With the smallcap stocks. Joe em stocks up over 1 . Not a dramatic outperformance but they have been over performing for quite a while. Scarlet lets dive deeper into the action with our market reporters. Abigail, what are you watching . Abigail not participating in the risk on rally and record highs, bitcoin. 15 day chart, down 14 out of the last 15 days. However, today it appears as though bitcoin is maybe trying to stage a rally. Below 7000 as the technical side suggested for quite some time. Trying to hang on by a thread. This is a multiweek decline. In the context of a weekly chart. Over the past few years, a beautiful uptrend for the most part. ,here is the bitcoin bubble 20,000, then going below about 4000. Right now, hitting down over the past couple of years, right around 6400. If these levels can hold, maybe we see a brief bounce back higher. These levels suggest maybe we go down to that average below 5000. The longterm message is bullish for bitcoin. Nearterm chop. Taylor i w
Businessweeks editorinchief, joel weber. We begin with jay powell. Joel take something complicated and simple it down. The cover is an expression of that this week. Jay powell, fed chair, probably the most important person in the world of finance. The Financial Institution that is probably the most important anywhere in the world and for a year now, hes been the target of trumps friend are ire, because trump wants lower rates, lower rates, and jay powell has basically been a stoic figure through all of that. Anol we believe this is independent organization and for the first time, we are wondering is it going to remain independent . And can they continue to fend off the executive branchs desire for lower rates . We will see what happens this next week with rate cuts. The market basically thinks there will be a rate cut. The bigger story is one we wanted to ask to dig into, which is for a year now, weve lived through the tension between trump and powell, more from trump than from powell.
The cover is an expression of that this week. Jay powell, fed chair, probably the most important person in the world of finance. He heads the Financial Institution that is probably the most important anywhere in the world and for a year now, hes been the target of trumps friend are ire, because trump wants lower rates, lower rates, and jay powell has basically been a stoic figure through all of that. Carol we believe this is an independent organization and for the first time, we are wondering is it going to remain independent . And can they continue to fend off the executive branchs desire for lower rates . We will see what happens this next week with rate cuts. The market basically thinks there will be a rate cut. The bigger story is one we wanted to ask to dig into, which is for a year now, weve lived through the tension between trump and powell, more from trump than from powell. It is onesided, for sure. What effect has not had on the fed . What chris got to was, not much of an effe
Joel weber. A solitary figure on the cover this week, chairman jay powell. We often try to take something complicated and simple it down. The cover is an expression of that this week. Jay powell, fed chair, probably the most important person in the world of finance. He heads the Financial Institution that is probably the most important anywhere in the world and for a year now, hes been the target of trumps twitter ire, because trump wants lower rates, lower rates, and jay powell has basically been a stoic figure through all of that. Carol we believe this is an independent organization and for the first time, we are wondering is it going to remain independent . And can they continue to fend off the executive branchs desire for lower rates . We will see what happens this next week with rate cuts. The market basically thinks there will be a rate cut. The bigger story is one we wanted to ask to dig into, which is for a year now, weve lived through the tension between trump and powell, more
Businessweeks editorinchief, joel weber. We begin with jay powell. Joel take something complicated and this still it down to its most simple form. Istill it down to its most simple form. The cover is an expression of that this week. Jay powell, fed chair, probably the most important person in the world of finance. He heads the Financial Institution that is probably the most important anywhere in the world and for a year now, hes been the target of trumps friend are ire, because trump wants lower rates, lower rates, and jay powell has basically been a stoic figure through all of that. Carol we believe this is an independent organization, and for the first time we are wondering is it going to remain independent . And can they continue to fend off the executive branchs desire for lower rates . Right . We will see what happens this next week with rate cuts. The market basically thinks there will be a rate cut. The bigger story is one we wanted to ask to dig into, which is for a year now we