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December 24, 2025

Why Markets Are Growing Comfortable With Higher-For-Longer Rates

Investor behavior suggests restrictive policy is no longer seen as an immediate threat to growth or assets. Financial markets are sending a clear message: elevated interest rates, once viewed as a looming

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World

January 12, 2026

Powell Legal Threats Rattle Global Markets, Fuel Gold Surge

A criminal-investigation threat against the U.S. Fed chair revived fears of political meddling, pushing investors toward havens as oil markets weighed fresh Middle East risk. Global markets started the week on edge

Markets

December 31, 2025

U.S. Stocks Edge Higher as Yields Ease and Tech Leads

Equities found modest support as Treasury yields pulled back, easing pressure on growth stocks while investors weighed mixed economic signals. U.S. stocks closed slightly higher on Tuesday as a decline in Treasury

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Treasury Yields Hit 24-Year High as Bond Market Selloff Rattles Global Stocks

A historic surge in U.S. Treasury yields is dominating financial markets as investors enter the fourth quarter of 2026. The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has climbed above 5.3%, reaching its highest

October 1, 2026

Markets

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The Fed Should Not Turn an Oil Shock Into a Rate Shock

With crude nearing $100 and hiring unexpectedly resilient, the Federal Reserve faces pressure to tighten policy, but reacting mechanically to an energy-driven inflation shock risks creating a second problem without solving the

September 8, 2026

Opinion

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AI Chip Rally Lifts Asia as Oil and Rate Risks Restrain Europe

A powerful semiconductor rally propelled Asian equities higher Monday, but rising oil prices and renewed interest-rate concerns kept European investors defensive while U.S. markets were closed for Labor Day. Global markets opened

September 7, 2026

Markets

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Iran Escalation Drives Global Bond Rout as Oil Surges

Renewed U.S.-Iran fighting is pushing energy prices and sovereign yields sharply higher, reviving inflation risks just as major central banks prepare for crucial September policy decisions. Global markets entered September confronting a

September 2, 2026

World

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The Fed’s Inflation Warning Changes the Equity Math

Investors have spent much of 2026 treating resilient growth, artificial-intelligence spending and eventual monetary easing as compatible parts of the same bullish story, but renewed inflation pressure is making that combination harder

August 31, 2026

Opinion

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Stocks Steady as Nvidia Rally Meets Warsh Rate Test

Technology shares have regained momentum, but elevated inflation and Treasury yields leave Friday’s market direction unusually sensitive to Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s Jackson Hole message. Global markets entered Friday with a

August 28, 2026

Markets

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Bond Markets Are Sending Washington a Warning

Rising long-term Treasury yields suggest investors increasingly care less about short-term rate cuts and more about the durability of U.S. fiscal policy. The most important market signal this week did not come

August 21, 2026

Opinion

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Treasury Buybacks Calm Bond Rout as Inflation Risks Keep Markets on Edge

Washington’s move to support long-dated Treasurys has eased a dangerous rise in borrowing costs, but higher oil prices and a hawkish Federal Reserve are limiting the relief for global equities. Global markets

August 20, 2026

Markets

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Cooling Inflation Is a Reprieve, Not a Bull-Market Blank Check

Softer U.S. price data gives the Federal Reserve room to wait, but investors should resist treating a pause in tightening as the beginning of another easy-money cycle. The latest U.S. inflation numbers

August 13, 2026

Opinion

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Markets Brace for CPI as Oil Keeps Inflation Risk Alive

U.S. equities are entering Wednesday’s session cautiously as investors await July inflation data, with oil near $90 a barrel complicating hopes that easing price pressures will give stocks and bonds room to

August 12, 2026

Markets

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Why Markets Are Growing Comfortable With Higher-For-Longer Rates

Powell Legal Threats Rattle Global Markets, Fuel Gold Surge

U.S. Stocks Edge Higher as Yields Ease and Tech Leads

Treasury Yields Hit 24-Year High as Bond Market Selloff Rattles Global Stocks

The Fed Should Not Turn an Oil Shock Into a Rate Shock

AI Chip Rally Lifts Asia as Oil and Rate Risks Restrain Europe

Iran Escalation Drives Global Bond Rout as Oil Surges

The Fed’s Inflation Warning Changes the Equity Math

Stocks Steady as Nvidia Rally Meets Warsh Rate Test

Bond Markets Are Sending Washington a Warning

Treasury Buybacks Calm Bond Rout as Inflation Risks Keep Markets on Edge

Cooling Inflation Is a Reprieve, Not a Bull-Market Blank Check

Markets Brace for CPI as Oil Keeps Inflation Risk Alive

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