Sam Goldfarb

U.S. stocks finished lower after the Fed voted to cut interest rates by 0.5 percentage point, opting for a more aggressive reduction than investors had been expecting just a week ago.

The Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates by 0.5 percentage point on Wednesday. Since then, a key benchmark for borrowing costs in the U.S. has gone…up, instead of down. In recent trading, the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note was around 3.74% according to Tradeweb, up from

History shows some of the prospects for stocks, bonds and other investments after the Fed begins to cut rates.

Issuance of speculative-grade debt reaches nearly record levels, reflecting economic optimism.

Treasury yields are extending their recent climb Wednesday, with the 10-year yield threatening to settle at 4.25% or higher for the first time since July. In recent trading, the 10-year yield was 4.248%, according to Tradeweb, up from 4.204% Tuesday and 4.074% at the end of last week.Yields, whic

Investors are betting a challenging fiscal situation might only get worse after the election.

Treasury yields fell Friday after data showed that the economy added fewer jobs than expected in October. The declines in yields were meaningful but not overly dramatic in early trading, suggesting traders remained fairly optimistic about the economic outlook despite the signs of a cooling labor ma

The softer-than-expected October jobs report has made Wall Street traders more confident that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at both of its remaining policy meetings this year, rather than sitting one out. In recent trading, federal-funds futures showed that traders see a 85% chance th

Treasury yields can’t be kept down for long these days. Yields, which move in the opposite direction of bond prices, initially fell Friday after a weaker-than-expected October jobs report. But they have since rebounded, with the 10-year yield now back above 4.3%.Traders quickly moved on after the

Wagering over who will take the White House spans all of the financial markets, but it has been most evident in Treasurys, the dollar, bitcoin and certain corners of the stock market.