Markets:Gold up $39 to record $3681US 10-year yields down 2.1 bps to 4.04%WTI crude oil up 67-cents to $63.36S&P 500 up 0.5%Nasdaq rises for ninth dayCAD leads, USD lagsIt was a Monday melt-up in equity markets that started with modest gains that slowly extended. The positive momentum extended after a soft Empire Fed and a spike in Tesla shares after Elon Musk bought $1 billion shares in the open market on Friday, according to a filing. Shares of Google also hit a record on increasing interest in Gemini aft ...

And let's talk more about what investors and economists are looking for. Investors expecting the Fed to kick off a cutting cycle this week. They'll be listening closely to Chair J.Pal's commentary for signs of how many cuts could be ahead. For more on the future of the Fed, want to bring in John Hillsenrath Stone senior adviser and Yahoo Finance contributor and Paul Grunwald, S&P Global Ratings global chief economist. Guys, thanks so much for being here.John, you do a really interesting survey of former Fed ...

The Fed is poised to resume its cutting cycle this week. A quarter-point policy rate ease is anticipated, with a small chance of a jumbo 50-basis-point cut. The dovish inflection could be bullish for U.S. small caps.Freelance Financial Writer | Investments | Markets | Personal Finance | RetirementI create written content used in various formats including articles, blogs, emails, and social media for financial advisors and investment firms in a cost-efficient way. My passion is putting a narrative to financi ...

BTIG and other strategists see a "sell the news†event for stocks this week — and a potential pullback for the S&P 500 not seen since April. ...

UPDATE: 🇺🇸 Markets price in a 99% probability of a Fed rate cut at the next FOMC meeting in 3 days. 📉 ...

Traders work on the floor of the American Stock Exchange. A $14 trillion rally that has taken stocks to record highs is heading for an inflection point next week, with investors expecting the Federal Reserve to resume cutting interest rates at its long-awaited monetary policy meeting. Most Read from Bloomberg The S&P 500 Index is up 32% from its April lows, buoyed by bets that the Fed will lower borrowing costs several times this year, and a 25-basis point reduction on Wednesday is seen as a lock. Bullis ...

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JUST IN: 🇺🇸 105 out of 107 economists expect a 25 bps Fed rate cut on Sept. 17. - Reuters ...

US equity futures are fractionally lower with small caps lagging as the record-breaking rally in stocks appeared to be running out of steam. At 8:15am ET, S&P 500 futures slid 0.1% after all major US indexes hit all-time highs on Thursday, however Nasdaq 100 futures are still in the green amid an relentless tech bid: Microsoft rose in premarket trading, leading the Mag 7 after it avoided a hefty antitrust penalty from the European Union. Europe’s Stoxx 600 eased as well. Incremental headlines after yesterda ...

Jobless claims hit their highest level since 2021 last week, adding to recent labor market revisions that have fueled confidence the Fed will cut rates in September. Despite hotter CPI data, markets rallied on expectations of easing, with J.P. Morgan’s Elyse Ausenbaugh and UBS’s Mark Haefele urging investors to prepare portfolios for a rate-cutting cycle. If markets needed further evidence for a September rate cut, they got it: Initial jobless claims for the first week of September came back as the high ...