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Rates Spark: Stars align for record Gilt yields
Longer EUR rates face upward pressure, from the US and domestic factors like elevated inflation and a flurry of bond supply.
Tampa drops down hottest housing markets list in major plummet, Zillow reports
While the national housing supply recently reached a four-year high, buying a home in some U.S. cities may be especially ...
Dow Jones Today: Stocks Slide as Treasury Yields Rise After Economic Data; Nvidia Leads Tech Shares Lower; Bitcoin Plunges
Stocks closed sharply lower Tuesday, after retreating from early-session gains, as Treasury yields rose following the release ...
Trump: ‘Interest rates are far too high’
President-elect Trump on Tuesday declared interest rates are too high even as he decried still-elevated inflation, setting up ...
North Carolina housing market among most competitive in 2025, Zillow report predicts
The average 30-year mortgage rate hit 6.85% by to end 2024, the highest reported since July 2024, according to data from Freddie Mac. In a statement, Freddie Mac’s chief economist Sam Khater said “an ...
Gold pares gains as dollar rebounds following US jobs data
Gold prices pared earlier gains on Tuesday, pressured by a strengthening dollar and Treasury yields after rising U.S. job ...
Mortgage Refinance Rates on the Rise, Again Nearing a 5-Month High
Rates on 30-year mortgage refinance loans edged up another 3 basis points Monday, pushing the average up to 7.15%. That's ...
Traders See Less Help From the Federal Reserve After Strong Economic Data
Could the Federal Reserve be done cutting rates already? Some on Wall Street certainly think so. Market-implied odds that there will be no further rate cuts in 2025 have been climbing, and were given ...
TLT vs. Shorter-Duration Bond ETFs: Which Should You Buy in Your Portfolio?
It’s time for conservative, older investors to start thinking about their bonds. Indeed, bonds aren’t an exhilarating asset ...