Many technology stocks have gotten crushed in the high-inflation, rising-interest-rate environment of 2022. Some may have further to fall. Investors with shorter-term horizons may wish to steer clear of more volatile, innovative companies, despite outperformance during the pandemic. Those include …
High-quality bonds should hold up better than stocks, right? Particularly if defaults aren’t really the worry. But that hasn’t been the case lately for debt issued by many Fortune 500 companies, a sector hit notably hard since the Federal Reserve …
U.S. stocks ended modestly lower Tuesday, erasing earlier gains, as investors questioned whether the sharpest rise in the consumer price index in more than 40 years marks peak inflation. What happened The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA fell 87.72 points, …
U.S. stocks were under pressure Monday, with tech and other growth names bearing the brunt, as Treasury yields continued to soar ahead of a busy week in inflation data. What’s happening The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA fell 140 points, …
With demand for housing in the U.S. still going strong, the prospect of moving may be daunting. Jacob Passy writes The Big Move column. This week he helps a couple that wants to switch to a home without stairs, but …
Treasury yields carved out another round of three-year highs on Friday, with the 2-year rate posting its biggest five-week gain in more than a decade, as investors continued to assess the Federal Reserve’s likely policy path. What are yields doing? …
U.S. stock futures pointed to a second day of declines on Wednesday, ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve’s plan to reverse the size of its $9 trillion balance sheet. What’s happening Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average …
Groceries, gasoline and housing prices have shot higher in recent months, squeezing household budgets and grabbing the attention of U.S. central bankers looking to tamp down a four-decade-high inflation rate. How high do mortgage rates need to rise before it’s …
Mortgage rates are racing toward 5% as the Federal Reserve’s expected trajectory for future rate hikes becomes clearer. The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 4.42% as of the week ending March 24, representing an increase of 26 …
Treasury yields edged lower Wednesday, pulling back slightly from levels last seen in 2019, as investors assessed the Federal Reserve’s policy path and monitored developments in the Russia-Ukraine war. What’s driving yields? The yield on the 10-year Treasury note TMUBMUSD10Y, …
Treasury yields continued climbing on Tuesday, hitting their highest levels since mid-2019, a day after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said policy makers could deliver benchmark interest rate hikes bigger than a quarter percentage point if needed to rein in …
U.S. companies have been on a borrowing blitz for the past decade, especially in the past two years of the pandemic amid ultralow borrowing rates. Who owns all those bonds? Foreign accounts own the biggest slice of the roughly $15.5 …
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