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Ticker Name Last Chg Chg %
DJIA Dow Jones Industrial Average 33,674.38 546.64 1.65%
COMP NASDAQ Composite Index 12,235.41 269.01 2.25%
SPX S&P 500 Index 4,136.25 75.03 1.85%
RUT Russell 2000 Index 1,759.88 41.07 2.39%
TMUBMUSD10Y U.S. 10 Year Treasury Note 3.434% -0.006

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‘Deposits are going to keep drifting out,’ says DoubleLine’s Gundlach, warning of echoes of S&L crisis at banks

'I'm really turning more bearish,' Jeffrey Gundlach, CEO of DoubleLine, tells CNBC on Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve's rate hike, while warning of more stress in the banking system.

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Fed may pause ‘for an extended period of time’ after rate hike, says BlackRock’s Rick Rieder

A surprisingly early debt-ceiling deadline and recent regional-bank woes probably won’t keep the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates at its policy meeting on Wednesday, according to BlackRock’s Rick Rieder.

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Regional-bank ETF sinks after First Republic failure, books biggest drop since turmoil in the sector began in March

The SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF ended Tuesday with its biggest daily drop since the banking-sector turmoil in mid-March.

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Taser maker Axon to take First Republic Bank’s spot in the S&P 500

First Republic Bank's spot in the S&P 500 Index will be replaced by Axon Enterprise Inc., S&P Dow Jones Indices said on Monday.

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AMC CEO slams Robinhood over alert wrongly claiming theater chain had filed for bankruptcy

AMC Entertainment Holdings Chairman and CEO Adam Aron lashed out at Robinhood Markets in a Monday tweet after the company briefly ran a banner wrongly declaring that the movie-theater chain had filed for bankruptcy.

Bank ETFs hold steady after JPMorgan Chase takes over First Republic after FDIC seizure of troubled bank

U.S. exchange-traded funds that invest in bank stocks were steady on Monday morning after regulators seized troubled First Republic Bank , making it the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history, and promptly sold all of...

U.S. stocks open mixed after regulators seize First Republic Bank, sell to JPMorgan Chase

U.S. stock indexes opened mixed after JPMorgan Chase & Co said Monday it has won the auction to take over fallen First Republic Bank after regulators seized the San Francisco-based lender, resulting in the third failure of...

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Charlie Munger says banks ‘full of’ bad loans on commercial property: report

Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chair Charlie Munger tells newspaper that U.S. banks are “full of” bad commercial-property loans.

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FDIC said to be reviewing bids for First Republic, announcement expected by Monday morning

U.S. regulators have asked banks for their best and final takeover offers for First Republic by Sunday afternoon, in a move that authorities hope will calm markets and cap a period of uncertainty for regional lenders.

U.S. stocks open lower as Amazon's cloud outlook, sticky inflation disappoint investors

U.S. stock indexes opened lower on Friday after Amazon warned about a slowdown in its cloud business, while strong inflation data cemented expectations for higher rates in the U.S.. The Dow Jones Industrial Average droppe...

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There’s ‘a disconnect’ between stock-market rally and Fed pivot expectations

This year’s stock market rally has been 'very narrow' and may not be sustainable, according to Seema Shah, chief global strategist at Principal Asset Management.

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Why the debt-ceiling showdown is a ‘Catch-22’ for markets after House passes bill

Congress might not raise the U.S. debt ceiling until close to the deadline – or until financial markets force their hands.

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Why the broader U.S. stock market has ‘a lot riding’ on Big Tech earnings

A small group of technology giants have propped up the U.S. stock market this year, creating high anticipation for their upcoming earnings reports. 

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These S&P 500 sectors are in positive earnings-revision territory, but tech has slipped, says RBC

Company earnings season for the first quarter is 'off to a decent start,' according to RBC Capital Markets.

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BofA shifts debt-ceiling deadline estimate as Treasury market reflects worries over U.S. borrowing limit

Worries over a looming deadline to raise the U.S. debt ceiling are rippling through the Treasury bill market, according to BofA Global Research. 

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Bank ETFs rise as earnings roll out — but investors aren’t piling in with cash

Investors may still be licking their wounds from last month’s bank failures. 

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Investors scour markets for recession signs. Here’s what this closely watched credit gauge says.

Investors are worried about an economic slowdown, but the corporate credit market is not screaming recession.

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Former WeWork office building in San Francisco sees value slashed by about 66%

A new appraisal on 25 Taylor St., a converted office building in San Francisco's theater district that was once a WeWork, cuts its value by about 66%, according to Trepp.

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Inflation is the ‘one thing’ holding up revenue growth, warns Morgan Stanley’s Wilson of a potential selloff in stocks

Mike Wilson, chief U.S. equity strategist at Morgan Stanley, warns stock-market investors against cheering cooler inflation.

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U.S. debt-ceiling deadline may be nearing faster than expected, warns Goldman Sachs. Here’s what that means for markets.

The deadline to raise the U.S. debt ceiling could be approaching faster than expected, warns Goldman Sachs Group.