A better-than-expected Consumer Price Index report triggered a big surge in stocks and bonds, as investors bet that interest rates will begin to fall.
Category: Stocks and Bonds
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Stock Market Rallies After CPI Inflation Report
The S&P 500 was on track for its biggest gain of the year, while shares of smaller companies surged.
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A Dud Treasury Auction and a Hawkish Powell Ended a Market Rally
A disappointing Treasury auction and hawkish comments by the Federal Reserve’s chair underscored investor fears about inflation.
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Nuclear Energy Project in Idaho Is Canceled
The project that NuScale Power and Western energy companies had developed struggled to attract enough utility customers.
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Nuclear Energy Project in Idaho Is Canceled
Technical challenges, higher costs and rising interest rates hurt the project that NuScale Power and Western utilities had developed.
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A Report Card for Bidenomics
Voters’ negative perceptions about the economy are weighing on President Biden’s poll numbers. Here’s what his economic policies have, and haven’t, accomplished.
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Berkshire Stung by Losses in Its Stock Holdings
The conglomerate’s cash stake swelled to a record $157.2 billion in the third quarter even as it posted $23.5 billion in losses from investments.
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Huge Reversal in Bonds and Rally in Stocks Cap Wild Week for Markets
A series of data reports and actions by policymakers have led investors to reassess their assumptions about interest rates and the economy.
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In a Warming World, Clean Energy Stocks Fall While Oil Prospers
The market is focused on making money now and isn’t heeding urgent warnings about climate change, our columnist says.
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Markets Await the Fed’s Next Interest Rate Move
The central bank is expected to leave interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, but Wall Street is growing increasingly anxious over its next move.
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What’s Going On in the Bond Market?
The rapid rise in interest rates in recent months has shaken investors and cast a cloud over the economy.