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Retail investors are snatching up stocks — and that has Wall Street on edge

Retail investors are buying stocks in force and pushing up stock prices — a dynamic that’s spooking some veteran Wall Street analysts and observers.
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Jamie Dimon’s doomsday clock is ticking. The JPMorgan Chase CEO told the BBC he’s “far more worried” than his peers about a serious market correction, citing fiscal bloat and geopolitical risk.

DOGE barked about $2 trillion in cuts — and fetched none. Despite the department’s pledges to slim the budget, government spending climbed $376 billion this year, while Musk’s “efficiency” drive proved mostly theoretical.

Musk’s long-running Twitter feud just got muted. The CEO of what’s now X agreed to pay four former Twitter executives their promised severance — the same team he once vowed to “hunt … till they die.”

Flat soda, rising stock. Pepsi’s North American sales slid again as consumers are buying fewer chips and sodas, but global growth and cost-cutting measures helped it beat expectations and keep investors sipping.


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