Brian Swint

5 days ago | barrons.com | Brian Swint

Wolfspeed Gets Price Target Cut and Downgrade to Sell. The Chip Maker’s Stock Plunges. Updated May 09, 2025, 10:46 am EDT / Original May 09, 2025, 8:50 am EDT

6 days ago | barrons.com | Brian Swint

The Bank of England cut interest rates again Thursday to bolster the U.K.’s flagging economy, further diverging from the Federal Reserve. The U.K. central bank lowered its benchmark rate to 4.25% from 4.5%, as widely expected by economists and traders. It’s now a percentage point lower than when the BOE began reducing borrowing costs last August.

6 days ago | barrons.com | Brian Swint |George Glover

Investors have been waiting on tenterhooks for weeks to learn how big President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be when they finally take effect. They should get more insight today. Trump said that a “major trade deal” will be announced at 10 a.m. on Thursday, one that will be the “first of many,” in a post on the Truth Social social-media platform on Wednesday.

1 week ago | barrons.com | Nicole Goodkind |Brian Swint

Almost no one expects the Federal Reserve to change the level of interest rates at its policy meeting on May 7-8. Rather, the focus will be on Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments in a post-meeting press conference about the reasons for officials’ cautious stance, and their economic outlook as the Trump administration’s tariffs begin to bite. “Chairman Powell is all but certain to express a wait-and-see attitude,” said Erik Weisman, chief economist at MFS Investment Management.

1 week ago | barrons.com | Brian Swint

China announced new stimulus measures and lowered interest rates on Wednesday as the trade war with the U.S. continues. It wasn’t enough to lift some of the country’s biggest shares. The measures are the first to be announced since President Donald Trump unveiled his sweeping tariffs in early April. The levy on Chinese goods currently stands at 145%—a level that even Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says is “effectively an embargo.