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The Fed: 3 Things To Watch As Fed Meets On Interest Rates

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Here are 3 things to watch at this week’s Fed interest-rate committee meeting. Read more

Metals Stocks: Gold Rallies Back To Highest Finish Since 2013 As U.S.-China Trade Fight Sparks Haven Bid

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Gold futures rally on Friday to tally a fourth straight weekly gain, after news that China was readying countermeasures ... Read more

Market Extra: This Bond-market Strategy Returned More Than 30% This Year In A Sea Of Negative Yields

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One group of fixed-income traders have capitalized on the roaring rally in government bonds that has driven their yields... Read more

Market Extra: That Near–$17 Trillion Pile Of Negative-yielding Global Debt? Its A Cash Cow For Some Bond Investors

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Global bond yields may be ultralow, but prices have been skyrocketing, delivering financial windfalls to debt investors ... Read more

Market Snapshot: Boeing Contributes Lions Share Of Dow Gains As Stock Market Pares Losses

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Share gains from Boeing Co. help to buoy the Dow Jones index Thursday afternoon, after data on U.S. manufacturing sector... Read more

Bond Report: 2-year Treasury Yield Climbs After Fed Minutes Say Rates Not On Preset Course

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Short-term U.S. Treasury yields rise Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s July meeting shows the U.S. ce... Read more

Market Extra: Heres Four Reasons Why Investors Might Snap Up Negative-yielding Bonds

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Even as investors struggle to get their mind around negative yields, some say there are few reasons why investors might ... Read more

Market Snapshot: Dow Up More Than 200 Points After Fed Minutes

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Stocks trade sharply higher, maintaining most of the early gains for the session, after minutes from Federal Reserve’s... Read more

Key Words: Bank Of Americas CEO Has One Simple Reason Why He Doesnt See A Recession Looming

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Bank of America Corp.’s CEO Brian Moynihan says he doesn’t see a recession in the offing because the U.S. consumer r... Read more

The Investing Opportunity Of A Lifetime Awaits Us When The Recession Arrives

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You’ll soon be able to buy corporate bonds at a deep discount. Read more

The Federal Reserves Math Problem With Interest-rate Cuts

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The central bank may not have enough ammunition at its disposal if the economy sinks into a recession. Read more

Trumps Tariffs And Bad Weather Take Toll On U.S. Farmers

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For those looking for evidence of the US-China trade war hurting the economy, one only need to look at the U.S. farm se... Read more

Market Extra: Rising Defaults In High-yield Bonds Puts This Year On Track For Post 2008 Crisis Record, Warns Goldman Sachs

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Since January, a total of $36 billion of so-called junk-bonds have defaulted, thanks largely to several debt-laden energ... Read more

Economic Preview: Investors Might Be Disappointed In Feds Message From Jackson Hole

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Federal Reserve communication will dominate the U.S. economic landscape next week. Read more

Top Ten: Weekend Roundup: This May Cause Trump To Lose In 2020 | A Recipe For A Rising Stock Market | The Best Job

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The inverted yield curve dominates the week. Also, a must-read for college freshmen. Read more

Bond Report: 30-year Treasury Yield Breaks Below 2%

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Treasury yields extend their decline on Thursday as the whole U.S. government bond yield curve slipped below 2% level. ... Read more

Market Extra: The U.S. Treasury Is About To Flood The Market With Debt To Fund A $1 Trillion Deficit. Heres Why That Is A Worry

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Liquidity in short term borrowing markets may become a problem as the U.S. Treasury ramps up its borrowing later this ye... Read more

Outside The Box: Heres The Real Reason Why U.S. Home Prices Havent Been Smashed

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Individual investors are keeping the housing market right-side up — so far, writes Keith Jurow. Read more

Metals Stocks: Gold Marks Highest Finish Since 2013 As Recession Risk Lifts The Metals Haven Appeal

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Gold futures log their highest finish since 2013 on Wednesday after another round of downbeat economic data, and as the ... Read more

Market Extra: After The Yield Curve Inverts — Heres How The Stock Market Tends To Perform Since 1978

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The inversion of the main measure of the yield curve, or a negative spread between short-term and long-term yields, has ... Read more