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GM and Ford Get Double Downgrades to Sell. Wells Fargo Sours on EVs.

Textsize Ford F-150 Lightning electric truck Courtesy of Ford The auto industry is all-in on electric vehicles. Wells Fargo isn’t so sure that’s a great idea. Wednesday evening, analyst Colin Langan double downgraded shares of both General Motors (ticker: GM) and ford engine (F) to Sell from Buy, skipping Hold. (Analysts typically move ratings one […]

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Out of 100 housing markets in America, this is the least overpriced, study finds

Baltimore is the least overvalued housing market, new study reveals. Getty Images Housing prices have risen rapidly in the past year, even as mortgage rates are on the rise with pros saying they will likely go up more (see the lowest mortgage rates you can qualify for here). But some markets are now a lot […]

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Stock Futures Fall as Inflation Weighs on Markets

US stock futures declined, pointing to a second day of turbulence in markets driven by stronger-than-expected US inflation. Futures tied to the S&P 500 fell 0.6% after the broad-market index closed down 1.7% on Wednesday. Nasdaq-100 futures retreated 1%, suggesting more losses for technology stocks after the opening bell. Stocks are coming under pressure due […]

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Crypto crash: Mark Cuban says crypto is in ‘lull that the internet went through’

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban thinks that cryptocurrency is on the same downswing that tech and internet companies hit in the early 2000s. Bitcoin hit a 10-month low on Monday, and sales of non-fungible tokens, aka NFTs, plummeted between January and March 2022. See also: Tom Brady will join Fox Sports as lead NFL analyst when […]

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Rivian shares rise, despite larger than expected loss

New York CNN Business — Electric truck maker Rivian delivered some much needed assurance to Wall Street Wednesday, even as it reported a larger than expected first quarter loss. The company said that it had 7,000 new orders for its R1 electric pickup in the last two months, bringing total net orders up to 90,000 […]

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Will inflation push more people to go back to work? ‘They’ll be entering a job market that’s eager to have them,’ one economist says

Labor costs are driving up inflation. But will inflation also drive more people back to the workforce? The annual rate of inflation slowed to 8.3% in April from 8.5% the previous month, helped by a fall in gasoline prices, but consumers still face rapidly rising costs. The March reading was the highest since 1981. The […]

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Will inflation push more people to go back to work? ‘They’ll be entering a job market that’s eager to have them,’ one economist says and you can now use bitcoin to pay college tuition — but should you?

Hi, MarketWatchers. Don’t miss these top stories. Everything you need to know to get your yard ready for summer This week we caught up with Jeff Keiter, our resident landscape architecture guru, who previously chatted with us about winter trends for your yard. Today we are talking about spring gardening, the best tools and the […]

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Dallas Fed appoints Lorie Logan, a top staffer who oversaw market operations, as its new president

This version corrects a prior version’s description of Robert Kaplan’s departure from the Dallas Fed. The Dallas Fed announced Wednesday that it has appointed Lorie Logan, a top Fed staffer, as its president and chief executive. Logan, 49, is currently an executive vice president at the New York Fed. She is the manager of the […]

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Cryptocurrency TerraUSD Plunges as Investors Bail

A selloff in a cryptocurrency that was supposed to be pegged to $1 accelerated Wednesday, briefly sending its price to less than a quarter of that value. TerraUSD traded as low as 23 cents Wednesday, according to data from CoinDesk. As of 2:43 pm ET, it had partially rebounded to about 68 cents in volatile […]

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Bitcoin Prices Fall. Cryptos Pressured as Terra’s Meltdown Intensifies.

Bitcoin prices have suffered a route over the past week alongside other cryptocurrencies. dreamstime Textsize Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies remained under pressure Wednesday, but above their Tuesday lows, with the focus on the meltdown of stablecoin TerraUSD, which is designed to be pegged to the US dollar. The price of Bitcoin fell 2% over the […]