Joy Wiltermuth

Follow all the latest U.S. market action for Wednesday here.

Follow all the latest U.S. market action for Wednesday here.

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The share of distressed office loans in commercial property bond deals hit a record high of 15.5% in November, according to CRED iQ. The uptick of distress in office, as well as other property types, climbed dramatically in the past year, even with the Federal Reserve starting to lower interest rat

Looking for a discount holiday gift? Investors in the past week plowed more funds into cash, crypto, bonds and stocks, according to a team led by Michael Hartnett, a strategist at BofA Global, in another weekly look at fund flows.But wholesale diamond prices can't seem to catch much of a break, e

Wednesday's inflation report comes as "a relief to a market that did not want any surprises interrupting this year-end Santa rally," according to Lara Castleton, Janus Henderson Investors' U.S. head of portfolio construction and strategy. "Transportation and shelter were the largest contributors bu

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Longer Treasury yields were edging up on Friday as traders focused on next week's Federal Reserve policy meeting for a gauge of the next steps on interest rates. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield was up 2 basis points to 4.35%, pulling further away from the 2-year's 4.2% yield, according to Fact

A return to extremely low borrowing rates has been looking more and more unlikely in recent months. That's because expectations for the Federal Reserve's eventual landing point for its short-term policy rate have been going higher, with Wall Street now broadly expecting a range of 3.25% to 3.75% fo

The stock market's rally in December has gotten pretty narrow again, like earlier this year when the main driver of equities was a few big technology stocks.