Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

The record amount of cash in Berkshire's accounts is not ballast but an option, believes James Brumley of The Motley Fool 

Berkshire risks losing billions of dollars in interest after Fed rate cuts

Oracle Corporation

NVIDIA Corporation

Tesla, Inc.

Daily review and forecast of events on the U.S. stock market from Mikhail Denislamov, Deputy Director of Freedom Capital Markets Research.

Morning in New York: macro statistics will determine the course of trading

Tokyo Electron Limited

Advantest Corporation

SoftBank Group Corp.

Shares of Tokyo Electron, a manufacturer of equipment for microchip production, became the leader of growth

Nikkei rises above 45,000 points for the first time. What is driving Japanese stocks upward?

Amid expectations of a Fed rate cut, gold hit an all-time high, topping $3685 an ounce and adding more than 40% since the start of the year. Meanwhile, London-based startup Nothing raised $200 million at a $1.3 billion valuation to develop AI smartphones, and a U.S. appeals court blocked Trump's attempt to fire Fed board member Lisa Cook early. On these and other topics - in our review of key events for the morning of September 16.

Highlights for the morning: gold record, Tesla back on the rise, Nothing raised $200 million

In trading on September 15, the S&amp;P 500 hit a record high

Strategists warned of a pause in the rally after the Fed rate cut. What is their advice?

BYD Company Limited

The U.S. and China are trying to establish a dialog on trade and TikTok, while the Fed is preparing for a rate decision, pushing up Asian indices and metal prices. In China, a price war in the electric car sector has cost BYD $45 billion in market value. About these and other topics - in our review of key events by the morning of September 15.

Top story for the morning: aluminum rises in price, BYD loses investor confidence 

FedEx Corporation

Lennar Corporation

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.

The downward revision of the preliminary data on the number of new jobs created in the U.S. economy in the 12 months to March 2025 inclusive, strengthened Wall Street's confidence that the U.S. Federal Reserve will begin a cycle of aggressive rate cuts. The key event this week will be the regulator's meeting, following which it will announce a decision on monetary policy. Despite the fact that US inflation is above the Fed's 2% target, a weakening labor market almost guarantees an interest rate cut at the upcoming meeting, <a href="https://www.barrons.com/articles/fed-meeting-fedex-lennar-bullish-earnings-98fc31b5?mod=RTA#:~:text=But%20it%E2%80%99s%20Fed%20Chairman%20Jerome%20Powell%20and%20the%20FOMC%20that%20will%20take%20center%20stage.%20Despite%20inflation%20running%20above%20the%20Fed%E2%80%99s%202%25%20target%2C%20a%20weakening%20labor%20market%20all%20but%20assures%20an%20interest%2Drate%20cut%20at%20the%20meeting.">according to</a> Barron's. The main question on investors' minds is how many more rate cuts will follow before the end of this year and into 2026.

US Fed rate and FedEx earnings: what investors need to know this week

The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) rose by 2.9% year-on-year in August. This was the highest reading in almost eight months. Although traders have little doubt that the U.S. Federal Reserve will cut rates at its next meeting in September, rising prices may raise questions about how aggressively the Fed will act in the coming months, MarketWatch <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/livecoverage/cpi-report-threatens-to-reset-fed-rate-cut-plans-as-market-focuses-on-inflation-data/card/inflation-pops-again-in-august-cpi-shows-but-probably-not-enough-to-derail-fed-rate-cut-3OZSeWZ8MrXlRw2wG1xg">writes</a>.

Inflation in August rose to its highest since January. Will this prevent a rate cut?

Following the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, U.S. stock and Treasury bond futures rose and yields on two-year securities fell to 3.52%

Wholesale inflation unexpectedly went down. Markets are confident in the Fed rate cut

Earlier, the court ruled that the U.S. president's duties were illegal. The White House challenged this

Court puts on hold Trump's attempt to fire one of the Fed governors. What does that mean?

Donald Trump has called on the EU to impose duties of up to 100% on goods from China and India for buying Russian oil - following Washington, which has already raised import duties on Indian goods. Swedish fintech startup Klarna announced the results of its IPO in New York with a $15 billion valuation, while Oracle shares jumped 28% thanks to large cloud contracts and integration with OpenAI. These and other topics are in our review of key events on the morning of September 10.