Gold futures were heading sharply lower Wednesday morning, as U.S. Treasury yields resumed their rise and the dollar firmed, following the first gain for the precious metal in six sessions on Tuesday. Gold for April delivery on Comex GC00, -1.45% GCJ21, -1.45% was down $ 25.60, or 1.5%, to trade at …
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Rising Treasury yields have contributed to a selloff by the stock market’s pandemic high-fliers, but probably won’t be enough to spoil the appeal of stocks over bonds in 2021, according to one analyst. U.S. equity investors “have become focused on the recent increase in 10-year Treasury yields over the past …
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A pedestrian wears a mask as she walks past EU, Greek and Byzantium flags in central Athens on November 3, 2020. louisa gouliamaki/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Investors now pay Greece for the privilege of owning its debt, an incredible turnaround from its securities being the source of global financial instability a …
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SAN ANSELMO, CA – AUGUST 29: In this Photo Illustration, Twenty dollar bills sit in a wallet on August 29, 2017 in San Anselmo, California. The dollar fell to a two and a half year low to 91.77 Tuesday following the latest missile launch by North Korea. The U.S. dollar …
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Glyn Kirk/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Investors worried about recent turbulence in stocks may want to keep an eye on the near $ 1.5 trillion high-yield corporate bond market, to help gauge when a more substantial selloff in Wall Street might begin. Analysts often view ructions in the high-yield, or “junk-bond,” market …
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After the most volatile week on Wall Street since the 2008 financial crisis as the coronavirus epidemic began to shut down swaths of the U.S. economy, the health of the U.S. stock and bond markets may now depend on how corporate debt fares in the coming months. The S&P 500 …
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