Markets The August US CPI inflation report temporarily lifted Fed rate hike bets for next week above 90%. Minutes after the release, two 25 bps rate hikes were fully discounted by year-end. Markets are trading Read more…
As recently as Tuesday, Sept. 8, mortgage rates seemed unlikely to reach 7%. Fast forward 48 hours, and the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate hit 7.07%, according to Mortgage News Daily data. The MND mortgage Read more…
Apple’s first product event under John Ternus just wrapped up. Wall Street has a verdict. The products impressed. The pricing did not land where analysts expected. Bank of America’s Wamsi Mohan had to update his Read more…
Why a stronger-than-expected CPI print sharply raised September Fed hike odds without producing a Dollar, yield or oil breakout that actually held What’s happening: August CPI beat on the monthly core reading, 0.3% versus 0.2% Read more…
With oil above $100 a barrel, interest rates elevated, and the Federal Reserve potentially poised to raise rates, it is easy to see an S&P 500 near record highs as a market asking investors to Read more…
About 2.09 million Americans collect Social Security on their spouse’s work record. Their average monthly benefit is $987. That number has been creeping upward for years, but has been just shy of $1,000 for quite Read more…
Gold edged higher in early Friday trading on a partial profit-taking after Thursday’s 2% drop, as traders await release of key US inflation data for fresh direction signals. Gold was deflated by sharp rise in Read more…
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Active investors and money managers continually ask one question: How much reward am I taking on for the risk? That question becomes deafeningly loud at inflection points, when the masses are too long or short, Read more…
US headline CPI accelerated from 0.1% to 0.4% m/m in August, matching expectations, while the annual rate held at 3.4%. The monthly increase was heavily influenced by energy, which reversed from a -1.5% decline to Read more…