Not for the first time, October was a difficult period for the stock market. With the drop seen over this past month, there is increasing fear that this is it—the big one that will take us back to the depths of 2008. Although that level of concern is certainly understandable, a closer look at the …
General market news Since reaching a high of 2.41 percent on November 19, the yield on the 10-year Treasury has hovered around 2.34 percent. The 30-year has moved back below 2.80 percent—a level it has reached only a few times in the past year. Meanwhile, the 2-year is back above 1.75 percent. As the short …
General market news The yield on the 10-year Treasury opened at 2.34 percent on Monday. This was in line with where it had spent last week, after coming down from 2.41 percent the previous week. The Federal Reserve (Fed) appears likely to raise the federal funds rate in December and has also committed to raising …
General market news The 10-year Treasury opened at 2.32 percent early Monday after reaching as high as 2.47 percent a little more than a week ago. The 30-year was also back to 2.80 percent after almost reaching 3 percent. The 2-year opened at 1.61 percent on Monday, moving up from 1.45 percent in the last …
Stock market gets “Trump bump” Surprising almost everyone, the major news in November was the election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th president of the United States. Almost as surprising was the market reaction, as U.S. stock markets rallied and bond markets sold off, the exact opposite of what had been predicted. Reaction in …