Have you come across anything recent about bond yields rising? Join the crowd. Less discussed is what that means for stocks.
Signs that investors were concerned about rising rates and expensive stock valuations are scant as flows into equity and bond funds continue pacing upwards.
Momentum, as much as the news of curtailed bond buying from Japan and China, led to the market’s setback in the second week of the year.
Failure to address entitlement reforms in latest tax overhaul points toward an economic drag, as there are fewer and fewer workers per retiree in the U.S.
They pulled the plug on U.S. equity funds but steered $1.34 billion—a 59-week high—into the industrial sector during the week that straddled the calendar years.
Informa Financial’s chief macro strategist weighs in on what’s to come.
A debate about age, wages, benefits and productivity.
A bearish mien in the early months.
And it looks like Italians are going to the polls.
The start of December wasn’t short of geopolitical grist, either.
