Karee Venema

Cincinnati

Contributing Editor at Kiplinger

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April CPI Keeps Fed Rate Cuts on Pause for Now: What the Experts Say

2 days ago | kiplinger.com | Karee Venema

The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report showed inflation rose less than expected in April, encouraging news for those worried about the impact of President Donald Trump's tariffs on price growth. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, headline CPI rose 0.2% month over month in April, faster than March's 0.1% decline and in line with economists' projections. However, CPI was up 2.3% year over year, slower than the 2.4% consensus estimate and the lowest reading since February 2021.
Stock Market Today: Dow Gains 1,160 Points on U.S.-China Trade Deal

2 days ago | kiplinger.com | Karee Venema

Stocks jumped out of the gate Monday on reports of productive trade talks between the U.S. and China. The momentum lasted into the close, too, with all three indexes putting a big dent in their year-to-date deficits. Over the weekend, high-level trade negotiators from the two countries met in Geneva, Switzerland, where they agreed to a 90-day truce that drastically lowers retaliatory tariffs. The U.S. and China will continue trade talks over this period.
Stock Market Today: Stocks Rise on Trump Trade Deal

6 days ago | kiplinger.com | Karee Venema

Stocks closed higher Thursday as Wall Street cheered encouraging tariff news. Indeed, today's reports of a trade deal between the U.S. and the U.K. boosted expectations ahead of this weekend's negotiations with China.
Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Dow Snap Win Streaks

1 week ago | kiplinger.com | Karee Venema

It was a quiet start to a busy week, with two of the three main indexes snapping their daily win streaks. Trade headlines continued to consume Wall Street's attention, with the latest news centered on President Donald Trump's proposed tariff on the entertainment industry. Over the weekend, President Trump posted to Truth Social that he is considering a 100% tariff on movies that are made outside of the United States. Subscribe to Kiplinger’s Personal FinanceBe a smarter, better informed investor.
Stock Market Today: S&P 500 Nabs Longest Win Streak Since 2004

1 week ago | kiplinger.com | Karee Venema

A solid April jobs report helped ease recession worries and sent stocks higher out of the gate Friday. A mixed batch of Big Tech earnings couldn't keep bulls sidelined, with the main indexes rallying into the close. Ahead of open, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said nonfarm payrolls rose by 177,000 in April. This was lower than March's downwardly revised 185,000 figure but more than the 133,000 new jobs economists expected.
Strong April Jobs Report Lowers Rate-Cut Hopes: What the Experts Are Saying

1 week ago | kiplinger.com | Karee Venema

The April jobs report came in stronger than expected, underscoring a slowing but still healthy labor market. While this is good news for the Fed, which has repeatedly said it is in no rush to cut interest rates, the heightened uncertainty from President Donald Trump's trade war has many pushing the central bank to act sooner rather than later. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, nonfarm payrolls rose by 177,000 in April.
Stock Market Today: Dow, S&P 500 Extend Win Streaks to 8

1 week ago | kiplinger.com | Karee Venema

The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average added another win to their respective piles Thursday. Tech stocks rallied the most thanks to a round of well-received earnings, which helped the Nasdaq Composite outperform. At the close, the S&P 500 was up 0.6% at 5,604 and the Dow was 0.2% higher at 40,752 – their eighth straight day of gains. The tech-heavy Nasdaq, meanwhile, rose 1.5% to 17,710 thanks to impressive post-earnings pops for mega cap stocks Microsoft (MSFT) and Meta Platforms (META).
Vanguard Is 50! Here's How It Has Made Investing Better

2 weeks ago | kiplinger.com | Karee Venema

John C. Bogle founded Vanguard on May 1, 1975, and over the past 50 years, the asset management firm has transformed the way we invest. Indeed, in 1976, Bogle launched the First Index Investment Trust, which was later renamed the Vanguard 500 Index Fund (VFIAX). Its purpose was to give retail investors broad-market exposure at a low cost, and its strategy was to simply track the S&P 500 Index.
Stock Market Today: Stocks Rally Back Before Mag 7 Earnings

2 weeks ago | kiplinger.com | Karee Venema

Stocks sold off sharply at the open as market participants sifted through a mountain of economic data – including the worst reading on gross domestic product (GDP) in three years. But the main indexes rallied hard off their intraday lows, with two of the three closing in the green. Ahead of the open, the Bureau of Economic Analysis said GDP decreased at an annual rate of 0.3% in the first quarter as imports jumped 41.3%. This marked the biggest drop in GDP since Q1 2022.
May Fed Meeting: Live Updates and Commentary

2 weeks ago | kiplinger.com | Karee Venema |David Dittman |David Payne |Dan Burrows

Can Trump fire Powell? In addition to upending the global economy with his tariffs, President Donald Trump has introduced additional uncertainty for financial markets by undermining the independence of the Federal Reserve and Fed Chair Jerome Powell in a series of public attacks. His behavior could render moot whatever the result of a pending Supreme Court review of a 90-year-old case that could answer the question, can Trump fire Powell?