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High interest rates have been a boon for Americans who hold onto cash, but many on Wall Street are warning investors to start thinking ahead. Since the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates, people have flocked to cash vehicles like money market funds and certificates of deposit. Total assets in money market funds hit a record high of $6.12 trillion in the week that ended Wednesday, according to the Investment Company Association. Interest rates are likely to remain higher for longer, with the Federal Reserve predicting only one rate cut this year. Investors may be tempted to hold onto short-term…

Satellite imagery shows an overview of the International Space Station with the Boeing Starliner spacecraft on board on June 7, 2024.Maxar Technologies | via ReutersBoeingThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on Friday that the Starliner spacecraft Calypso will stay at the International Space Station for twice as long as its originally planned mission.The developmental nature of the mission, known as Boeing’s Crew Flight Test, comes as the company and NASA conduct a variety of tests on the Starliner docked to the ISS. The mission marks Starliner’s first crewed flight, with Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams scheduled to return…

Dive Overview: Evolve Bank & Trust was hit with enforcement action by the Federal Reserve on Friday for deficiencies in its anti-money laundering, risk management and consumer compliance programs. An investigation last August found that West Memphis, Arkansas-based Evolve, the banking partner of the collapsed fintech middleware company Synapse, engaged in unsafe and sound banking practices with its fintech partners because it “did not have an effective risk management framework in place.” The Fed In an announcement on Friday. The Fed noted that the enforcement action is unrelated to Synapse’s bankruptcy proceedings and instead requires Evolve to address potential compliance…

Varonis Systems is expected to bounce back in the second half of 2024 amid rising demand for data security, according to JPMorgan. Analyst Brian Essex upgraded the stock to overweight from neutral and raised his December 2025 price target to $54 from $50. The new target suggests an upside of about 29% from Thursday’s closing price. The stock has fallen 6.7% this year as data security stocks have declined broadly, presenting an attractive buying opportunity for investors heading into the second half of the year, the analyst said in a note on Friday. VRNS YTD Mt. Varonis YTD “Expectations are…

Goldman Sachs funds on Friday sold 4.06 million shares of Restaurant Brands Asia (RBA) in a lump sum worth Rs 430 crore at a sale price of Rs 105.53 per share, 1.30 per cent lower than Thursday’s closing price of Rs 107 on the BSE. Buyer information is not yet available on the BSE.Goldman Sachs Fund – Goldman Sachs India Equity Portfolio, which sold the shares on Friday, held 1,10,12,628 shares or 2.22% in Restaurant Brands Asia as on March 31, 2024, as per shareholding data available on the BSE.The stock rose 6% intraday on heavy trade on Friday, hitting…

Before the bell rings, let’s take a look at some of the companies that are making waves. GameStop — The meme stock fell 1.1% after Keith Gill, known as “Roaring Kitty,” appeared to increase his stake in GameStop. He appears to have 9 million 1,000 shares of GameStop stock and more than $6 million in cash, according to a screenshot he posted on Reddit. Adobe — The software company surged 14.2% after it reported better-than-expected profits and revenue, and announced annual digital media revenue, including Creative Cloud subscriptions, that beat analysts’ expectations. Adobe also raised its full-year guidance. JPMorgan on…

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The Bank of Japan is widely expected to keep interest rates unchanged at the end of its two-day meeting until June 14, 2024. Pictured is the Japanese flag flying high at the bank’s headquarters in Tokyo.Kazuhiro Nogi | AFP | Getty ImagesThe Bank of Japan kept its policy interest rate unchanged on Friday but signaled it was considering reducing its bond purchases.The central bank left short-term interest rates unchanged at 0% to 0.1% at the end of a two-day policy meeting, as widely expected.Notably, however, the Bank of Japan said in a statement that it may reduce its purchases of…

Benchmark indices continued their upward trend and hit fresh highs on Thursday, with the 30-stock Sensex index rising 538 points to hit an all-time high of 77,145, while the Nifty index rose 75 points to close at a fresh record high of 23,398.Among the stocks that stood out were Sobha, which rose 4.97 per cent, L&T Finance, which rose 2.98 per cent and Marico, whose shares fell 2.94 per cent on Thursday.Riyank Arora, Technical Analyst at Mehta Equities, has these recommendations for what investors should do with these stocks when markets resume trading today:BuckwheatThe monthly RSI (14) is around 85,…

Keith Gill (aka Roaring Kitty) will be hosting a YouTube livestream on June 7, 2024.Source: Roaring Kitty | YouTubeKeith Gill, a champion of meme stocks known online as “Roaring Kitty,” GameStopIt appears that the company owns more than 9 million common shares.Gill posted new screenshots of his E-Trade portfolio on Reddit’s Superstonk forum after the close on Thursday, revealing that he now holds 9 million 1,000 shares of GameStop stock and more than $6 million in cash. On June 2, the first day he began disclosing his position in the 2024 meme-stock boom, his portfolio included 5 million shares of…