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Recession fears tied to yields are overblown, Canaccord’s Tony Dwyer
Wall Street may be overestimating recession risks. While investors focus on an unnerving inversion between the five-year and 30-year Treasury Note yields, Canaccord Genuity’s Tony Dwyer is conce...
‘The dam finally broke’: 10-year Treasury yields spike to breach top of downward trend channel seen since mid-1980s, says Deutsche Bank
Yields on the 10-year Treasury note have spiked through the top line of a downward trend channel tracing back to the mid-1980s, with surging inflation and the Federal Reserve’s reaction to it sparking...
Goldman, BofA See Fed Going Big on Rate Hikes
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell made clear in a talk this week that he’s open to 50-basis point increases in interest rates, if necessary. The Fed is reacting to rampant inflation, with consume...
Cramer’s Mad Money Recap 3/25: Dave & Busters, Micron Technology, Walgreens
Even if we get more inflationary data next week, stock prices could still head higher, Jim Cramer told his Mad Money viewers Friday. That’s because an aggressive stance on inflation from the Fed...
Why Housing May Not Get as Hammered as Usual in This Rate Hike Cycle
Traditional home buyers are sure to be pinched by rising mortgage rates, but better-financed investors could keep prices rising. Here, a home for sale in Houston last summer. Brandon Bell/Getty Images...
Mortgage Rates Rose Even Higher. Here’s How Much More You’d Pay Now.
New-home sales fell in February due, in part, to the effects of rising mortgage rates on affordability. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Text size Mortgage rates climbed past 4% last week—and their rapid ...
Ariel Fund Manager Picks Value Stocks in Energy, Finance, More
Value stocks have outperformed growth stocks so far this year, after a decade of lagging behind, and the new trend can continue, says Charlie Bobrinskoy, vice chairman of Ariel Investments and portfol...
Cramer’s Mad Money Recap 3/23: Nvidia, Lucid, Holley
The history is very clear: At times like these, you need to stay the course, Jim Cramer told his Mad Money viewers Wednesday. As of Tuesday, the stock market had given back 50% of its gains since Nove...
Why The Experts Are Banking On Financial Institution M&A
Interest Rates and other conditions are setting the stage for more bank acquisitions this year. By Calvin Trice and Jeff Sheban Business and technology concept. getty Bank deals should return to a ste...
Cover Bond Short Sales
Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images Getty Images The March 21 posting advised a short sale on US notes. It was noted that the 25th was likely to be the low and that the price target was 123.6. The price ...
When will savings account rates rise, and where are the best savings accounts?
The average savings account pays a paltry 0.06%, according to Bankrate. But some online savings accounts are already paying relatively high rates. Getty Images/iStockphoto Though the Federal Reserve’s...
Powell says ‘inflation is much too high’ and the Fed will take ‘necessary steps’ to address
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell addresses an online only news conference in a frame grab from U.S. Federal Reserve video broadcast from the Federal Reserve building in Washington, U.S., Ja...
Weekend reads: There’s a recession warning as the Federal Reserve fights inflation
The Federal Reserve this week increased the federal funds rate for the first time since 2018. Long-term market interest rates had risen significantly as investors anticipated that the central bank wou...
Fed Not Doing Enough to Fight Inflation, Fed President Says. He May Be Right.
President of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis James Bullard wants the Fed to move faster. Alastair Pike / AFP via Getty Images Text size St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard has...
Fed Governor Waller says half-point rate hikes could be needed as ‘inflation is raging’
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller told CNBC on Friday that the central bank may need to enact one or more 50-basis-point interest rate hikes this year to tame inflation. Though he voted this...
Fed’s Powell sees the light — and turns far more hawkish than expected
After remaining stubbornly dovish last year, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday jumped the central bank squarely into the hawkish camp at his press conference on Wednesday. “The March...
The Market Rose on the Fed’s Rate Hikes. What It Might Be Missing.
Text size Fed Chair Jerome Powell told reporters Wednesday the central bank had the tools to bring inflation down. Photographer: Julia Nikhinson/Bloomberg It may not rank with the “whatever it takes” ...
St. Louis Fed’s Bullard says the central bank should raise rates above 3% this year
James Bullard David Orrell | CNBC St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said Friday he thinks the central bank should raise interest rates the equivalent of 12 times this year to convince the public i...
Federal Reserve meeting:
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday approved its first interest rate increase in more than three years, an incremental salvo to address spiraling inflation without torpedoing economic growth. After keepi...
Why Fed’s first rate hike since 2018 isn’t the key to economy’s future
The Federal Reserve is about to raise its benchmark interest rate for the first time since 2018, but it’s already time for the market to look past this well-telegraphed move, according to Kathy ...
Dow futures climb nearly 400 points, with Fed interest-rate hike in the spotlight
U.S. stock futures on Wednesday pointed to an extension of the previous session’s rally, as traders wait for the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decision and react to China’s statement of support fo...
Cramer’s Mad Money Recap 3/15: Marvell, Amazon, CrowdStrike
When things look really horrible, and the markets have been down for days, don’t despair, Jim Cramer told his Mad Money viewers Tuesday. Instead, he said they should plot out their next moves, s...
How the stock market ‘fear index’ works
The volatility index, also known as the VIX, essentially takes a reading of the stock market’s blood pressure, measuring investors’ fear. The VIX can spike when investor concerns are heigh...
Why the Federal Reserve raises interest rates to combat inflation
The Federal Reserve building in Washington, January 26, 2022. Joshua Roberts | Reuters The Federal Reserve is poised to announce its first interest rate hike since 2018 on Wednesday. The central bank ...
Why You Shouldn’t Take Action Right After Big News
Events like Federal Reserve decisions on interest rates are closely followed by investors, traders and the financial media. They’re also followed by the algorithm programs investment houses use to man...
How Will the Fed’s New Interest Rate Policy Affect Real Estate Prices?
Text size Rising mortgage rates will further restrict housing affordability. Brandon Bell/Getty Images About the author: Clare Losey is an assistant research economist at Texas A&M University’s Te...