Text size An oil pumpjack operates near Ventura, Calif. Mario Tama/Getty Images The “fear trade” that emanates from destructive inflation is in effect, but it is starting to look less appealing. The f...
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A surging U.S. dollar is already sending ‘danger signals,’ economists warn
The Federal Reserve’s aggressive efforts to wring out inflation have sent the U.S. dollar soaring to historic highs — further aiding the effort to get price pressures under control. Beware, however, t...
Disappointing U.S. data has traders considering possibility of a half-point Fed rate hike in September
In the blink of an eye on Tuesday, the U.S. bond market’s focus shifted back toward fears of an unexpectedly sharp economic slowdown and away from persistently high inflation over the bulk of the trad...
Once offering the worst return on Wall Street, cash is now looking like the best asset to own, says Morgan Stanley
Stock sellers are ready to pick up where they left off on Friday, as the market appears to be is waking up from its August slumber with a vengeance. As Goldman Sach’s chief U.S. equity strategist Davi...
U.S. dollar is now slicing through key technical levels ‘like a hot knife in butter’
The U.S. dollar is back on the upswing and headed toward the year-to-date highs seen in mid-July following a period of relative dormancy over the past month as investors pulled back on expectations of...
A Strong U.S. Dollar Raises Risks for Everyone
Text size The strong dollar is especially bad news for tech companies that realize much of their profits abroad. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Nothing can stop the dollar—and until something does, expect m...
Euro slips closer to parity as Goldman warns the ECB could respond more ‘forcefully’ to a weak currency’
As the euro moved ever closer toward parity on Tuesday, one big Wall Street bank warned that investors may be underestimating the firepower of the bloc’s central bank. Pressure resumed on the common c...
Stocks are still too expensive and rising rates may shock financial system, Seth Klarman warns
Investment legend Seth Klarman went back to his roots at the Harvard Business School to declare that the stock market is still too pricey even with its slide this year. “You’ve got a stock market that...
Yuan-ruble trading explodes 1,000% in latest challenge to U.S. dollar’s dominance
The Russian ruble has rebounded sharply off the lows seen after the invasion of Ukraine, although there remains a wide margin between prices quoted in Moscow and those quoted offshore. But in the late...
Dow books 4th day of gains, stocks rally after Fed minutes signal flexibility on interest rate hikes
Stocks closed higher Wednesday as investors took away a message of flexibility from the release of minutes of the early May Federal Reserve meeting about its path to higher interest rates. How did sto...
Here’s the playbook if the rest of the world breaks free from the U.S. dollar, says Credit Suisse’s monetary plumbing guru
It’s pretty well accepted that no one knows as much about the plumbing of the world’s financial system as Zoltan Pozsar, global head of short-term interest-rate strategy at Credit Suisse, who was the ...
Whether or not a bottom is in, here’s what will ride to the stock market’s rescue over 12 months, one strategist forecasts
So, is this it? After the powerful 2.6% rebound for the S&P 500 SPX, -0.43% on Wednesday, is the bottom in? Arguing yes is Mark Newton, head of technical strategy at Fundstrat, who notes that whil...
Why a falling dollar signals ‘markets are in wonderland’ over inflation and Fed
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...
Tumbling Markets Imperil Tech, the Dollar, and Private Equity
Text size Japan has had to intervene to support the sliding yen for the first time since 1998, even as it tries to keep its interest rates low. Akio Kon/Bloomberg The world has been hooked on cheap mo...