Markets/Wall Street

Strikes and counterstrikes in the Middle East are hitting the price of oil, government bonds, and more. We dig in.

The proposal would allow companies to report earnings only twice a year, instead of quarterly.

Despite the war in Iran, investors aren’t turning to bonds — seen as safer bets than the stock market — because of inflation anxieties.

On Monday, bond traders weren’t exactly rushing for a safe haven.

"We're in a world where markets and investors are increasingly uncertain about where their money is safe," said Julia Coronado of MarcoPolicy Perspectives.

The private credit market has grown fivefold since the 2008 financial crisis, according to the Federal Reserve, and now sits somewhere near the $2 trillion-mark globally. In the last couple weeks, though, the market has gone a bit sideways.

“Marketplace” host Kai Ryssdal explains how markets “bake in” anticipated news before it happens.

Part of what drove Monday’s big stock market drop was a thinkpiece about AI and a nightmare white-collar jobs scenario.

A major fight is brewing over whether the right to control prediction market platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket lies with the states or the federal government. 

Jittery investors are punishing the stocks of financial advisory firms that may — or may not — face disruption from artificial intelligence.