Fed Holds at 3.50-3.75 Percent in July on an Unusually Divided 9-3 Vote
75 percent on July 29, 2026 — the fifth straight hold — on an unusually divided 9-3 vote. What the split means for markets.
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July FOMC holds again — this time with three members voting to raise
75 passed 9-3, three hawkish dissents after a unanimous June — the full 2026 vote sequence, documented.
AI-washing is not a model failure: what the SEC's enforcement actually measured
The SEC's first AI-washing settlements penalized false marketing about artificial intelligence, not a model's forecasting accuracy — a distinction that matters for anyone judging what a validated model requires.
How Proof-of-Stake Rewards Work, and What the SEC's 2025 Guidance Changed
S. securities regulators concluded in 2025 that those rewards are compensation for a service rather than investment profit.
Bitcoin Reclaims $64,000 After the June Washout — a Milder Cycle So Far
Bitcoin reclaimed 64,000 dollars in July 2026 after the June washout to the high-50,000s — a ~50 percent drawdown versus prior cycles' 60-70, with ETF outflows concentrated in IBIT.
The Fed's stress tests changed shape: what averaging does to comparability
Fed stress test 2026: $708 billion projected losses inside the two-year averaging overhaul — what the methodology change does to comparability.
BEA's first read on Q2 2026: real GDP grew 1.5 percent
6 percent in Q1 — a provisional vintage with a revision schedule.
What a fund's turnover ratio tells you, and what it doesn't
What a fund turnover ratio tells you — pace, costs, tax distributions — and what it doesn't: skill, risk, or trading quality.
Anatomy of a bid-ask spread: where the pennies go
Bid-ask spread anatomy: processing cost, inventory risk and adverse selection, why spreads jump on news, and what decimalization changed.
CPI cools to 3.5 percent in June, from 4.2 in May
1 percent monthly print — base effects and energy mechanics first.
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