France debt crisis: Investors render a ‘guilty’ verdict and are pricing in growing odds of default
Faced with the prospect of a far-right or a far-left president, the bond market doesn’t see France curbing…
10-year Treasury yield briefly tops 5% for the first time since 2023
What happened: The 10-year Treasury yield (^TNX) briefly climbed past the 5% threshold on Monday for the first…
Treasury’s recent moves in the bond and currency markets add up to ‘soft-form financial repression’
With U.S. debt hitting $40 trillion, markets are turning more attention to that burden and whether policymakers will…
Dollar falls to three-month low on Treasury buyback worries
By Karen Brettell and Niket Nishant Aug 21 (Reuters) – The dollar fell to a three-month low against…
Wall Street sinks as bond yields rise, Walmart results disappoint
By Sinéad Carew and Avinash P Aug 20 (Reuters) – The three main U.S. equity indexes closed lower…
One day after doubling Treasury buybacks, Bessent says he’s ready to boost them further to push down long-term yields
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled that he is willing to expand the Treasury Department’s buyback program as long-term…
Stock Market Today (Aug. 19, 2026): Moderna doubles after successful cancer vaccine trial, lifting biotech
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Stock market today: Dow plunges by 1,100 points, S&P 500 and Nasdaq sink as yields rise on Fed’s hawkish hold
US stocks dropped on Wednesday as bond yields rose after the Federal Reserve voted to hold rates steady,…
The world’s most important market is flashing red about the Iran war
Rising oil prices, persistent inflation fears and shifting expectations for rate hikes are rattling the world’s largest bond…
10-year Treasury yield climbs to highest level since January 2025 as $100 oil sparks inflation fears
What happened: Bond yields continued to climb on Thursday as oil prices rose amid an escalating conflict in…
Warsh wants markets to guide the Fed, not the other way around
Instead of directing financial markets with its policy moves, Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh wants the markets to…
BofA’s Hartnett Warns Mega-IPOs Risk Bubble Like Roaring ‘20s
(Bloomberg) — Mega IPOs like those eyed by SpaceX and OpenAI threaten to push the weighting of tech…