S&P 500 Flat As Powell Urges Rate Caution

S&P 500 is little changed as Powell urges caution on rate cuts, trade tensions escalate (CNBC)

Fed Chair Powell says central bank doesn’t ‘need to be in a hurry’ to lower interest rates further (CNBC)

The Magnificent 7 Are So Last Year. Cash Cows Are the New Kings. (WSJ)

Vance Warns U.S. Allies to Keep AI Regulation Light (WSJ)

OpenAI’s Altman Says Musk ‘Probably Just Trying to Slow Us Down’ (Bloomberg)

Why This Week’s Inflation Report Is Especially Important (WSJ)

CPI for January 2025 is Projected to Rise 2.9% Year-Over-Year (FactSet)

GM expects to mitigate up to 50% of potential North American tariffs, which Ford describes as ‘chaos’ (CNBC)

EU Pledges Countermeasure Against Trump’s Tariffs on Metals (Bloomberg)