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December S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESZ24) are up +0.31%, and December Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQZ24) are up +0.38% this morning as Treasury yields fell after cash trading resumed following the Thanksgiving holiday.

The U.S. Fed has cut the short-term Fed Funds Rate by 75 basis points since September 2024 and has told markets that more monetary policy easing is on the horizon. Meanwhile, longer-term rates continue to ignore the short-term rates as they climb to higher levels.

Learn about the current U.S. mortgage rates, their impact on home sales, and the role of the Federal Reserve in influencing rates.

A slew of economic news and some tough posturing on trade put a damper on equities.

Investors need to wake up and smell the inflation. That’s right even as we are celebrating new highs for the S&P 500 (SPY), inflation has become sticky once again which may delay the Fed’s next rate cut. And yes...that is not good news for stocks. Get the full story below.

The dollar index (DXY00 ) Wednesday fell by -0.86% and posted a 2-week low. Strength in the euro and the yen on Wednesday undercut the dollar. Also, Wednesday’s mixed US economic news pushed T-note yields lower, weakening the dollar’s interest rate differentials. US Q3 GDP was unrevised at 2.8% (q/q...

Global markets faced turbulence by midday Wednesday as an unwinding of yen-dollar carry trades drove sharp losses in U.S. equities, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 falling 1.2% in intraday trading.

United States District Judge Jennifer L. Hall granted the right-wing network’s motion to dismiss Ray Epps’s case

Inflation has fallen sharply since mid-2022, but progress has stalled in recent months