The U.S. dollar is offering up an early 2022 head scratcher: Why does the currency keep falling even as traders aggressively pencil in as many as four interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve th...
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Mortgage Rates Surge. The Pandemic’s Ultralow Rates Are Over.
Text size The average rate of a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 3.45% this week. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Mortgage rates climbed to their highest point since March 2020, according to data released Th...
Inflation hit a 31-year high. 7 pros on how they invest during high inflation
Getty Images If you feel like you’ve been paying more for everything from food to tech products, you’re onto something: In December, consumer prices rose 7% from a year prior, which is the highest U.S...
Here are the ETFs to buy on persistently higher inflation in 2022 and beyond, says BlackRock’s head of iShares strategy
Given an outlook for high U.S. inflation that’s likely to persist beyond 2022, Gargi Chaudhuri of BlackRock Inc., the world’s biggest asset manager, says investors should continue to hedge their portf...
The yield curve is no longer sending a don’t-worry-be-happy signal, warns bond king Jeffrey Gundlach
The S&P 500 SPX, +0.28% snapped a five-session losing streak on Tuesday, after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell vowed the central bank would use its “tools” to get inflation under control wi...
Why 7% Inflation Today Is Far Different Than in 1982
Consumer price inflation in December, at 7%, was last this high in the summer of 1982. That’s about all the two periods have in common. Today, the inflation rate is on the rise. Back then, it was fall...
Bitcoin Key Indicators Suggest A Strengthening Case For More Downsides
Bitcoin extended decline below the $42,000 level against the US Dollar. BTC remains at a risk of more downsides if it stays below the $43,000 pivot zone. Bitcoin extended decline and traded below the ...
Nasdaq Composite ends 3 percentage points from correction, as investors react to Fed, Friday’s jobs report
U.S. stocks ended lower Friday, in a turbulent session that concluded with all three major benchmarks suffering weekly declines, following a monthly jobs report whose headline figure came in far below...
Forget Fed Rate Hikes. How It Handles Its $9 Trillion in Assets Is What Really Matters.
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell, shown late last year at a House hearing, faces some big policy decisions this year. Brendan Smialowsky/AFP/Getty Images Text size If there is one takeaway...
BTC On-Chain Analysis: Three Bitcoin Indicators at Key Support Levels
Today’s on-chain analysis by BeInCrypto looks at three indicators that are currently at key support levels. Their holding could be a strong signal of Bitcoin (BTC) reaching a bottom, rebounding and en...
Why Inflation Won’t Be Driving Markets in 2022—And What Will Be
About the authors: Larry Hatheway and Alex Friedman are the co-founders of Jackson Hole Economics, and the former chief economist and chief investment officer, respectively, of UBS. As the New Year co...
Worried About Inflation? Check Out This 7% Treasury Savings Bond.
Text size The Treasury Building Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images One of the best deals for savers now are Treasury Series I savings bonds now paying a 7.12% interest rate. The savings bonds, available el...