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Iran War
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Energy: Flows Leaving Hormuz Accelerate, but That’ll Change as War Resumes
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Houthi Control of Critical Chokepoint Means Oil Supply Disruptions Into 2027
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Global Bond Selloff Extends as Rate Hike Expectations Grow
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Global Energy Crunch Entering a ‘More Dangerous’ Phase
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Why Are Markets Shrugging Off the Latest Jump in Oil Prices?
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It Could Be Time to Hedge Against Inflation
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How Much Lower Can Oil Prices Go on the Iran Peace Deal?
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With Commodity Prices Booming, Few Mining Stocks Look Cheap
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Morningstar DBRS: High Oil Prices to Persist Into Summer, but Ample US Gas Storage Provides Buffer
Stock Market Trends
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Chip Stock Selloff Deepens in Asia, Extends to Europe and US
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What’s Ahead for Stocks This Quarter—and Where to Invest
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The Bond Selloff Story Has Shifted. Here’s How That Changes the Stakes for Investors
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Samsung and SK Hynix Lead Chip Selloff as China Competition Fears Grow
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5 Stocks to Sell for Tax-Loss Harvesting
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Markets Brief: Is the US Stock Market Starting to Broaden, or Will Big Tech Stay on Top?
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Weekly Market Update: Stocks Gain 1.03% as Utilities Rise, Industrials Fall
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Why Are Stocks and Bond Yields Rising at the Same Time?
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Q4 2026 Stock Market Outlook: Individual Stock Selection Looks Increasingly Important
Company Earnings
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Bank Earnings Roundup: Pockets of Opportunity in a Fairly Valued Sector
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Netflix Stock Is Down 22% This Year. Is it a Buy Ahead of Earnings?
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TSMC Earnings: Tesla Talks and Texas Expansion Could Boost Stock
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PNC Earnings: Sequential Contraction in Net Interest Margin Not the Whole Story
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Charles Schwab Earnings: Higher Interest Rates Slightly Overshadow Otherwise Stellar Quarter
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Chip Stock Selloff Deepens in Asia, Extends to Europe and US
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Ahead of GE Aerospace Earnings, Is the Stock a Buy, a Sell, or Fairly Valued?
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Bank of America Earnings: Market Overreaction to Regulatory Fine Provides a Solid Entry Point
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Citigroup Earnings: Solid Quarter Overshadowed by Cautious Guidance
Interest Rates
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Why Credit Risk Has Paid Off for Bond Investors
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Why Cash Is Still King for Short-Term Goals
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The US Debt Crisis May Have Already Begun. It Could Unfold in Slow Motion
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What’s Happening in the Markets This Week
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Soft September Jobs Report Has Market Dialing Back Calls for Fed Rate Hike
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7 Charts on Q3 Market Highlights: Stocks Tread Water While the Bond Market Shudders
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Why the Bond Market Sold Off in Q3—Will the Losses Continue in Q4?
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4 Key Questions for Investors to Ask at the Start of Q4
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Actually, AI Is Boosting Interest Rates, Not Inflation
More in Markets
Do AI Labs Like Anthropic and OpenAI Have Economic Moats?
Leading AI labs are building economic moats to stave off commodification threats.
Markets Brief: Is the US Stock Market Starting to Broaden, or Will Big Tech Stay on Top?
Analysts say it depends on third-quarter earnings.
Weekly Market Update: Stocks Gain 1.03% as Utilities Rise, Industrials Fall
Zscaler and Moderna are among the week’s top-performing stocks.
What’s Happening in the Markets This Week
The CPI and PPI inflation reports are coming. The bond market is closed on Monday.
Q4 2026 Stock Market Outlook: Individual Stock Selection Looks Increasingly Important
How investors can navigate a narrowing opportunity set in a risky environment through the remainder of the year.
Private Credit: The Software Space Is Becoming a Tougher Sell for Lenders
PE-backed software direct lending deals are declining, with a few key exceptions.
What the Midterm Elections Will Mean for Markets
As voters focus on AI data centers and affordability, the market impact will depend on the results.
The Surprising Advantage of Private Investments: You Can’t Panic-Sell
Fidelity Contrafund’s Will Danoff explains why his team looks beyond public stocks and tells the story behind its investment in a drone-delivery company.
The 10 Best and 10 Worst Months of All Time for the US Stock Market
Do common investor sayings about particular months being stronger or weaker for stocks have empirical backing, or is it all market mythology? Dan Lefkovitz uncovered some surprising truths about stock market performance by examining over 100 years of data.
Why Cash Is Still King for Short-Term Goals
Longer-term bonds are more attractive than they’ve been in a long time, but they still carry a fair amount of risk.
3 Stocks to Sell and 3 Stocks to Buy for October
Plus, lessons from September’s stock market activity.
Markets Brief: Utility Stock Dividends vs. Bond Yields, Citadel Securities’ Bullish Turn, and a Cooling IPO Market
The AI-driven rally in utility stocks drove dividend yields down. Now the sector is in the shadow of higher bond yields.
Weekly Market Update: Stocks Little Changed; Tech Sector Gains While Healthcare Falls
Carnival and Synopsys among the top performers last week.
The Shifting Trends That Drove Stock Funds in Q3 2026
Several 2026 trends flipped in the third quarter: Software rebounded, small caps slumped, and technology alone didn’t drive results.
AI Stocks Took a Breather in Q3 After a Blistering Q2 Rally
Hyperscalers and software were back in investors’ good books last quarter as memory, chip, and industrial stocks stalled.
What’s Happening in the Markets This Week
Fed meeting minutes, consumer credit, and more.
7 Charts on Q3 Market Highlights: Stocks Tread Water While the Bond Market Shudders
The AI trade cooled and bond yields soared to multi-decade highs.
Stocks Run Out of Gas in Q3 as Bond Yields Surge
Stocks post small gains as the Mag 7 cushion against a wobbling AI trade, rising oil prices, and higher interest rates.
Why the Bond Market Sold Off in Q3—Will the Losses Continue in Q4?
Sticky inflation and the AI borrowing boom are driving yields upward with no signs of slowing.
4 Key Questions for Investors to Ask at the Start of Q4
And why today’s biggest market stories may be distractions.
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