Bitcoin hits an 8-month high — and sends a clear message about risk appetite right now
Bitcoin is back to its late-January highs, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite on Monday logged its first record close since June. - Getty Images After weeks of looking all but lost amid a stunning decline this year, bitcoin broke above…
Stocks face a growing list of threats — so why are investors staying so calm?
Stocks have every reason to sell off, but they refuse to budge - MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto On the surface, this looks like the easiest quarter stocks have had in years. The S&P 500 is up modestly in recent months and movin…
Asian shares mostly rise, cheered by a US rally and easing oil prices
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose in early Friday trading, getting a lift from a rally on Wall Street as well as declining oil prices. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 0.8% in early trading to 64,662.11, as the Bank of Japan ends a…
Interest rate increase ‘likely’, warns Bank of England
Andrew Bailey said interest rates are 'likely' to rise - Henry Nicholls - WPA Pool/Getty Images Andrew Bailey has said that interest rates are likely to rise if the Middle East war rages on, warning inflation is now on course to hit 4pc. T…
Fed rate hike fails to calm troubled markets as Dow falls 600 points. Expect more sharp swings in stocks and bonds.
Kevin Warsh sent markets a message on Wednesday: He and the Fed mean business on inflation. - MarketWatch photo illustration/Getty Images, iStockphoto Heading into Wednesday's Federal Reserve decision, investors were hoping an interest-rat…
After raising US interest rates, Kevin Warsh, the new Federal Reserve chairman, is on a collision course with the US President who appointed him - Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Donald Trump attacked the US Federal Reserve after t…
AI doomsday fears are arriving at the worst possible time for the stock market
AI fears are rattling the stock market. - Getty Images/iStockphoto The latest cracks in the artificial-intelligence trade are emerging at a particularly troubling time for investors. Semiconductor stocks, industrials and other corners of t…
10-year Treasury yield hits 5% as oil prices jump and Fed meeting looms
The U.S. dollar was getting a haven bid Monday as the yield on the 10-year Treasury note topped 5%. - Getty Images The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield briefly found some support from dip buyers Monday, but was back at the crucial 5% thres…
History Says September Is a Terrible Month for the S&P 500 Index and for Other Stocks. Here's Why I'm Still Investing Anyway.
Here we are in September. It's back-to-school month for millions of kids. Summer will give way to fall around Sept. 23. Some leaves in your region may have begun to change color. For many reasons, including cooler temperatures, we often lo…
Treasury yields surge after Bessent’s beefed-up buyback operation fails to calm market
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at the 2026 Republican National Convention on Wednesday. The Trump administration is trying to control rising yields — unsuccessfully so far. - Getty Images The Treasury market's painful rout intensi…
The bull market’s biggest enemy right now could be Bessent’s interventions
The yen is stronger and U.S. government bond yields are higher. That combination could be toxic for the bull market in stocks. - MarketWatch photo illustration/Getty Images, iStockphoto The bull market in stocks has a new headache. Governm…
Brent crude oil hits $100 a barrel for first time since July
Brent crude futures breached the $100-a-barrel mark Wednesday for the first time since July, gaining over 2% amid a sharp escalation in U.S.-Iran hostilities. European natural gas prices moved sharply higher as well, advancing close to 4%…
Stocks stumble after Labor Day. This year’s easy gains may be over.
Stocks are trading at a loss in September. A Federal Reserve interest-rate hike could be next. - MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto Stocks stumbled out of the gate after Labor Day, with a jittery tone gripping markets as the typica…
Why a stronger Japanese currency could spell trouble for AI and technology stocks
Wall Street's AI boom has a hidden risk: The Japanese yen. - Getty Images/iStockphoto Traders on Wall Street have wagered easy money for years on a very simple bet: borrowing in Japan for next to nothing, and using it to chase bigger retur…
Just like for SpaceX, investors may look to ‘make room’ for AI lab IPOs. These stocks could pay the price.
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket launches with NASA'S Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope onboard from Launch Complex 39A, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on August 30, 2026 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. - Joel Kowsky/NASA/Getty Images The artifici…
Oil spike, Fed data and 5% yields: - what’s moving markets
Investing.com - U.S. stock futures were little changed on Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of key U.S. economic data and the Federal Reserve's Beige Book, while renewed U.S.-Iran strikes and a sharp rise in global bond yields…
This could be the 10-year Treasury’s tipping point into the danger zone
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has called himself the nation's top "bond salesman." The bond market's selloff has yields at their highest level of Trump 2.0. - Getty Images An unrelenting rout has global bond yields touching their highes…
The 10-year Treasury yield just crossed a key threshold that should make people ‘sit up and take notice’
Stocks dropped Monday as bond yields and oil prices rose. - Getty Images The summer selloff in long-dated Treasurys gathered more steam on Monday, driving stocks lower for a second session in a row and pushing costs to borrow money higher.…
‘I feel shoehorned’: My father funded my $800,000 Roth IRA. Does that give him the right to say how I invest it?
"Should I keep the entire $800,000 in stocks and accept the risk of a major downturn, in part to honor my father's wishes?" (Photo subjects are models.) - Getty Images/iStockphoto Dear Quentin, I'm 56, and my partner is 59. Together, we're…
The S&P 500 keeps climbing on days when stocks broadly struggle. Here’s what’s going on.
AI is a driving force in the U.S. stock market. - MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto Investors' intense focus on artificial intelligence is at times adding to the power of a small club of Big Tech stocks with mega market values to…
Kevin Warsh gets what every Fed chair hopes for: a bond market that trusts his word
Kevin Warsh is getting the market reaction every new Fed chair hopes for: not necessarily a rally, but a market that trusts his words. - MarketWatch photo illustration/Getty Images, iStockphoto Kevin Warsh passed another big test as new Fe…
Meet Generation Renter — young Americans who don’t expect to ever own a home
Nicollette Roe, Chris Salviati and Mika Alexander are young adults who recently spoke with MarketWatch about their evolving expectations for homeownership. - MarketWatch photo illustration/Photos courtesy Mika Alexander, Poppy Lynch, Nicol…
The Treasury’s bond-market intervention isn’t working. So what comes next?
The Treasury Department's efforts to calm the bond-market selloff haven't yet worked as well as hoped. - MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphoto You can't just sweep $40 trillion in U.S. national debt under a rug and forget about it. Th…
The Treasury, the Fed and the threat to your money
Investors are sensitive to any policy pronouncements from Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh (left) or Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, as yields on long-term U.S. Treasury bonds rise. - MarketWatch photo illustration/Getty Images, iSto…
America’s growing debt pile will be the big focus Wednesday as global bond rout deepens
How much does the U.S. have to pay to convince the world to keep lending it money for 20 years? - Getty Images/iStock The U.S. Treasury on Wednesday will be asking investors to hand over another $16 billion for 20 years to help finance the…
6% Treasury yields are the biggest risk facing stocks right now. Here’s why.
Treasury yields are elevated, and equity investors may not be ready for what comes next. - Getty Images A global bond-market rout is pressuring stocks on Tuesday, sending major U.S. indexes lower for a third consecutive session. Equity inv…
The AI productivity payoff is coming. Here are 20 stocks primed to capture the gains as adoption spreads.
EBay is among the companies that Goldman Sachs sees as an artificial-intelligence adopter to keep an eye on. - Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Much of the second-quarter earnings season is in the bag, and equity-market bulls can argue the gro…
A historically strong stretch for the U.S. stock market is about to begin
A historically strong stretch for stocks is set to begin in October. - Getty Images Some investors are worried that this artificial-intelligence-powered bull market might be getting a little long in the tooth as it approaches its fourth bi…
2 charts showing just how insane the stock market’s August ‘crash-up’ has been so far
Investors are scrambling for upside exposure. - Getty Images Many investors were caught flat-footed when stocks suddenly jerked higher late last month, as a dramatic July momentum unwind ended with a hint of optimism. Over the past two wee…
The U.S. economy is shedding jobs. Here’s why that’s good news for stocks.
Dennis DeBusschere of 22V Research argues that "a benign slowing" of U.S. economic growth may help to raise stocks. - Getty Images A new week sees the S&P 500 eyeing a new record. Stocks are getting support from a strong corporate earnings…
Stocks return to record highs. Investors who sat tight during the recent momentum crash are being rewarded.
The S&P 500 is back in record territory after a brief break. - Getty Images After an eventful two-month stretch for the stock market that featured one of the biggest momentum crashes in recent memory, investors who managed to sit tight thr…
The gap between big tech and the rest of the market just vanished. Here’s what it means for investors.
Some highflying technology stocks have been punished by investors. Goldman Sachs says now may be the time to start reconsidering exposure. - Getty Images/iStockphoto It's been a summer of discontent for the momentum trade, which has mostly…
3 Wall Street strategists on the question every investor is asking: Is the worst over for the stock market?
Wall Street just limped through its roughest stretch in months. - Getty Images Wall Street just limped through its roughest stretch in months, and every investor is asking the same nervous question: Is the worst over in the stock market, o…
Trump says Fed Chair Warsh 'would love' to lower interest rates. He might push to raise them instead
President Donald Trump defended the Fed chair he picked himself on Wednesday, hours after the central bank left interest rates alone for the second meeting in a row. "He's a brilliant guy," Trump said of Warsh from the Oval Office. "I know…
Stocks and bonds see wild ‘Fed Day’ swings as Wall Street’s ‘crash cushion’ evaporates
Kevin Warsh presided over a volatile "Fed Day." - MarketWatch photo illustration/Getty Images, iStockphoto Wall Street endured a painful selloff on Wednesday, as new Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh presided over one of the wildest Fed de…