{"id":849208,"date":"2025-05-18T09:11:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T14:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/stocks-rally-teslas-board-chair-sells-and-coinbases-big-moment-markets-news-roundup\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T09:11:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T14:11:41","slug":"stocks-rally-teslas-board-chair-sells-and-coinbases-big-moment-markets-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/18\/stocks-rally-teslas-board-chair-sells-and-coinbases-big-moment-markets-news-roundup\/","title":{"rendered":"Stocks rally, Tesla’s board chair sells, and Coinbase’s big moment: Markets news roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On the back of market rallies over the last few weeks, the Nasdaq is now up just over 1% year-to-date. The S&P 500? Flat. The Dow Jones Industrial Average? Down 0.6%. <\/p>\n

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Inflation is cooling, with the year-over-year rate in April at 2.3%, the lowest since February 2021.<\/p>\n

But the numbers tell one story, and how Americans experience inflation tells another. And national statistics can blanket over a more complicated landscape on the local level. <\/p>\n

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Robyn Denholm, the chair of Tesla\u2019s (TSLA<\/a><\/span>) board of directors, sold nearly $200 million worth of Tesla stock in the past six months, per an New York Times analysis<\/a><\/span> of recent SEC filings.<\/p>\n

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U.S. stocks soared Monday after Washington and Beijing struck a surprise deal to dramatically cut tariffs, marking a rare moment of clarity and good news in an otherwise volatile environment. <\/p>\n

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Inflation cooled more than expected last month, with consumer prices rising 2.3% year-over-year in April, down from a 2.4% annual rate in March.<\/p>\n

The April Consumer Price Index (CPI) report, released early Tuesday, marked the lowest annual inflation rate<\/a><\/span> since early 2021 and the third consecutive month of deceleration, edging closer to the Federal Reserve\u2019s recently reiterated<\/a><\/span> target of 2%. <\/p>\n

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Coinbase is set to join the S&P 500 \u2014 a milestone moment not just for the company but arguably for the American economy itself.<\/p>\n

The $52 billion company, which runs the largest publicly traded crypto exchange in the U.S., will replace Discover Financial Services (DFS<\/a><\/span>) following Discover\u2019s looming acquisition by Capital One (COF<\/a><\/span>), S&P Global said late Monday<\/a><\/span>. <\/p>\n

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The Federal Reserve has been playing a waiting game for months. A lot has changed this week. And the Fed will probably just keep playing the waiting game. <\/p>\n

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Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is warning that near-zero interest rates are likely to be a thing of the past.<\/p>\n

During his opening remarks<\/a><\/span> at the Federal Open Market Committee 2025 review on Thursday, Powell indicated that longer-term interest rates are to remain higher due to economic volatility. <\/p>\n

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