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Wall Street’s record-setting run keeps motoring on expectations for easier interest rates
The S&P 500 rose 0.8% on Thursday and was on track to set an all-time high for a third straight day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq composite were also heading toward records.
Buy-now-pay-later company Klarna goes public in largest IPO of 2025
Klarna sold 34.3 million shares to investors at $40 a share late Tuesday. That’s above the forecasted range of $35 to $37 a share and values the company at more than $15 billion.
Left and right join forces over bill to ban lawmakers from trading stock
Lawmakers who agree on little else gathered to promote a ban that polls well with voters and appears to be finding new momentum after stalling out in previous sessions of Congress.
Trump opens the door for private equity, crypto as 401(k) retirement plan options
Millions of Americans saving for retirement could have the option of putting their money in higher-risk investments, according to an executive order signed Thursday by President Donald Trump.
$2M Geist home at heart of Drive Planning legal battle
Nearly a year after a federal judge placed Georgia-based financial firm Drive Planning LLC into receivership, the court-appointed receiver is still wrestling to gain control of the $2 million Geist mansion where the now-defunct firm’s managing partner lives.
More Americans shift money from checking and savings to accounts with investment income, study says
Inflation-adjusted cash balances in checking and savings accounts “remain low with a flat-growth trajectory,” the analysis by JPMorganChase Institute found.
Bitcoin soars to new all-time high as lawmakers focus on pro-crypto legislation
The world’s oldest and most popular cryptocurrency is currently the fifth most valuable asset class in the world, at $2.4 trillion, giving it a higher market cap than Amazon.
Bitcoin tops $118,000 for the first time
A soft U.S. dollar and the digital currency friendliness of President Donald Trump’s administration has helped to push the price of bitcoin to unprecedented levels.
Chipmaker Nvidia becomes most valuable company in world at $4T
The poster child of the AI boom, Nvidia has surpassed Microsoft, Apple, Amazon and Google parent Alphabet in market value.
Stocks set new record to wrap up first half; here’s what drove markets
The U.S. stock market ended the first half of 2025 with back-to-back record highs, defying a rollicking few months of trade tensions and economic uncertainty that sent it deep into negative terrain in April.
Stocks rise to brink of a record, recover nearly all their 20% springtime drop
Wall Street’s worries about Trump’s tariffs have receded since the president stunned the world in April with stiff proposed levies, but they have not disappeared.
Carmel-based hedge fund sues international crypto company for alleged fraud
The lawsuit claims the crypto venture company lied about how much money it had raised in order to persuade the fund to also invest.
Mickey Kim: Moody’s downgrade points to looming U.S. debt calamity
Moody’s, S&P Global Ratings and Fitch Ratings are the three primary credit rating agencies for corporate and government borrowers. Moody’s was actually the last CRA to strip the United States of its highest credit rating.
Senate advances legislation to regulate stablecoins, a form of cryptocurrency
The bill would aim to create a federal framework to regulate the stablecoin industry, which is currently governed by a patchwork of existing federal and state laws.
Governor’s IEDC moves raise questions about planned VC growth fund
Almost exactly one year ago, Indiana officials publicly announced a significant entrepreneurial resource the state had been quietly working on for several years—the launch of a $100 million investment fund to help young companies scale up their businesses. A lot has changed since then.
Financial advisers counsel calm amid market ups and downs
It might be tempting to make dramatic changes to your investments right now, but it’s important to resist that impulse, advisers say.
Indianapolis-based investment firm Sheaff Brock to be acquired
The acquisition of Sheaff Brock will be California-based Allworth Financial’s third and largest Indianapolis acquisition to date.
While tariffs roil Wall Street, individual investors stay in stocks
The tariff-induced extremes that have gripped Wall Street have been mirrored by a surprising fortitude among everyday people invested in the stock market, financial advisers and analysts say.
Stocks continue rally as China tariff cut considered
President Trump told reporters Tuesday that he planned to be “very nice” to China in any trade talks, and that tariffs would drop if the two nations were able to reach a deal.