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Japan Plans Extra Bond Issuance That May Fuel Fiscal Fears
TOKYO—Japan’s finance ministry plans to boost government bond issuance by $75 billion to fund an economic stimulus package, potentially stoking concerns about the nation’s…
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Opinion | British Labour’s Fiscal Mess
Britain’s stock and bond markets flopped Friday morning on new evidence that the country’s Labour Party leadership doesn’t have a clue what to do…
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Argentina’s Bonds, Stocks, Currency Rally After Milei Victory
Argentina’s stocks, bonds and currency surged Monday after the country’s midterm elections delivered a surprising mandate for President Javier Milei to press ahead with…
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How to navigate market risk from interest rates, the economy and politics in 2024
As the U.S. Federal Reserve’s three-year reign in the headlines potentially comes to an end, an analysis of this year’s market themes can offer…
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3 things to know about how the Fed might roll back quantitative tightening
The notion that the Federal Reserve will soon slow, or perhaps even end, its program of quantitative tightening is increasingly being talked about on…
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Oaktree Capital calls commercial real estate ‘most acute area of risk’ right now
Distressed-debt giant Oaktree Capital sees big opportunities in credit unfolding over the next few years as a wall of debt comes due. Oaktree’s incoming…
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The former bond king, Bill Gross, says 10-year Treasury is ‘overvalued’
The former bond king doesn’t like the fixed-income security that’s the lynchpin of the financial world. Bill Gross, the retired fund manager and co-founder…
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Why stock-market investors will remain at mercy of shifting rate-cut expectations after wobbly start to 2024
Stock investors have gotten off to a wobbly start to the new year, hobbled by shifting expectations on the timing and extent of Federal…
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U.S. manufacturing sector shrinks for 14th straight month in December
The numbers: A closely watched index that measures U.S. manufacturing activity rose by 0.7 percentage point to 47.4 in December, according to the Institute for…
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60-40 mix of stocks, bonds on verge of historic gains ‘after being written off'
The traditional portfolio of stocks and bonds has been on a tear over the past two months as the S&P 500 nears a record…
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10-year Treasury yield drops toward 3.8% after market absorbs sale of 5-year notes
U.S. bond yields fell on Wednesday as investors continued to bet inflation will ease and the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates in 2024,…
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Why this Treasury market trade continues to draw scrutiny
Inside the $26 trillion Treasury market, perhaps the deepest and most liquid place for government debt in the world, a particular trade continues to…
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Why the 60-40 portfolio is poised to make a comeback in 2024
Speculation that the 60-40 portfolio may have outlived its usefulness has been rife on Wall Street after two years of lackluster performance. But as…
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Fed could be the Grinch who 'stole' cash earning 5%. What a Powell pivot means for investors.
Yields on 3-month BX:TMUBMUSD03M and 6-month BX:TMUBMUSD06M Treasury bills have been seeing yields north of 5% since March when Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse ignited…
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Dow nabs 3rd straight record close, S&P has longest weekly win streak in 6 years
U.S. stocks closed mostly higher Friday, with major U.S. equity indexes booking a seventh straight week in the green in the wake of the…
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Powell surprises with dovish turn; economists mull how many Fed rate cuts in '24
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell startled economists with a press conference Wednesday that was viewed as much more dovish than expected. It was “12…
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S&P 500's year-end rally lifts 51 stocks to a record close
It has been a record day for 10% of the S&P 500. A group of 51 stocks in the benchmark equity index swept to…
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U.S. stocks open mixed as investors weigh fresh data on inflation
U.S. stocks opened mixed on Tuesday as investors weighed a reading on inflation that was largely in line with economists’ forecasts. The Dow Jones…
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This week's Fed meeting could slam brakes on year-end stock rally
The rally lifting U.S. stocks to fresh 2023 highs in the year’s home stretch could be at risk if the Federal Reserve on Wednesday…
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S&P 500 ends at 2023 high, books longest weekly win streak in 4 years
U.S. stocks closed higher on Friday, shaking off earlier weakness after a strong monthly jobs report, to clinch a sixth straight week in a…