Core Viewpoint - Traders are anticipating a series of interest-rate cuts, while Federal Reserve officials are indicating that these cuts will be slower and interspersed with long pauses [1] Group 1 - Traders are betting on a smooth series of interest-rate cuts [1] - Federal Reserve officials are signaling that cuts will occur at a slower pace [1] - There will be long pauses between the interest-rate cuts [1]

Bitcoin is showing signs of stabilization as key macroeconomic pressures begin to ease, with experts suggesting the top crypto may be bottoming.  Bitcoin is up nearly 2% over 24 hours, setting a high of $109,405, fueling a minor rally across the broader altcoin market, CoinGecko data shows. "I think Bitcoin is bottoming here," Peter Chung, head of research at Presto Research, told Decrypt. "I expect the next move is more likely to be upward rather than downward." The potential bullish reversal follows the ...

A Bloomberg gauge of the dollar closed out its worst week in more than two months as expectations of Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts coupled with emerging credit risks in the US banking sector weighed on the greenback. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index was little changed in New York trading on Friday but declined some 0.5% from Monday’s open, the largest weekly drop since early August. Policy-sensitive two-year Treasury yields traded near a three-year low, while traders boosted their bets on Fed easing a ...

LIVE 1 hour ago Gold Hits New Record With Trade, Rate Cuts in Focus By Giulia Petroni, Dow Jones Newswires Gold prices climb to a new record, as U.S.-China trade frictions and growing expectations for further interest- rate cuts boost the precious metal's appeal. Futures in New York rise 1.9% to $4.281.70 a troy ounce after reaching $4,283.90 earlier, while spot gold is up 1.6% to $4,207.77 an ounce. Bullion has gained nearly 8% this week, also supported by growing political uncertainty in the U.S. "With th ...

LIVE Dow Set to Open Higher as the Market Focuses on Fed Rate Cuts Last Updated: 38 min ago Gold prices climbed above $4,200 a troy ounce, hitting a fresh record as the U.S.-China trade standoff and growing expectations of further interest-rate cuts boost demand for precious metals. In early trade, futures in New York rose 1.3% to $4,217.20 an ounce after reaching $4.218.20 earlier in the session, while spot gold is up 0.8% to $4,142.63. Investors are piling into gold as a hedge against geopolitical uncerta ...

Key Points In previous years, Bitcoin has enjoyed some of its biggest gains in the last quarter. Tariffs and trade wars, however, add elements of uncertainty that could weigh on the crypto's near-term performance. 10 stocks we like better than Bitcoin › At the start of normal trading this week, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) had risen by 23% in 2025, outperforming the S&P 500, which has gained 13%. The economy has been doing well, and with more interest-rate cuts potentially on the horizon, there may be fav ...

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The bull market in US stocks is having its third anniversary on Sunday, but if history is any guide it needs to broaden out soon to keep running. Most Read from Bloomberg The S&P 500 Index began its current bull run on Oct. 12, 2022, soaring 83% in that time and adding about $28 trillion in market value. While the gain was 88% before Friday’s selloff on President Donald Trump’s threat of a “massive increase” in tariffs on goods from China, the ben ...

The Federal Reserve faces one of its toughest meetings in years this month, forced to make critical interest-rate decisions without the usual government data guiding its hand. Due to the blackout of critical data inflation and jobs data from the federal government shutdown, a precarious economic mix of sticky inflation and softening job growth from private sources are being studied. “This is probably the worst time for the Fed to be flying blind,” Kenneth Kuttner, a professor of  economics at Williams Co ...

US stocks retreated Thursday as investors paused to assess the optimism around AI and interest-rate cuts that has buoyed markets amid the government shutdown. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) lost around 0.3% after another record close for the broad benchmark on Wednesday, as Wall Street returned to rally mode. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) traded about 0.1% lower, faring better thanks to a run higher from Nvidia (NVDA), which closed at its latest record. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) fell 0.6%. M ...

Group 1 - The dollar reached its strongest level in two months due to political risks abroad and a lack of US economic data [1] - The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index remained flat after gains were erased by dovish comments from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams, who supports further interest-rate cuts [2] - Demand for dollar-bullish structures has outpaced bearish ones, indicating a shift in market sentiment favoring the dollar [3] Group 2 - The US government shutdown has muted concerns about a softening labor market, reducing incentives for traders to sell the dollar [4] - Political risks in Japan and France have led to a repositioning in major currencies, with hedge funds closing short-dollar positions and showing interest in bullish exposure [5] - Hedge funds in Europe and Asia are increasing option trades, anticipating a weakening of currencies like the euro and yen against the dollar [6]