The stock market heads into the holiday-shortened week anticipating the release of data delayed by the government shutdown, along with a lingering undercurrent of worry about AI stock valuations and massive data center spending. Investors will look to determine what it all means for the Federal Reserve’s next interest rate move. Reminder: The stock market…
Topline The probability of an interest rate cut next month doubled on Friday, after New York Federal Reserve President John Williams said he sees room for a reduction in the “near term,” raising prospects among investors as waning hopes have pulled down stocks in recent days. Other Federal Reserve officials have supported maintaining the current…
In a market starved for economic data and concerned about the AI trade, the S & P 500 enters the third week of November just over 2% away from its record high close on Oct. 28. That’s not too bad, considering how awful November started. This week brings three big things to watch: the first…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve on Oct. 29, 2025 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell wasn’t kidding a couple weeks ago when he said a December rate cut wasn’t in…
Stocks rose on Wall Street Wednesday as more U.S. companies turn in their latest quarterly reports and several economic updates shed some light on the U.S. economy. The S&P 500 rose 0.5%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 62 points, or 0.1%, as of 11:35 a.m. Eastern time. The Nasdaq composite rose 0.8%. The gains…
Whether or not markets are getting ahead of themselves over artificial intelligence is a hot topic for investors right now. Last week, billionaire investor Ray Dalio said his personal “bubble indicator” was relatively high, while Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell described the AI boom as “different” from the dotcom bubble. For Magnus Grimeland, founder of…
Futures bets on the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 were both pointing strongly up this morning prior to the opening bell in New York, suggesting that some traders think yesterday’s bloodbath in the markets was overdone. The S&P lost nearly a full percentage point yesterday, and the Nasdaq was down 1.47%. Some on Wall…
By Jamie McGeever ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) -Tech shares on Wall Street took a beating on Thursday after some megacap earnings reports, while the dollar and U.S. bond yields rose further following the Fed’s “hawkish” rate cut as investors also digested the outcome of the U.S.-China leaders’ summit. In my column today, I consider one overlooked…
US stock futures slumped on Thursday as Wall Street eyed the US-China trade truce struck by Presidents Trump and Xi, cooling odds of another interest-rate cut, and the next tranche of Big Tech earnings. Dow Jones Industrial Average (YM=F) futures slipped 0.3%. Contracts on the broad benchmark S&P 500 (ES=F) also fell 0.3%, while those…
U.S. Treasury yields inched higher on Thursday as investors digested the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate cuts and uncertainty regarding future monetary policy. At 6:22 a.m. ET, the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield was up less than 1 basis point to 4.066%. The 2-year Treasury note yield was also up less than a basis point to 3.59%. Meanwhile, the 30-year bond yield added…