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JPMorgan's Dimon warns of US stagflation risk, Bloomberg News reports
  • May 21, 2025

JPMorgan's Dimon warns of US stagflation risk, Bloomberg News reports

In a Bloomberg Television interview from the lender’s Global China Summit in Shanghai, Dimon said, "I don’t agree that we're in a sweet spot." He added that the U.S. Federal Reserve is doing the right thing to wait and see before it decides on monetary policy, as per the report. Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve decided to hold interest rates steady but warned that the risks of higher inflation and unemployment had risen, further clouding the U.S. economic outlook as its policymakers grapple with the impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

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Factbox-Japan's possible response to rise in super-long bond yields
  • May 21, 2025

Factbox-Japan's possible response to rise in super-long bond yields

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's super-long government bond yields have spiked to record highs, as mounting political calls for tax cuts and big spending draw investors' attention to the country's fiscal woes. The rise in yields complicates the Bank of Japan's (BOJ) quest to wean the economy off a decade-long stimulus programme including by slowing its huge bond purchases. WHY ARE SUPER-LONG BOND YIELDS RISING?

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Dimon Warns of US Stagflation Risk, Says Fed Right to Hold
  • May 21, 2025

Dimon Warns of US Stagflation Risk, Says Fed Right to Hold

(Bloomberg) -- Most Read from BloombergCan Frank Gehry’s ‘Grand LA’ Make Downtown Feel Like a Neighborhood?Chicago’s O’Hare Airport Seeks Up to $4.3 Billion of Muni DebtNJ Transit Makes Deal With Engineers, Ending Three-Day StrikeJPMorgan Chase & Co. chief Jamie Dimon can’t rule out the US economy will fall into stagflation as the country faces huge risks from geopolitics, deficits and price pressures.“I don’t agree that we’re in a sweet spot,” the chief executive officer said in a Bloomberg Tel

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3 Stocks Under $10 Skating on Thin Ice
  • May 21, 2025

3 Stocks Under $10 Skating on Thin Ice

Stocks trading in the $1-10 range are generally smaller players with less risk than their penny stock counterparts. But that doesn’t mean the underlying businesses are cheap, and we advise caution as many have questionable fundamentals.

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3 Consumer Stocks in Hot Water
  • May 21, 2025

3 Consumer Stocks in Hot Water

The performance of consumer discretionary businesses is closely linked to economic cycles. This sensitive demand profile can cause discretionary stocks to plummet when macro uncertainty enters the fray, and over the past six months, the industry has shed 12.3%. This drawdown was noticeably worse than the S&P 500’s 2.1% decline.

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3 Small-Cap Stocks with Questionable Fundamentals
  • May 21, 2025

3 Small-Cap Stocks with Questionable Fundamentals

Small-cap stocks can be incredibly lucrative investments because their lack of analyst coverage leads to frequent mispricings. However, these businesses (and their stock prices) often stay small because their subscale operations make it harder to expand their competitive moats.

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