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Treasury yields dip after surge higher following strong data and hawkish Fedspeak
Bond yields dipped slightly early Tuesday having risen sharply in recent sessions as rate-cut expectations were pared. What’s happening The yield on the 2-year Treasury [Read more about this post…]
Dow futures slip after 9th record close of 2024
U.S. stock futures slipped Monday, edging backward after megacap corporate earnings led to another round of record highs last week. What’s happening Dow Jones Industrial [Read more about this post…]
Oil prices slide as traders brush off U.S. airstrikes
Oil futures fell early Monday, extending the previous week’s steep decline, as traders looked past a series of retaliatory strikes on Iran-backed militants by a [Read more about this post…]
Trump threatens tariffs exceeding 60% against Chinese goods
Donald Trump plans to restart a trade war with China if elected to a second term, saying Sunday he would impose tariffs on Chinese goods [Read more about this post…]
‘Deep state’ thwarted first-term Trump agenda. There’s a scheme to avoid repeat.
Donald Trump’s major policy initiatives during his term as president were a massive tax cut and a governmentwide effort to cut regulations that he argued [Read more about this post…]
Quit your New Year’s resolution. Science and social media say you’re right.
You come back from a holiday spent stuffing yourself with cookies and wondering what day of the month it is, toasting to the new year [Read more about this post…]
How those strong jobs figures could weaken Biden’s re-election prospects
President Joe Biden issued a statement Friday celebrating the latest blowout jobs report. They showed “another month of strong wage gains and employment gains of [Read more about this post…]
Opinion: It’s the ‘woke’ economy, stupid: Progressive U.S. policies empower populists
Progressives around the world are worried. Right-wing populists have won national elections in the Netherlands and Italy and enjoy rising strength in Germany. In the United States, despite indictments on 91 [Read more about this post…]
1987 stock-market crash has lessons for traders convinced Fed will cut rates
No recession, no problem? Investors appear to be banking on the Federal Reserve embarking this year on a historically aggressive round of interest rate cuts [Read more about this post…]
Treasury yields dip as Fed prepares to start two-day policy meeting
U.S. bond yields fell early Tuesday ahead of the Federal Reserve starting its two-day policy meeting. What’s happening The yield on the 2-year Treasury BX:TMUBMUSD02Y [Read more about this post…]
