News Analysis The U.S. treasury bond market has tumbled this year. That’s no surprise. Between the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hikes and quantitative tightening, 10-year treasury yields have increased from 1.6 percent to more than 4.0 percent year to date (bond yields have an inverse relationship with bond prices). But this doesn’t feel like a…

NEW YORK—Stocks drifted to modest losses in a quiet Tuesday on Wall Street, as steadying Treasury yields helped calm the market following its worst tumble in months. The S&P 500 dipped 9.26 points, or 0.2 percent, to 4,128.73 after flipping between small gains and losses through the day. The edge lower follows up on Monday’s…

BOSTON—U.S. stocks slid and Treasury yields jumped on Wednesday after meeting minutes released by the Federal Reserve indicated that it might not only raise interest rates sooner than expected but could also reduce its overall asset holdings to tame high inflation. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 392.54 points, or 1.07 percent, to 36,407.11; the…

Investor risk appetite seemed to moderate early Thursday, with U.S. stock futures dipping and longer-dated U.S. Treasury yields edging down in early trading as attention turned to Friday’s much-anticipated consumer price inflation report, which is expected to show annual inflation picking up its pace, putting more pressure on the Fed to roll back stimulus faster….

Mortgage application rates in the United States fell by 1.1 percent last week driven by higher interest rate, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) Composite Index. The previous week ending Sept. 10 saw applications increase by 0.3 percent in contrast to the week ending Sept. 24. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan…

NEW YORK—A broad selloff in technology and growth names battered the flagship fund of star stock picker Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest, as investors shifted away from tech shares amid a sharp rise in Treasury yields. The ARK Innovation ETF, which had $21.4 billion in assets as of last week, according to Refinitiv, fell 4.2 percent…

Stock markets tumble today as treasury yields rise. What does that mean for the job market recovery? A JP Morgan report says electric vehicles and clean energy are bubbles that are going deflate. We ask one expert why. A top wall street boss says working from home is not the new normal. He wants the…

NEW YORK—The year 2020 was a wild one for Wall Street, bookended by the end of the longest bull market in history with the battering of equities by the COVID-19 shutdowns, and a bungee-cord rebound on hopes for economic recovery that resulted in the shortest bear market on record. After closing at a record high…