US stock market
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Stability concerns focus at Fed ahead of Yellen speech
EghtesadOnline: The stock market's steady rise, still low long-term bond yields and a sagging dollar are girding the Fed's intent to raise interest rates again this year despite concerns about…
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No Bubble in Stocks But Look Out When Bonds Pop, Greenspan Says
EghtesadOnline: Equity bears hunting for excess in the stock market might be better off worrying about bond prices, Alan Greenspan says. That’s where the actual bubble is, and when it pops, it’ll…
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Tech Selloff Wrecks Record Day for U.S. Stocks
EghtesadOnline: A selloff in technology shares spoiled an otherwise buoyant day in the U.S. stock market as companies from Apple Inc. to Nvidia Corp. tumbled. The British pound dropped as the…
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How the Yellen Fed Got Religion Over the Stock Market and Policy
EghtesadOnline: For two decades, William Dudley has led a charge to change the way central bankers think about how they steer their economies through the booms and busts of financial markets.…
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The Markets Don't Care About Health Care as Long as They Get Their Tax Cut
EghtesadOnline: For the stock market, the drawn out attempt to pass a health-care bill may not matter after all.
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U.S. stock investors say don't worry, be happy
EghtesadOnline: The latest leg of the relentless rally in U.S. stocks since Donald Trump was elected president has all the hallmarks of being driven more by sentiment than sense, but that doesn't…
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Trump welcomes stock market surge, consumer confidence on Twitter
EghtesadOnline: U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed a record surge in the stock market on Thursday, a day after the Dow blasted through the 21,000 mark for the first time after his speech to…
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White House Chaos Doesn’t Bother the Stock Market
EghtesadOnline: Follow the money: it’s a classic Washington catchphrase. And if you follow the money on Wall Street right now, it’s hard to see how all that chaos in the White House you’ve been…
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Hawkish Fed a potential speed bump for stock bulls
EghtesadOnline: Next week's Federal Reserve meeting and possible signals on the pace of rate hikes for next year could pose the biggest risk yet to the rally the U.S. stock market has seen since…