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[ad_1] The U.S. stock market ripped higher over the past month despite mounting uncertainty around President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs and escalating conflict in the Middle East. Since our last Monthly Meeting on May 21 through Tuesday’s close, the S & P 500 jumped 4.2%, while the Nasdaq rose 5.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed nearly 3% over the period, too. (The Club’s June Monthly Meeting will be held on Wednesday at noon ET. The livestream can be watched by members here .) Wall Street was mixed early Wednesday. Wall Street has taken the murky macro environment in stride…

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[ad_1] [The stream is slated to start at 10 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.]Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is back Wednesday on Capitol Hill, this time speaking to the Senate banking committee as part of his semiannual monetary policy testimony.In his remarks Tuesday before the House Financial Services Committee, the central bank leader asserted that the Fed is “well positioned to wait” on interest rate policy as it watches the impact that tariffs will have on inflation.Should the duties present a longer-lasting impact on prices, Powell said the…

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[ad_1] An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at the AeroVironment Inc. booth during the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC) in Tampa, Florida, US, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022.Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAeroVironment stock rocketed more than 20% higher Wednesday as the drone maker beat fourth quarter expectations on the top and bottom lines.Here’s how the company did compared to analyst expectations:Earnings: $1.61 per share adjusted vs $1.39 per share expectedRevenue: $275 million vs $242 million expectedThis is breaking news. Please refresh for updates. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] It’s a tough year for young graduates looking for work.Hiring is at one of its slowest rates in the last decade, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, and job cuts are up 47% year over year, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. Entry-level worker confidence is also at an all-time low, according to Glassdoor.Katherine Diep, 21, is not letting that get her down, even as she’s spent nearly a year on her own job search. Diep graduated from the University of California, Irvine, in June with a degree in business economics and has “applied…

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[ad_1] A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.Tami Chappell | ReutersA crucial government panel of vaccine advisors will hold its first meeting Wednesday since Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed several vaccine critics to the group. Earlier this month, Kennedy in a stunning step removed and replaced all members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The group reviews vaccine data and makes recommendations that determine who is eligible for shots and whether insurers should cover them,…

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[ad_1] [The stream is slated to start at 9 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.]President Donald Trump is speaking Wednesday at NATO’s annual summit in the Netherlands.Trump’s comments come days after he announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.Subscribe to CNBC on YouTube.  [ad_2] Source link

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