Introduction The stock market can look confusing when you first encounter it. Prices move up and down, financial news discusses interest rates and inflation, and investors constantly debate whether markets are expensive or undervalued. But understanding the market does not…
US stocks ended a record-setting week near all-time highs, but rising bond yields are creating a more complicated picture for investors. The US stock market is sending two signals at once. On one hand, major indexes are climbing and investors…
Wall Street is sending investors a strange message. The Nasdaq has just reached a record closing high, powered by technology and artificial-intelligence stocks. At almost the same time, oil remains around the $100-a-barrel level, inflation concerns are still alive and…
The Federal Reserve has just done something markets have not seen in three years: it raised interest rates. On September 16, the Fed lifted its benchmark interest-rate range by 25 basis points to 3.75%–4.00%, marking its first rate increase since…
British government borrowing costs have climbed to levels not seen since the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, and the political echoes of 2022’s disastrous “mini-budget” are impossible to ignore. With a new Chancellor facing his first Budget in weeks…
A bond market rout that started in the US has gone fully global. UK borrowing costs just hit levels not seen since the 2008 financial crisis, Japanese and German yields are at multi-decade highs, and the trigger this time isn’t…
Oil prices have been on a wild ride this month, and diplomacy — not just supply — is now the biggest factor moving the needle. Brent crude has slid to near one-month lows as Iran and Oman edge toward a…
US markets head into the new week carrying real momentum — Tesla, Dillard’s, and Chewy all closed out Friday strong — but a five-day gauntlet of Jackson Hole, Nvidia earnings, and a key inflation report could just as easily reverse…