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ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

(Bloomberg) — The world’s biggest bond market kicked off the week on the back foot as geopolitical pressures abated and traders positioned for this week’s key inflation data. Treasuries fell across the curve, with 10-year yields hitting the highest levels since November and coming within a striking distance of the 4.5% level that some investors…

Two cuts now seen as the most likely Fed action.

With two and a half months of 2024 behind us, it’s fair to say that last year’s rally is still with us, with the S&P 500 up 8.5% so far this year. In an…

Euro zone government bond yields were lower on Tuesday after data showed U.S. inflation moderated further in November and after British figures showed a weakening labour market as investors brace for... -December 12, 2023 at 11:58 am EST - MarketScreener

November has a been a good month for the markets, with solid gains on the S&P 500 of 8.5%, bringing the year-to-date haul to ~19%. The question now is, where do we go from here? Don’t go anywhere, rather, stay in the stock market, appears to be the recommendation of JPMorgan’s global investment strategist Madison Faller, who points to three factors that should be supportive going forward. First, the US economy is cooling a bit, enough to ease the threat of overheating; second,...

Market legend Warren Buffett has said of investing, “If you aren’t thinking about owning a stock for ten years, don’t even think about owning it for ten minutes.” Like most of his bon-mots, this quip embodies a basic fact about the stock markets: it’s a long-term game. There are serious headwinds in the market today, ranging from worries over the persistently stubborn inflation and the Fed’s high-interest rate policy to a steadily worsening geopolitical ...

Shares in Ryanair and Ireland’s largest hotel group, Dalata, sank along with global peers yesterday as investors continued to fret about the fallout from the intensifying conflict in Israel and Gaza.

An escalation of the Israel-Gaza war into a broader conflict could deliver another shock to world growth and halt disinflationary forces in their tracks. Market reaction has been modest...

What should we make of today’s market conditions? Investors are digesting how the Federal Reserve’s ‘higher for longer’ interest rate policy will impact the economy, and they’re not pleased with the prospect. Other challenges on the horizon include the ongoing Congressional budget battles, lingering inflation, the evaporation of consumer savings and purchasing power, and concerns over China’s incendiary combination of slowing growth, geopolitical ambitio...