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Market optimism over the potential for interest rate cuts next year is dangerously overdone, according to former FDIC Chair Sheila Bair. Bair, who ran the FDIC during the 2008 financial crisis, suggested Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was irresponsibly dovish at last week’s policy meeting by creating “irrational exuberance” among investors. “The focus still needs

BNY Mellon’s global head of ETFs suggested exchange-traded funds using options overlays could become next year’s hot product. “We are absolutely going to see more of these options-based products come to market,” Ben Slavin told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” on Monday. “We see it in our own book.” Options overlays are a way for investors to

The HSBC Holdings Plc headquarters building in Hong Kong, China. Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — Markets have entered a “new paradigm” as the global order fragments, while heightened recession risk means that “bonds are back,” according to HSBC Asset Management. In its 2024 investment outlook, seen by CNBC, the British lender’s

In this article C Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jane Fraser, CEO of Citigroup, testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing at the Hart Senate Office Building on December 06, 2023 in Washington, DC.  Win Mcnamee | Getty Images Citigroup told most of its employees that they can work remotely the final two weeks

John Williams, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, during the Market Forum: FX in Focus event in New York, on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2023. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said Friday rate cuts are not a topic of

Buses pass in the City of London financial district outside the Royal Exchange near the Bank of England on 2nd July 2021 in London, United Kingdom. Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty Images LONDON — The Bank of England on Thursday kept its main interest rate unchanged at 5.25% and said monetary policy is

[The stream is slated to start at 8:45 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is due to give a press conference following the bank’s latest monetary policy decision. The ECB on Thursday held interest rates steady for the second

KTSDesign | Science Photo Library | Getty Images It’s arguably the biggest stock story of 2023: a small number of giant technology companies now make up a very large part of big indexes like the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq-100.  Five companies (Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Nvidia, and Alphabet) make up about 25% of the S&P 500. Six

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell answers a question during a press conference following a closed two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy at the Federal Reserve in Washington, November 1, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Federal Reserve dialed back its inflation projections on Wednesday, seeing its favorite gauge

Jeffrey Gundlach speaking at the 2019 SOHN Conference in New York on May 6, 2019. Adam Jeffery | CNBC DoubleLine Capital CEO Jeffrey Gundlach said Wednesday the 10-year Treasury yield will continue to fall to the 3% range next year, following the Federal Reserve’s new forecast for rate cuts. “I think we’re still going to have bonds rallying,”

The Pleo app pictured on a smartphone next to one of the fintech firm’s corporate cards. Pleo Danish fintech firm Pleo has appointed a new chief financial officer, the company told CNBC exclusively, beefing up its executive team — a sign the company is readying itself for an eventual initial public offering. The company hired

A passageway near the Bank of England (BOE) in the City of London, U.K., on Thursday, March 18, 2021. Hollie Adams | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — The Bank of England is all but certain to keep its main interest rate unchanged at 5.25% for a third consecutive meeting on Thursday, but economists are