The Fed’s obsession with 2% inflation belongs in ‘the halls of academia,’ Peter Boockvar warns

The Federal Reserve’s long-held inflation target of 2 percent should be thrown into the “academic ditches,” closely followed analyst Peter Boockvar warned on Monday. The remarks by the chief market analyst for The Lindsey Group on CNBC came after a...

The best could still be ahead for surging Amazon — and here’s how to play it

Amazon could see more upside ahead, some strategists say, following a first quarter in which Amazon shares gained 18 percent and logged eight all-time highs, including on Friday.Amazon’s potential for expansion in the consumer and grocery delivery services will...