foreign-exchange traders of access to the divergent movements among regional bond yields they rely on. Deutsche Bank's closely watched implied currency volatility gauge is near a two-year low, not far off its pre-outbreak level.
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