After Friday's rally, in which the S&P 500 rose 0.73% to 7,722.72, futures drifted lower as geopolitical risk returned. Iran said the Strait of Hormuz will not fully reopen until Washington meets seven conditions, andBrent Crudeheld above USD 100 a barrel. The 10-year yield …
The jobs report undershot forecasts by a wide margin, yet investors treated it as good news because it eased pressure on the Federal Reserve. The Fed raised rates by 25 basis points in September to a range of 3.75% to 4.00%, and CME FedWatch …
The Computer and Communications Industry Association and four other trade groups wrote to President Trump on October 2 opposing 25% Section 232 tariffs on semiconductors, robots and industrial machinery. Their research estimates a 25% chipTariffwould act as a 15.6% construction tax on US data …
The Nikkei rose from a prior close of 68,310, simple arithmetic on the 1,637-point gain, and TOPIX added 54.22 points, so the broad market rose less than the price-weighted Nikkei. That gap shows how much the rally rested on a few high-priced chip and …
The Hang Seng's 640.98-point loss implies a prior close of 24,613.27, simple arithmetic, and the 2.6% decline was its largest since March. The Hang Seng Tech Index fell to 4,157.94 and the China Enterprises Index to 8,030.54, so losses were broad across technology and …
The spread of about 141 basis points is a 14-year high, which signals the largest risk premium on FrenchDebtsince the sovereign-debt crisis years. A French 10-yearYieldnear 4.92% with that spread implies a German Bund yield near 3.51%, simple arithmetic. The spread is a market …
US stocks rose on Friday as weaker-than-expectedJobs Growthreduced bets on further Fed tightening, while lower oil prices supported bonds and equities. The S&P 500 gained 0.7%, the Dow added 250 points and theNasdaqclimbed 1% to a record 30,808. AI and technology stocks advanced, while …
The 30-yearTreasury Yieldstood near 5.618 percent early on Friday after reaching its highest level in 24 years the previous day, and the 10-year was near 5.243 percent. The 2-year yield was near 4.787 percent. Long bonds carry the most duration, which means their prices …
The 30-yearTreasury Yieldwas near 5.618 percent early on Friday after reaching its highest level in 24 years the previous day, and the 10-year was near 5.243 percent after 5.29 percent on September 30. Yields on both long maturities hit their highest levels since 2002 …
Eurozone consumer prices rose 3.8 percent from a year earlier, the fastest pace in three years. Energy was the main driver, according to the report, as the Iran war lifted oil and diesel prices. Headline inflation includes energy and food, which are volatile, so …