Financial Services Roundup Market Talk

Aga Khan's funeral service held in Portugal ahead of private burial ceremony in Egypt

Yahoo News - Feb. 8

Ronald Rowe, who led Secret Service after Trump assassination attempt, is retiring

Rowe led the Secret Service as acting director after Kimberly Cheatle's resignation in the wake of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Pennsylvania last July.

CBS News - Feb. 11

Bottom Line: SpaceX signs former chief to House Armed Services Committee chair

Elon Musk’s SpaceX hired Williams and Jensen to lobby on issues related to the national security launch, a Department of Defense program that utilizes commercial launch services to deploy military ...

The Hill - 6d

Dutch Bros shares rocket higher after earnings amid plans to expand mobile orders, food service

Shares of Dutch Bros Inc. rocketed higher in extended trading Wednesday after the coffee chain put out fourth-quarter results and a full-year sales forecast that topped Wall Street’s expectations, ...

MarketWatch - 6d

Lawyers for inmates ask judge to take over health care services in Arizona prisons

Lawyers for 25,000 people incarcerated in Arizona have asked a judge to take over health care operations in state-run prisons and appoint an official to run them

ABC News - 5d

NHS may need private funding to fix buildings, says head of England’s health service

Amanda Pritchard calls for ‘radical’ rethink as NHS struggles with highest maintenance backlog on record

Financial Times - 5d

Nearly 100K protest Belgian plans to cut social services in strategy to reduce debt

Close to 100,000 protesters have thronged the center of Brussels while airports and public transport were largely paralyzed as trade unions took their ire to the streets over drastic plans of the ...

ABC News - 5d

US park service erases references to trans people from Stonewall Inn website

National monument commemorates 1969 riot led by trans women of color outside historic New York City bar. The National Park Service eliminated all references to transgender people from its website ...

The Guardian - 4d

Fairgame$ Release Window, Story, Trailer, And Everything We Know About Sony's New Live-Service Game

Sony's big push into the live-service market has been hit and miss, and the company is continuing to invest in the space with the next game from former Assassin's Creed boss Jade Raymond. Her team ...

GameSpot - 8h

Foreign service worker says pregnant wife faces 'life-threatening' complications amid USAID shutdown

A foreign service worker whose pregnant wife allegedly was denied emergency medical transport while stationed abroad has filed an affidavit in federal court against the Trump administration, ...

NBC News - 7h

NFL insider gives Kupp trade market update, potential destinations

How much of a trade market will Rams WR Cooper Kupp have? Here's the latest report from NFL insider Jeremy Fowler.

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 6

Celtics adding veteran wing Torrey Craig on buyout market

The Celtics have found the wing they were looking for on the buyout market by adding 34-year-old veteran Torrey Craig.

Yahoo Sports - Feb. 6

Job Market Gives Fed Cover to Extend Interest Rate Pause

The central bank is grappling with how quickly to lower interest rates after pausing cuts last month.

The New York Times - Feb. 7

Germany's free-market FDP to rule out another coalition with Greens

Yahoo News - Feb. 8

These 2 seasonal stock-market patterns could give your portfolio a boost

Investors take notice of the presidential cycle and years ending in ‘5.’

MarketWatch - Feb. 8

Here are the 3 things we're watching in the stock market this week

Rekindled inflation concerns and President Donald Trump threatening reciprocal tariffs Friday slammed Wall Street.

CNBC - Feb. 9

UK recruiters say toughest conditions in jobs market since Covid

KPMG/REC report points to impact of tax-raising measures in October Budget on employer confidence

Financial Times - Feb. 10

Do you have too much of your money invested in the stock market?

Also: A big warning for Tesla’s shareholders, Roth IRA timing and companies that are likely takeover targets.

MarketWatch - Feb. 9

Why the stock market bulls are rooting for the Eagles in the Super Bowl

Subjecting the Super Bowl Predictor to statistical scrutiny.

MarketWatch - Feb. 9

Markets Play Down the Hit From Trump’s Latest Trade Fight

Global markets are in a wait-and-see mode as President Trump vows to slap steel and aluminum tariffs, among other levies, on trading partners.

The New York Times - Feb. 10

Fox Corp. acquires conservative podcast marketer Red Seat Ventures

The company that specializes in selling conservative and true-crime programming will remain independently operated.

Los Angeles Times - Feb. 10

Cerebras-Perplexity deal targets $100B search market with ultra-fast AI

Cerebras and Perplexity AI launch ultra-fast Sonar search model running at 1,200 tokens per second, challenging traditional search engines.

VentureBeat - Feb. 11

Markets may be underestimating how much inflation will fall this year

It is not just tariffs that might affect growth but also trade uncertainty and the effects of the Trump policy agenda

Financial Times - 6d

China’s tech stocks enter bull market after DeepSeek breakthrough

Budget AI model triggers global reappraisal of Chinese technology companies

Financial Times - 6d

German elections: When are they, what’s being decided and how that will impact markets

The election for the 630-seat Bundestag is taking place on Sunday, Feb. 23. It’s happening seven months early after a snap election was agreed.

MarketWatch - 6d

FirstFT: Chinese tech stocks ride DeepSeek wave to bull market

Also in today’s newsletter, Foxconn confirms interest in Nissan stake and Disney cuts diversity category from executive pay scheme

Financial Times - 6d

Burger King’s parent company sees growth driven by international markets

Restaurant Brands International also reported a same-restaurant sales beat for Burger King, marking the chain’s first such beat in six quarters.

MarketWatch - 6d

Why the options market is hotter than ever and could be on track for more records

Options trading volume hit a fresh record in January as nearly 1.2 billion contracts changed hands, according to data from Cboe Global Markets.

MarketWatch - 6d

Trump wants interest rate cuts. The market isn't buying it.

Just before the release of Wednesday’s monthly consumer price report, President Donald Trump called for lower interest rates in a post on his Truth Social platform.

NBC News - 6d

Trump and the Fed Complicate the Stock Market’s Historic Bull Run

The bull case for stocks hasn’t vanished, but it requires more mental gymnastics now.

Inc. - 5d

Why the bull market in stocks can live with higher inflation

Here’s why the U.S. stock market might not mind higher for longer interest rates.

MarketWatch - 5d

These tips for investing in mutual funds and ETFs map a clear market strategy

Don’t miss these top money and investing features.

MarketWatch - 5d

How Elon Musk’s ‘DOGE’ playbook could trigger a bear market for stocks

Big cuts in the federal deficit will almost certainly lead to a large reduction in corporate profits.

MarketWatch - 5d

Muni market is ‘moving toward ETFs.’ What are the risks and yields?

The number of ETFs targeting the municipal bond market seems on the verge of expanding.

MarketWatch - 4d

Where China’s Exports Begin: Inside the Vast Markets of Guangzhou

Along the Pearl River in southern China, a fast-growing industry is churning out cheap clothes and toys that are flooding the world duty-free.

The New York Times - 4d

How China's DeepSeek could boost the already booming data center market

Despite an initial knee-jerk reaction from markets, experts told CNBC that cheaper and more efficient AI models could ultimately boost the data center market.

CNBC - 4d