The U.S. government plans to crack down on its $40 trillion debt — but brace for a ‘wrenching time’ ahead

With the U.S. national debt topping $40 trillion and bond markets getting battered, top Trump administration officials like ...

Hedge funds are doubling down on Big Tech even after summer volatility triggered a massive portfolio cleanup

Hedge funds entered the second quarter all-in on the AI trade, but have begun to diversify their portfolios lately. They’re ...

‘It’s truly a tragedy’: My daughter hasn’t spoken to me for 4 years, but it has nothing to do with politics

I’m the guy who wrote to you — and was published — who is 70, still working, loving it, and taking a week off every month (“ ...

Anxious bond market sends troubling message to investors: There’s no easy fix for U.S. debt

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s latest effort to control yields on long-dated U.S. bonds was short-circuited after just ...

Vertiv's CEO on Nvidia, AI, Growth, and More

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Walmart’s stock slides as investors worry that pressure on consumers is getting worse

The supermarket chain reported comparable U.S. sales growth of 2.6% in its second-quarter earnings, its lowest in over six ...

If rising rates were enough to end a bull market, we’d have entered a bear market long ago

Interest rates more often than not are falling when bull markets approach their final top, not rising. Many Wall Street ...

The energy market’s rising ‘crack spread’ is threatening to break the American consumer

The energy market is sending a warning to cash-strapped consumers: Don’t expect prices at the pump to come down anytime soon.

Social Security union says it needs $3 billion and another 20,000 workers to fix long wait times and ‘ghost offices’

The American Federation of Government Employees, which represents a total of 820,000 federal government workers, recently ...

S&P 500 set to climb even as Treasury yields edge higher

S&P 500 futures are up 0.2%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures are up 0.2%. Nasdaq 100 futures are up 0.5%. U.S. stocks are set to rise on Friday, a day after sharp losses driven by bond-market ...

The biggest loser from the Treasury’s latest buyback plan: The U.S. dollar. Here’s why.

Bond traders briefly cheered after the Treasury Department said it would double its planned buybacks of longer-dated notes ...

Regis Raises Dividend as Profits Jump; to Pay Special From Deal Break Fee -- Update

Regis benefited from a record-breaking rally in gold prices, which has been fueled by a weaker U.S. dollar and strong central-bank demand, among other tailwinds. Regis said its average realized price ...