Category: Liquidity

September 11, 2019

Gold futures edged higher Wednesday, hovering near the $1,500-an-ounce level after pulling back this week from more-than-six-year highs as haven demand dried up on an easing of near-term U.S.-China trade worries and a revival in appetite for stocks. Gold for […]

September 6, 2019

Don’t put all your chips on Thursday’s big bond-market selloff continuing into the weekend. After rallying for months, government bond prices dipped sharply on Thursday, catching bullish traders offsides by a combination of robust economic data and a roaring stock-market […]

September 4, 2019

Leading stock forecasters differ greatly on where the S&P 500 will go in the final four months of the year compared to this same time last year, based on CNBC analysis. The wide range of forecasts reflects the current tumultuous […]

August 30, 2019

Treasury yields held their ground on Friday ahead of a key update on the state of inflationary pressures in the U.S. economy, a risk for bond investors who have jumped into long-term government debt this year. What are Treasurys doing? […]

August 27, 2019

Gold futures edged higher Tuesday as investors continued to gauge progress in the U.S.-China trade talks, while silver jumped to hit a nearly two-year high. Gold for December delivery GCZ19, +0.24% on Comex rose $1.80, or 0.1%, to $1,539 an […]

August 19, 2019

WASHINGTON (AP) — A number of U.S. business economists appear sufficiently concerned about the risks of some of President Donald Trump’s economic policies that they expect a recession in the U.S. by the end of 2021. Thirty-four percent of economists […]

August 16, 2019

U.S. Treasury yields edged up Friday as the bond-market followed a bounce in equities that are still on track to record weekly losses. What are Treasurys doing? The 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, +0.38% rose 2.9 basis points to 1.556%, […]

August 14, 2019

The yield for the longest-dated Treasury bond fell to its lowest level in history. Investors said the $22 trillion U.S. government debt market hit this key milestone on a combination of factors including the growing world of negative-yielding government bonds, […]

August 13, 2019

The performance gap between small caps and large caps is widening to historic lows, a trend seen during times of economic stress and investor caution, possibly signaling something worse with the economy could be coming. The small-cap benchmark Russell 2000 […]

August 9, 2019

See that guy grimacing behind Jerome Powell? That picture was taken back when Trump nominated him to run the Federal Reserve. And that was the high point of their relationship. Trump upped the ire Thursday in a tweet storm railing […]