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Worried that Jerome Powell might smash stocks lower on Friday when he steps up to the microphone in Jackson Hole,...

Gold prices see August’s biggest daily percentage gain

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Gold futures settled higher for a fourth straight session on Wednesday, with prices for the yellow metal up more than...

S&P 500 books best day in nearly 2 months, Nasdaq rises 1.6% ahead of Nvidia earnings

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U.S. stocks finished higher on Wednesday with the large-cap benchmark S&P 500 booking its best day since June 30 as...

Apple only Big Tech stock ‘really hitting’ the S&P 500 as ‘little’ about August’s market slump appears worrisome, says DataTrek

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U.S. stocks have been rattled in August by a rise in real interest rates and bond-market volatility, yet “very little...

Wall Street blamed zero-day option traders for a sudden stock-market selloff. But a BofA team says they got it wrong.

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Did a group of traders in rapidly expiring options recently drag the S&P 500 lower in the final hour of...

Stock-market slide: All S&P 500 sectors are down in August, on pace for a broad monthly drop not seen this year

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All of the S&P 500’s sectors are down in August in a sweeping stock-market tumble not seen since the end...

Oil prices settle lower as China demand worries persist

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Oil futures finished lower on Tuesday for a second straight session, with the market unable to shake worries about China’s...

10-, 30-year Treasury yields pull back from highest levels in more than 12 years

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Long-dated Treasury yields slipped from their highest levels since 2007 and 2011 as buyers of U.S. government debt emerged on...

Nvidia may be the AI stock for now, but here are the picks for later, says Goldman Sachs

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Wall Street looks ready to build on Monday’s gains, the first in five sessions for the S&P 500 SPX and...

Gold prices notch a third straight session climb

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Gold futures on Tuesday tallied a third straight session climb — the longest consecutive daily rise since mid-July. Moves in...

Jeremy Grantham’s GMO plans its first ETF, a fund that will target quality stocks

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Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham’s GMO is planning to offer an exchange-traded fund that will invest in U.S. quality stocks, the...

ETFs that buy Chinese stocks mired with losses after ‘measly’ rate cut in disappointing stimulus

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Chinese stocks are beaten down amid investor worries over China’s economy. Exchange-traded funds focused on equities in China have seen double-digit...

U.S. stocks may bounce this week, but summer selloff is only halfway done, analysts warn

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U.S. stocks might find some relief this week, analysts say, but that doesn’t mean this late-summer selloff is over. Rather,...

ETF that tracks Jim Cramer’s stock picks to close

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An exchange-traded fund set up to buy stocks recommended by CNBC personality Jim Cramer will be closed and liquidated, its...

Why investors are back to a ‘grab for yield,’ according to Mizuho strategist

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The U.S. economy hasn’t stumbled yet, even through the Federal Reserve has jacked up interest rates to a 22-year high....

Workers are flying high in the sky, not jetting back to the office

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Air travel in the U.S. has boomed in the wake of the pandemic, showing that people are no longer staying...

Oil prices settle lower to extend last week’s losses

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Oil futures settled lower on Monday, extending their loss from last week as concerns over China’s economy contributed to the...

Gold prices score back-to-back gains following four-week losing streak

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Gold prices climbed on Monday, with the yellow metal scoring back-to-back gains after a lengthy losing streak, even as 10-year...

S&P 500, Nasdaq close higher after three straight weekly declines

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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite finished with their first gains of the past five sessions on Monday, despite another...

Treasury yields extend rise, with 10-year rate highest since 2007

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