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2026: A Rare Alignment Of Policy, Liquidity, And AI
2026 is poised for a rare alignment of policy, liquidity, and sentiment, supporting a bullish outlook for equities and risk assets. A Trump-appointed Fed chair, likely dovish, combined with rate cuts and regulatory easing, should drive easier financial conditions across markets.
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Stock Market Today: Bond Yields Rise, Dow Futures Hold Broadly Steady
Kroger and Dollar General are among companies reporting Thursday
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Markets in 3 Minutes: Soaring Stock Valuations, But Can't Sell
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Dow Gains Over 400 Points On Rising Rate Cut Bets: Greed Index Moves To 'Fear' Zone
The CNN Money Fear and Greed index showed some easing in the overall fear level, while the index moved to the “Fear” zone on Wednesday.
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AI Has Pushed Stocks to Record Highs. But a Wrecking Ball Is Dangling.
Stocks don't seem know where to head, thanks to mixed economic data.
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US sawmills warn of accelerating closures as tariffs, weak demand squeeze industry
U.S. sawmills say tariffs, shrinking export markets and competition from cheaper wood alternatives are driving a surge in closures that threatens the hardwood industry.
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Bank of Japan faces a policy dilemma as government bond yields keep hitting new highs
On Thursday, yield on the benchmark 10-year JGBs hit a high of 1.917%, surging to their strongest level since 2007. If the BOJ sticks with its policy of raising rates, it risks sending higher yields higher.
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Prospect of RBA Rate Hike Is Being Kicked Around
There's plenty of number crunching going on among economists at Australia's big banks about the potential for an interest-rate increase as early as February.
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Wall Street Wants In on the ‘Trump Accounts' for Babies
Banks, brokers and money managers are eager to find a role in the program offering Americans investment accounts at birth.
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Review & Preview: Gaming Out the Fed
The Dow Transports index keeps rising. It could be good news for the economy.
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Copper, Gold And Silver Prices Are Up. Here's Why.
Copper, gold and silver prices have climbed steadily this year as investors hedge against political instability and dollar weakness, and tightening supplies across major metals have added momentum to one of the strongest haven rallies in recent years, reports say.
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Top Macro Trade For 2026: The Bet Against A Fed Hike
One of my top macro trades for 2026 is the bet that the Fed will not hike in 2026. The trade is executed by shorting the 3-month SOFR December 2026 put at strike 96.375.
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Small Caps, Dow Jones Lead Stock Market Rally; This Many Industry Groups Outperform S&P 500
J.B. Hunt stock now sports an 85 Relative Strength Rating,
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A Major Market Disconnect Is Forming
There is a major disconnect forming between the market and the economic reality. Elon Musk and Howard Marks recently cast very different outlooks for the economy and markets moving forward.
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Gold's Surge Could Be Predicting These 3 Major Stock Market Event Risks
Gold's surge, absent a clear crisis, signals rising systemic risk for equities and the economy. Current gold price action resembles pre-crisis periods, suggesting the market anticipates a major negative event.
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Congressional stock ownership is 'outrageous,' says Rep. Mike Levin, calling for ban
Calls for a ban on congressional stock ownership have grown in recent years, leading to a bill being introduced in September. To date, the measure has not moved forward despite bipartisan support, but a new effort to force a vote on a bill was undertaken on Tuesday.
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Prospect of Rate Cut Lifts Shares of Smaller Companies
The dollar suffers its longest losing streak since 2020.
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Stock market closes on doorstep of record territory as investors focus on bright side of weak private-sector hiring
All three major U.S. stock indexes finished with back-to-back gains on Wednesday, with investors using November's unexpectedly weak private-sector hiring report to solidify expectations for a quarter-point interest-rate cut from the Federal Reserve next week.
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Stocks Edge Higher Ahead of Fed Decision | Closing Bell
Comprehensive cross-platform coverage of the U.S. market close on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. -------- More on Bloomberg Television and Markets Like this video?
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Morgan Stanley exec expects broad surge in M&A
Morgan Stanley is seeing a strong deal pipeline next year for mergers, acquisitions and IPOs, its co-head of investment banking, Mo Assomull, said on Wednesday.
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