The dollar’s role as a safe haven triggered the rally after the Iran conflict broke out on Feb. 28.
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Higher prices at the pump could cause a consumer spending or hiring slowdown, pressuring the economy. And that, in turn, would highlight the safe haven aspect of Treasuries.
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Investors appear to have discounted President Donald Trump’s latest effort to soothe market angst over the war with Iran.
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Rising oil prices and weak auctions have pummeled Treasuries in March.
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There’s plenty of pent-up demand while an increase in home inventory could lead to lower prices, a Benchmark analyst says.
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The housing market is likely to see higher demand over time, one analyst notes.
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Stocks are rallying on optimism for peace talks, but the lack of details has primed volatility risk.
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Another day of chaos for air travelers, Chevron CEO says energy markets should be more worried, cruise operators get a boost, and more news to start your day.
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Rate traders are now pricing in a higher chance of a Fed rate hike this year than they are a rate cut.
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Foreign owners of U.S. securities may eventually need to cash them in to pay for soaring oil costs.
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Yields on the 2-year note suggest the Federal Reserve won’t be cutting rates for a very long time.
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Echoes of the 2022 bear market are starting to ring on Wall Street.
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Powell’s Fed press conference brought the unexpected, Micron smashes expectations, Trump temporarily waives the Jones Act, and more news to start your day.
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History suggests the second half of March is a winner for the stock market.
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Nvidia’s Huang predicts $1 trillion in hardware sales, government bonds will keep selling off, Nebius strikes a second big AI deal, and more news to start your day.
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The S&P 500 looks cheap. Is it time to buy?
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The benchmark S&P 500 has fallen around 3% since the first wave of U.S.-led attacks on Iran at the end of February.
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Stocks in the semiconductor value chain were weak on Thursday.
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For investors, the rhetoric has gone from the conflict being “over very soon” to “high oil prices for a year” in the span of a few days.
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Oil prices continue to rise, February inflation report won’t help Fed’s next decision, Kevin Warsh’s Fed nomination is stuck, and more news to start your day.
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Investors likely didn’t see a relative value case to buy a 10-year U.S. debt.
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Oracle is soaring but so are oil prices. The latter means more to the stock market now.
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Inflation worries, stoked by the impact of the Iran war on oil prices, are troubling the Treasury market. But there are other rworries, too.
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These buyers represented 34% of sales in February, one of the largest shares in five years, a trade group says.
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President Donald Trump sees the war in Iran ending ‘very soon,’adding that oil prices will decline quickly and shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz would return to normal.
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