Equity Markets

The rates trade is back in focus for stock investors

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Jessica Roberts

Wall Street is worried that the rates trade could once again drag down stocks. The 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) has risen roughly ...

Amazon to join Dow Jones Industrial Average next week

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Jessica Roberts

Last Updated: Feb. 20, 2024 at 5:52 p.m. ET First Published: Feb. 20, 2024 at 5:32 p.m. ET Amazon.com Inc. is set ...

How bonds perform one year after the Federal Reserve’s first rate cut of a cycle

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Jessica Roberts

Published: Feb. 16, 2024 at 2:51 p.m. ET The U.S. bond market’s strong rally in the fourth quarter likely has more room ...

Mark Zuckerberg could pay millions in taxes to the IRS on Meta dividends

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Jessica Roberts

Mark Zuckerberg delighted Meta shareholders and Wall Street this week with news of the social media giant’s first-ever dividend. The IRS may ...

Why this money manager is betting bonds over stocks this year

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Jessica Roberts

Out of eleven sessions so far this year, the S&P 500 SPX has managed to close higher in three (and one just ...

What history says about stocks and the bond market ahead of a first Fed rate cut

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Jessica Roberts

Investors are convinced the Federal Reserve’s next move will be to cut rates. But if the Fed does follow through, the timing ...

Here’s how much financial conditions have eased across stocks, bonds and the dollar ahead of Fed rate decision

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Sarah Wilson

Financial conditions have eased ahead of the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting this week, with U.S. stocks extending their rally on Monday as ...

Something remarkable and extremely rare happened to U.S. stock market on Monday

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Jessica Roberts

All of a sudden, it’s starting to look like the “Magnificent Seven” might be losing some of their shine. Although it’s difficult ...

US November payrolls growth hurts case for early ’24 Fed cuts

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Jessica Roberts

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. job growth accelerated in November and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.7% even as more people entered ...

Don’t be fooled: Huge one-day stock rallies are more common in bear markets

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Jessica Roberts

Published: Nov. 15, 2023 at 6:18 p.m. ET Bullish stock investors should temper the enthusiasm with which they greeted the stock market’s ...