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Why U.S. stocks and bonds stumbled on talk of a Bank of Japan policy tweak

The Dow snaps a historic win streak and Treasury yields surge Thursday after a news report says Bank of Japan policy makers will discuss a crucial policy tweak.

Dow snaps longest win streak in almost 40 years as U.S. economy’s resilience threatens higher rates for longer

The Dow snapped its longest win streak in almost 40 years on Thursday as stocks pulled back and bond yields rose after U.S. economic growth sped up in the second quarter.The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA fell about 237...

10-, 30-year Treasury yields end above 4% after U.S. GDP, report on BOJ

Treasury yields jump after U.S. data points to a still-resilient economy and a report that the Bank of Japan may tweak its yield-curve control policy.

Dow falls 230 points, stocks drop as Treasury yields climbs above 4%

U.S. stocks were heading lower in the final hour of trade Thursday as long-term Treasury rates shot above 4% and a surprisingly resilient U.S. economy ramped up concerns of the Federal Reserve needing to keep rates higher ...

Gold ends at lowest in two weeks as 10-year bond yield nears 4%

Gold prices ended at the lowest in two weeks as benchmark Treasury yields popped to almost 4% a day after the Federal Reserved bumped up rates to the highest in 22 years and said a U.S. recession looks avoidable.Gold futur...

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How investors can ‘get paid to wait,’ after Fed raises rates to highest level in 22 years

Expect more volatility in stocks in the coming months, says James McCann, deputy chief economist at abrdn, after the Federal Reserve on Wednesday bumped up rates to a 5.25%-5.5% range and left door open to future rate hike...

Treasury yields fall by most in at least a week even after Fed lifts rates to 22-year high

Yields on two- through 30-year U.S. government debt finished lower on Wednesday even after Federal Reserve policy makers delivered their 11th interest rate increase since March 2022 and laid out the factors that might lead...

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Sales of newly built homes lose some momentum in June

U.S. new-home sales fell 2.5% to an annual rate of 697,000 in June, from a revised 715,000 in the prior month, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. 

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Dow Theory signals bull market in U.S. stocks has room to run: analysts

The Dow Theory, one of the most historically accurate strategies for identifying stock-market trends, is working once again.

10-, 30-year Treasury yields end at two-week highs as traders eye approaching Fed decision

U.S. yields rise again as traders price in a slightly greater chance that the Federal Reserve will leave rates higher for longer next year.

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This ‘aha moment’ could spark an overnight change in market sentiment, economist says

More companies are defaulting because of higher rates, but investors are ignoring it, says Torsten Slok, chief economist at Apollo Global Management.

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The $1 trillion ‘wall of worry’ for commercial real estate that spirals through 2027

There are about $1 trillion of commercial real-estate loans coming due through the end of 2024, and closer to $2.5 trillion by the end of 2027.

2-year Treasury yield ends at almost two-week high despite soft European data

Yields on U.S. government debt finish higher on Monday, reversing earlier declines seen after weak economic data from Europe.

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Stocks in this left-behind sector are expected to rally as much as 33%

Despite the strong rally for stock prices in 2023, most sectors of the S&P 500 are still below their levels at the end of 2021.

2-year Treasury yield ends at highest in more than a week ahead of Federal Reserve meeting next week

Treasury yields finish steady to slightly lower, though the 2-year inched its way to a more-than-one-week high ahead of next week's Federal Reserve meeting.

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Buy gold and sell U.S. dollars, this strategist says. Here’s why. 

Investors are betting more on a soft landing scenario for the U.S. economy — which could boost gold’s price and weigh on the U.S. dollar. 

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Even this longtime bull is worried about cracks in the tech-stock rally. Here’s how Tom Lee expects the market to shake out.

Latest bout of selling is "healthy" says Tom Lee, but any pullback will be shallow

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Stocks are ‘most obvious winner’ of a decade powered by AI, Goldman Sachs says

Widespread adoption of artificial intelligence software has the potential to power a full decade of productivity growth, according to Goldman Sachs.

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Bond market starts to fret about return of inflation on strength of U.S. labor market

Bond investors are worrying about the possibility that inflation could rebound again, given a U.S. labor market that's showing no signs of breaking.

2 and 10 year Treasury yields jump to one-week highs after weekly jobless claims

Investors sell off U.S. government debt on Thursday, after weekly jobless claims point to continued labor-market strength.