The SpaceX IPO is behind us. The earnings calendar is mostly quiet. Taking center stage is the state of play between the U.S. and Iran and the first Federal Reserve meeting with Chairman Kevin Warsh in charge. Here’s a closer look at what we’re watching in the holiday-shortened trading week ahead. 1. Iran war: Are…
Wall Street exhaled on Friday after SpaceX nailed its record-breaking debut. The success wiped away a week of anxiety over whether the market had the appetite to digest the biggest initial public offering in history. SpaceX closed up 19% at nearly $161 per share for a market value of more than $2.1 trillion, making it…
Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve nominee for US President Donald Trump, is sworn in during a Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Graeme Sloan | Bloomberg | Getty Images It’s officially “Chairman” Kevin Warsh, not “chair.” The Federal Reserve website…
Markets head into the first Fed meeting run by new Chair Kevin Warsh with almost no idea what he thinks about the recent surge in job growth, the acceleration in inflation or the path of interest rates. And that may be by design. Warsh has strongly criticized Fed communications, saying they have led to policy…
U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announces charges in connection with an international car theft ring during a press conference at the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 22, 2026. Nathan Howard | Reuters A federal judge in Washington on Thursday denied a prosecutor’s request to erase the record of the…
Gold bars are displayed in a photo illustration, reflecting recent movements in gold prices driven by inflation concerns and central bank policy outlooks in Brussels, Belgium, on December 23, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Gold fell to a fresh six-month low on Thursday as investors dump…
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said next week could bring key answers for technology stocks after a blockbuster quarter from Dell Technologies added to the enthusiasm around the data center trade. “When we look back, I wonder if we’ll say this was that moment when Dell simply took over the computer space” the “Mad Money” host said…
U.S. treasury bonds typically occupy a special place in an investor’s portfolio — the asset class against which all other market risk is measured. But a surge in long-dated yields is forcing investors to rethink this assumption. The yield on the 10-year treasury recently surged to a level it had not seen in over a…
Kevin Warsh, then U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee for Chair of the Federal Reserve, delivers an opening statement during his Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 21, 2026 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Incoming Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh‘s talk…
An aerial photograph shows the Greek-flagged crude oil tanker “Asahi Princess” off the coast of the Syrian Baniyas port refinery, along the Mediterranean Sea on on April 15, 2026. Bakr Alkasem | Afp | Getty Images Ahead of a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven developed economies in Paris on Monday, a…
