WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The release on Wednesday of the minutes of the Federal Reserve’s last policy meeting is likely to shed light on the U.S. central bank’s plans to trim its massive balance sheet...
The stock market is often an exercise in reverse psychology. When a stock goes up, investors instinctively want to get a piece of the action. Likewise, when a stock drifts to the bottom, the natural inclination is to...
The “Oracle of Omaha” now has more companies in his portfolio that have direct/indirect exposure to Bitcoin and similar cryptocurrencies. Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway dumped a portion of...
A trio of headwinds are buffeting the markets, making investors skittish. Stealing the headlines is the Russia-Ukraine situation. Foreign policy pundits are openly speculating on the prospect of war, in the event that...
U.S. stock futures surged on Tuesday morning after the Russian Defense Ministry reportedly announced that it had begun returning some troops to deployment bases after training exercises near the Ukrainian border...
Stock futures, bond yields and international equities fell on the possibility of an imminent war in Europe, after weekend diplomacy between Western leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin failed to yield...
The economy could be on the verge of a recession as “sputtering consumers” lack fresh stimulus, Doubleline’s Jeffrey Gundlach told CNBC on Friday.He said recessionary indicators in the bond market are...
Here are five things you must know for Friday, February 11: 1. — Stock Futures Slide As Rate Bets, Bond Yields Leap U.S. equity futures slumped lower Friday, following on from a leap in Treasury bond yields an...
We saw large market declines as 2022 got started – but the real story was the increase in volatility. Especially at the beginning of February, when the market losses leveled off, daily trading was characterized by...
U.S. stock futures were mixed early Thursday morning of ahead of key inflation data expected later in the day. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were little changed. S&P 500 futures gained 0.2% and Nasdaq 100...