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‘Bubble’ hitting 50% of market, top investor warns as Fed gets ready to meet
Finance

‘Bubble’ hitting 50% of market, top investor warns as Fed gets ready to meet

The market may be in the early innings of a dramatic decline. Despite Monday’s tech comeback, money manager Dan Suzuki of Richard Bernstein Advisors warns the group is in a “bubble.” “Go back and look at the history of bubbles. They don’t softly correct and then are off to the races six months later. You […]

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10-year Treasury yield tops 3% for first time since 2018
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10-year Treasury yield tops 3% for first time since 2018

U.S. Treasury yields continued their push higher on Monday, with the 10-year Treasury yield capturing a new milestone in its rapid climb in 2022. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose about 11 basis points to 2.994%, and hit a high of 3.01% during the session. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond […]

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10-year yield punches through key 3%, but there’s a level that could be even scarier for stocks
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10-year yield punches through key 3%, but there’s a level that could be even scarier for stocks

The 10-year Treasury yield pushed through the 3% level, but strategists say there’s another slightly higher level that could be an even bigger test for stocks. Source

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Fears of a Fed mistake grow as this week’s anticipated interest rate hike looms
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Fears of a Fed mistake grow as this week’s anticipated interest rate hike looms

Jerome Powell, Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve, attends the National Association of Business Economicseconomic policy conference in Washington, D.C, United States on March 21, 2022. Yasin Ozturk | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The Federal Reserve is tasked with slowing the U.S. economy enough to control inflation but not so much that it tips […]

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The Federal Reserve’s fight with inflation could cool the hot labor market, risking stagflation
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The Federal Reserve’s fight with inflation could cool the hot labor market, risking stagflation

The Federal Reserve is hiking interest rates in an effort to defuse an explosive year of price inflation. But global forces could neutralize the effects of that tightening of monetary policy, and keep inflation high. Some observers believe the U.S. government may have misread the looming threat of inflation. During the pandemic, Uncle Sam dispersed […]

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Here’s how you can prepare if there’s a half point rate hike from the Fed
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Here’s how you can prepare if there’s a half point rate hike from the Fed

Consumers are spending more to keep up with the surging cost of living and it may get worse before it gets better. “Even though wage growth has been the best in decades, it’s been outpaced by increased household costs,” said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst at Bankrate.com. “With inflation at a 40-year high, that has […]

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Senate confirms Lael Brainard as Fed vice chair
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Senate confirms Lael Brainard as Fed vice chair

U.S. Federal Reserve board member Lael Brainard speaks after she was nominated by U.S. President Joe Biden to serve as vice chair of the Federal Reserve, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building’s South Court Auditorium at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 22, 2021. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed […]

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5-year Treasury yield hits 3% following Powell’s comments on rate hikes
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5-year Treasury yield hits 3% following Powell’s comments on rate hikes

The 5-year U.S. Treasury yield topped 3% on Friday, after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell’s suggestion that a 50-basis-point rate hike could be in the cards in May. The yield on the 5-year Treasury note was last down 4 basis points at 2.937%. Earlier in the day it climbed as high as 3.05% and was […]

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Wharton’s Siegel says Fed should hike rates by 75 basis points: ‘Take your medicine all at once’
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Wharton’s Siegel says Fed should hike rates by 75 basis points: ‘Take your medicine all at once’

“We really need to slow down this super hot economy and get a handle on this inflation,” Jeremy Siegel told CNBC on Friday. “I think the market wants it.” Source

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5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Friday

Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Futures mixed after Fed’s Powell knocked markets for a loop Pedestrians walk past the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York’s Times Square. Eric Thayer | Reuters U.S. stock futures were mixed Friday, one day following an afternoon market […]

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