Fed Minutes: ‘Many’ Wanted Easing Bias Out as PCE Hit 3.5%
April FOMC minutes show a hawkish tilt: Miran dissented for a cut, while many wanted the easing-bias language gone as March PCE hit 3.5%.
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Chips Roar Back: Intel +6%, AMD +8%, ARM +16% Ahead of Nvidia
Chips snap back: Intel +6.4%, AMD +8.3%, ARM +15.6%, lifted by BofA’s $125B server-CPU call with Nvidia earnings on deck.
What Is EBITDA — And What It Doesn’t Tell You
EBITDA strips out interest, tax, and non-cash charges. Here’s how to calculate it, why Wall Street uses it, and where it misleads.
2-Year Treasury Tests 4.10% as Markets Erase 2026 Fed Cuts
The US 2-year Treasury yield is near a 52-week high at 4.07% as traders price out Fed rate cuts for the rest of 2026.
ServiceNow Pops 5% as BofA Restarts After $7.8B Armis Buy
ServiceNow stock jumped roughly 5% Monday after Bank of America restarted coverage at Buy, weeks after the $7.8B cash purchase of Armis and a $4B bond sale.
How Treasury Auctions Work: Bid-to-Cover and Tails
How the U.S. Treasury actually raises money: single-price auctions, competitive vs noncompetitive bids, primary dealers, and what tails reveal.
Senate Banking Clears Bipartisan Crypto Clarity Act
The Senate Banking Committee favorably reported H.R. 3633, the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, on May 14 in a bipartisan markup.
Chip Stocks Tumble as $9T Semi Concentration Hits S&P 500
Nvidia, Broadcom, Micron and AMD all fell 3-7% as $9 trillion in chip market cap tests the S&P 500’s record concentration.
Investment Grade vs High Yield: Ratings, Spreads, Defaults
Investment grade vs high-yield bonds explained: the BBB-/Baa3 cutoff, credit spreads, default rates, and recovery — what actually separates the two.
Publicis to Buy LiveRamp for $2.5B in Ad-Tech Data Bet
Publicis Groupe is acquiring data-collaboration platform LiveRamp in an all-cash deal valued at about $2.5B equity / $2.2B enterprise value, betting on first-party data after cookies.