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Investors grow more wary of corporate bonds as spread increases

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 19, 2025
As the gap between returns on government bonds versus corporate bonds mounts, investors are growing more cautious.
The good news is that the moves in corporate bond spreads so far have been small by historical standards.
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Uncertainty drives gold to record prices

by Savannah Peters
Mar 18, 2025
Gold futures rose above $3,000 per ounce.
Gold prices have hit a record high as investors seek more stable commodities.
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What's behind Tesla's post-election stock slump?

by Caleigh Wells
Mar 10, 2025
The delay in producing autonomous vehicles and a threat to federal regulations partly explain the stock's fall, some experts say.
"What's happening here you can probably explain through the politics and the optics," says Columbia climate economist Gernot Wagner about the drop in Tesla's stock price.
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10-year Treasury yields are falling. Want the good news first?

by Kai Ryssdal and Maria Hollenhorst
Mar 5, 2025
What's good for consumers looking for loans could be bad news for the economy.
Investors weigh factors like consumer confidence, retail sales performance and U.S. tariff policy when buying and selling U.S. Treasury bonds. 
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Nvidia investors, AI boosters await key earnings report

by Caleigh Wells
Feb 24, 2025
The vaunted chipmaker is a bellwether for tech stocks and the generative AI industry. But uncertainty has crept into views of the company.
Nvidia's quarterly earnings, to be released Wednesday, will update views of the tech industry and trends in artificial intelligence.
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Big banks are raking in cash

by Caleigh Wells
Jan 15, 2025
Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and other prominent names beat earnings forecasts. The Federal Reserve and volatile markets are giving them a boost.
JPMorgan Chase's headquarters in New York City. Many big banks exceeded quarterly earnings forecasts.
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'Magnificent Seven' AI stocks make up a huge part of the S&P 500

by Matt Levin
Jan 13, 2025
Over the last two years, stock prices of a few huge American tech firms have soared, now accounting for over a third of the value of the S&P 500.
Unlike the dot-com firms of the early 2000s, the Magnificent Seven are actually making gobs of cash.
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How trailblazing women fought for a place on Wall Street

by David Brancaccio and Ariana Rosas
Sep 12, 2024
The new book "She-Wolves: The Untold History of Women on Wall Street" chronicles the barriers women had to break down to become part of major financial institutions.
It wasn't until 1976 that the first woman traded stocks on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
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When stocks get volatile, many pros hedge their bets with bonds

by Elizabeth Trovall
Aug 12, 2024
When stocks go up, bond prices typically go down, and vice versa. But that inverse relationship isn't a given.
When the stock market dips, bonds can be an option to protect portfolios' stability.
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Wall Street's question for Big Tech: When will all that money you're spending on AI finally pay off?

by Henry Epp
Jul 30, 2024
For now, it's boosting other parts of the economy — chipmakers and contractors that build data centers, for example.
Investors want to see AI spending start to pay off, but building AI-supportive infrastructure takes time.
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