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Investors have just turned back the clock on the Fed s tightening campaign and cast aside the Fed fears that ruled them for 15 months. The S P 500...

Bloomberg Investors have just turned back the clock on the Feds tightening campaign and cast aside the Fed fears that ruled them for 15 mont

(Bloomberg) -- US stock soared as traders wager the worst of the banking sector turmoil has passed, while Treasury yields climbed after the latest inflation reading cemented bets for a Federal Reserve rate hike next week. The S&P 500 advanced 1.6%%, the biggest one-day gain since early February, as regional bank shares bounced back from two days of frantic selling. The policy-sensitive Nasdaq 100 rose more than 2%. The two-year Treasury yield climbed to 4.4%— following a three-day swoon that w...

(Bloomberg) -- US stocks rallied into the close as traders wagered the worst of the banking turmoil has passed. Treasuries fell. The S&P 500 recovered much of its lost gains in the late afternoon session after a Russian fighter jet colliding with a US drone tamped down the initial enthusiasm. The tech-heavy Nasdaq notched its biggest one-day gain in six weeks. The relief rally in banking stocks was crimped as the KBW Bank Index ended the day with a 3.2% gain. Remarks from ratings companies on th...

All eyes on the Reserve Bank this week as the South African rand takes a dive and the British Pound also retreats from the US Dollar.

By Elizabeth Howcroft

Signs of inflation softening, falls in commodity prices and the easing of China's COVID-19 restrictions have raised hopes so far this year that a global economic downturn may not be as severe as feared. Money markets are pricing in a 98% chance that the Fed will raise rates by 25 basis points next month, and have steadily lowered the likely peak to 4.75% to 5.0%, from the current 4.25% to 4.50%.

European stock indexes edged higher on Monday, while Wall Street futures struggled to make gains as investors weighed up recession fears with hopes that inflation could be past its peak.