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Stocks Waver as Midterm Results Remain Unclear

Markets often bounce on the day after midterm elections, but early trading suggested a more muted response to close-run results for control of Congress.

Investors Bet on Midterm Bounce for Stock Market

Stocks usually rise after midterm elections, but the data is mixed on which results produce the best performance.

Mortgage Rates Too High? (Blame the Fed, Wall Street and Your Neighbor.)

Lenders use several bits of data to set mortgage rates, including trading moves by investors. Without market volatility, the rate could be under 7 percent.

Stocks Drop As Fed Leaves Investors Uncertain About Rates

The Fed chair said the central bank “still has a ways to go” before it will be finished raising interest rates, and that they may…

A Rising Dollar Is Hurting Other Currencies. Central Banks are Stepping In.

The Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes are unsettling global markets and prompting other central banks to prop up their domestic currencies.

Another Yield Curve Inversion Rings Recession Alarm Bells

A so-called inverted yield curve between three-month and 10-year interest rates is considered by Wall Street as a reliable sign of an impending economic slump.

Relentless Rise in Interest Rates Looms Over Another Volatile Week for Markets

The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield, which underpins everything from mortgages to credit cards, was on course to rise for a twelfth consecutive week, matching the…

Markets Plunge After High CPI Inflation Reading

Stocks initially tumbled, then rebounded sharply after a report that signaled the Fed would continue raising interest rates aggressively.

Turmoil Returns to the U.K. Bond Market

The Bank of England started a bond-buying program last month to stabilize financial markets. But its plan to end the program this Friday is only…