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 crushes expectations for interest-rate…
Read more This week's Fed meeting could slam brakes on year-end stock rallyMany people like to feel at least a little bit of fright. That has been the whole point of Halloween for ages. The spooky traditions might even be…
Read more How stock-market investors can ride out a ‘fear cycle’ as S&P 500, Nasdaq fall into correctionThe Federal Reserve on Wednesday surprised markets with a fortification of its higher-for-longer stance on interest rates, penciling in only half as many rate cuts next year as…
Read more Fed’s revised dot plot for interest rates makes wall of maturing debt a bigger worryGetting staff back to the office is only part of the battle. Regional banks that went big lending on office properties also face a ticking time bomb of…
Read more Why the Fed’s next decisions on rates could lead to a wave of commercial-debt defaults
