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The Schwab Trading Activity Index rose to a multi-year high of 59.12 in June, up 7.33% from 55.08 in May, as retail investors on the Schwab platform used mid-month market pullbacks as buying opportunities. Net buys outpaced net sells by more than two to one, with the heaviest buying concentrated during the market retreats in the weeks ended June 12 and June 19.

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Bridget McGregor has been appointed as CFO of Boston Financial. McGregor will be responsible for leading fina...

The Federal Reserve has unveiled the leadership and objectives of five newly formed task forces designed to sharpen how it conducts monetary policy at a time of heightened economic and technological change. The groups will focus on communications, balance sheet policy, data, productivity and jobs, and inflation frameworks, and are co-led by a mix of academic economist...

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SpaceX’s record-breaking $25 billion investment-grade bond offering was initially hailed as another milestone in the AI infrastructure investment boom. With nearly $89 billion in investor orders, the transaction demonstrated that institutional appetite for marquee AI-related issuers remains exceptionally strong. Yet the cel...

U.S. employers added 57,000 jobs in June, while the unemployment rate edged down to 4.2% from 4.3% in May, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The report also included sizable downward revisions to prior months. April payroll growth was revised lower to 148,000 from 179,000, while May payrolls were cut to 129,000 from 172,000. Combined, the rev...