Dollar Strength and Increased Middle East Oil Flows Weigh on Crude Prices
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Dollar Strength and Increased Middle East Oil Flows Weigh on Crude Prices

October WTI crude oil (CLV26) closed down -0.13 (-0.16%) on Friday, and October RBOB gasoline (RBV26) closed up +0.0598 (+2.00%). Crude oil and gasoline prices settled mixed on Friday.  Crude prices posted modest losses on Friday after the dollar index ($DXY) rallied to a 2-week high.  Also, signs of larger crude supplies transiting through the…

Nat-Gas Prices Fall Ahead of Opening of Texas Pipeline
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Nat-Gas Prices Fall Ahead of Opening of Texas Pipeline

October Nymex natural gas (NGV26) on Friday closed down -0.026 (-0.89%). Nat-gas prices settled lower on Friday ahead of Energy Transfer LP’s scheduled start date next week for its Hugh Brinson pipeline in Texas.  The pipeline, scheduled to begin service on September 1, will be able to move about 2.2 bcf/day of gas from the…

Warsh’s Hawkish Jackson Hole Speech Sends Gold Sharply Lower
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Warsh’s Hawkish Jackson Hole Speech Sends Gold Sharply Lower

Happy Friday, traders. Welcome to our weekly market wrap, where we take a look back at these last five trading days with a focus on the market news, economic data, and headlines that had the most impact on gold prices and other key correlated assets—and may continue to in the future. So, what kind of…

Dollar jumps after Warsh comments, set for weekly gain
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Dollar jumps after Warsh comments, set for weekly gain

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Aug 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar saw strong gains on Friday, putting it on track for its biggest daily climb in 2-1/2 months after U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh hinted that interest rate hikes may be ā€Œneeded should policymakers doubt that inflation is headed back toward the central…

Jensen Huang Has a Message for NVDA Bears Betting on Open Models: ‘Both Closed and Open Models Are Going to Succeed’
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Jensen Huang Has a Message for NVDA Bears Betting on Open Models: ‘Both Closed and Open Models Are Going to Succeed’

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Nvidia Corp CEO Jensen Huang said the company is benefiting from the rapid rise of both open and closed AI models, arguing that the success of either approach ultimately drives demand for Nvidia’s computing infrastructure. Nvidia Sees Opportunity…

Warsh signals Fed may need to hike rates if above-target inflation persists
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Warsh signals Fed may need to hike rates if above-target inflation persists

By Howard Schneider and Ann Saphir JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming, Aug 28 (Reuters) – The U.S. central bank will “have work to do” if policymakers don’t get the confidence they need that inflation is heading down to 2%, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh said on Friday, coming closer than he has to acknowledging interest rate hikes…

Can passive PE investing enhance portfolio performance?
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Can passive PE investing enhance portfolio performance?

Featured image by Josie Doan/PitchBook The private markets have always sold two things: access and selection, but a New York-based firm is challenging the traditional model. At the start of the summer, private markets index manager NewVest became the first PE fund manager to launch a closed-end fund strategy on the London Stock Exchange Group‘s…

Stock Market Today: Dow Waffles As Warsh Speech Wraps; Microsoft Breaks Out, Amazon Jumps (Live Coverage)
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Stock Market Today: Dow Waffles As Warsh Speech Wraps; Microsoft Breaks Out, Amazon Jumps (Live Coverage)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average waffled early Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh wrapped up his speech at the Fed’s annual symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Meanwhile, Rubrik (RBRK), Marvell Technology (MRVL), Affirm (AFRM), Elastic (ESTC) and PayPal (PYPL) were big movers on the stock market today. Shortly after noon ET, the Dow Jones Industrial…

Microsoft, Stock Of The Day, Flashes New Buy Signal. Why It’s Still An ‘AI Winner.’
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Microsoft, Stock Of The Day, Flashes New Buy Signal. Why It’s Still An ‘AI Winner.’

Microsoft Microsoft MSFT $ 515.39 $10.33 2.05% 16% IBD Stock Analysis Stock actionable as it approaches 513.73 entry above cup base MSFT Relative strength line at 7-month high IBD Composite Rating 98/99 Industry Group Ranking 6/197 Emerging Pattern Consolidation Consolidation A sideways pattern that doesn’t fit traditional base definitions. Sometimes will have a handle. *…

PayPal Dives As Advent-Stripe Group Said To Drop Pursuit Of Payments Giant
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PayPal Dives As Advent-Stripe Group Said To Drop Pursuit Of Payments Giant

PayPal stock plunged Friday on a report that an Advent-Stripe consortium has dropped their efforts to buy the digital payments giant. Privately held payments firm Stripe and private equity firm Advent had given up their pursuit of PayPal (PYPL), Bloomberg reported Thursday night, citing sources. The group reportedly bid $60.50 a share, or $53 billion,…

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