Vance and Walz Find a Lot to Agree on During Debate
During the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate, candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz found there were several issues they could ...
Dividend and China Funds Come Roaring Back as Nvidia Stalls
Optimism about rate cuts made it a great quarter for income-oriented fund investors after several months of lackluster ...
Vanguard Wants to Shake Up Investing Again. Its New CEO Has Big Plans.
A lmost three months into his new job as Vanguard Group’s CEO, Salim Ramji stepped onto a conference stage in New York in ...
September Delivers Solid Wage Gains
Even as inflation continues to cool, Americans are still getting solid pay increases. Wages were up 4% year over year in September, an acceleration from the 3.8% rate in August. Average hourly ...
Traders Expect Fewer Rate Cuts After Strong Data
Traders lowered their expectations for interest-rate cuts in 2024 after the blowout jobs data. The CME FedWatch Tool, a tracker for market expectations for future interest-rate levels, showed the ...
Bond Yields Soar After Jobs Report
Bond yields surged Friday morning after a blowout jobs report showed that the U.S. labor market remains on solid footing. The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield shot up to nearly 3.95% shortly after the jobs ...
September Brings Broad-based Jobs Growth
Not only did job gains exceed expectations last month, but the growth in employment came from a number of sectors. The 254,000 jobs added in September were largely due to hiring in food services and ...
Stock Futures Gain on Key Jobs Report
Good economic news is good again. Stock futures shot higher after a better-than-expected September jobs report. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 187 points, or 0.4%. Futures for ...
Hiring for Recent Months Is Revised Up Substantially
The Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday revised up its figures for payroll gains for July and August from its initial estimates, marking the first such move in several months. Total nonfarm payroll ...
China Stocks Rally Reignites as Alibaba, JD.com, Tencent Shares Rise. What’s Driving It.
Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq futures are rising in premarket trading Friday as the stock market braces for a crunch jobs report.
Ukraine Says Hit Russian Oil Depot In Drone Attack
Ukraine said Friday it had hit an oil depot in Russia's Voronezh border region in a drone attack. Kyiv has targeted Russian energy sites with long-range drones in a growing number of attacks it says ...
September Job Growth Rebounds in Surprise Move
The U.S. labor market continues to beat expectations, with employers adding more jobs in September than many economists and analysts expected. Employers added 254,000 jobs to nonfarm payrolls in ...