Jared Blikre

The "neutral rate" of interest is something most economists and Fed officials are convinced exists, but it has never been seen.

Yahoo Finance Markets and Data Editor Jared Blikre joins Asking For A Trend to break down today's top market (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) movements, including: Markets posting their strongest weekly performance of 2024, Nvidia's (NVDA) addition to the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI), and bitcoin's (BTC-USD) notable outperformance compared to gold (GC=F). To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Asking for a Trend here. This post was written by Angel Smith

The S&P 500's earnings season is 80% done and the word "bottom" keeps popping up. It could mean a two-year tough stretch for manufacturing may be over soon.

Shawn Lesser left private equity after a mental breakdown and started a mental health foundation, taking a stand to help solve one of the financial world's less-talked-about problems.

As US stocks (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) are looking ahead to next week's lineup — the 2024 presidential election and the Federal Reserve's November FOMC meeting — let's look back on some of the day's biggest market trends. Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared Blikre comes on Asking for a Trend to recap the five-day moving average on the megacap tech stocks that reported earnings this week — including the Magnificent Seven's Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Meta Platforms (META), and Microsoft (MSFT). He also monitors pre-election volatility's (^VIX) influence on Treasury yields (^TYX, ^TNX, ^FVX), and bitcoin's (BTC-USD) year-to-date pullback as it rallies ahead of the election and flirts with staying above its $70,000 benchmark. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Asking for a Trend here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) closed Thursday over 2.7% lower, the S&P 500 (^GSPC) not too far behind with a session loss of 1.86%. Tech sector worries seem to have been revived coming off Meta Platforms (META) and Microsoft's (MSFT) latest earnings print and ahead of Amazon (AMZN) and Apple's (AAPL) results due out after the close. Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared Blikre joins Alexandra Canal and Josh Schafer on Market Domination Overtime to examine bond market trends (^TYX, ^TNX, ^FVX) and losses from Magnificent Seven tech leaders. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination Overtime here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

The economy is making a soft landing and the bull market is flying high as the Nasdaq hits record heights. But the mood is...off.

Bitcoin (BTC-USD) is approaching record high territory as it re-enters the $73,000 territory Tuesday afternoon. Yahoo Finance markets and data editor Jared Blikre monitors year-to-date trends in the crypto space as bitcoin runs higher, taking note of the rally in meme coin dogecoin (DOGE-USD) that coincides with dogecoin bull Elon Musk's support of former President Donald Trump. Crypto stocks — including MicroStrategy (MSTR), Coinbase Global (COIN), and Riot Platforms (RIOT) — were rallying earlier today as bitcoin hovered just below $72,000 in the morning session. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination here. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.

Listen and subscribe to Stocks In Translation on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you find your favorite podcasts. In this episode of Stocks In Translation, Yahoo Finance's markets and data editor Jared Blikre and host Madison Mills welcome Kevin Gordon, director and senior investment strategist at Charles Schwab, to the podcast. The team delves into market breadth — how many stocks participate in a given move in an index or stock exchange— against the backdrop of an election a few weeks away and the markets seemingly shrugging their shoulders. Gordon acknowledges the amount of change, “There has been a lot of churn, but it just hasn't yet manifested… I would chalk that up to relatively strong breadth and participation because you look at the S&P [500] in particular… There's been really this sort of solid band of, you know, around 65 to 80% of stocks trading above their 200-day moving average for the most part for the entire year.” The episode also dives into the first

US stocks (^DJI,^GSPC, ^IXIC) closed higher to start the week. The 10-year Treasury note yield (^TNX) hit 4.3% during the trading day, and settled at 4.28% at the market close, which could signal some trouble ahead for equities. As the market begins to rotate out of Big Tech, cyclicals could take the lead. Meanwhile, bitcoin (BTC-USD) edges near $70,000. Jared Blikre breaks down his top takeaways from the trading day. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Asking for a Trend here. This post was written by Melanie Riehl