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Economics

Bond Market Drives Long-Term Treasury Yields to 19-Year High, Shrugging Off Hesitant Fed

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Bond investors are demanding higher yields, essentially raising the cost of borrowing no matter what the Fed decides to do in September.

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Advisor Upside

Clients Are Craving Income. Here’s How Advisors Are Delivering

Wealth managers are looking beyond fixed income products into private markets and exchange-traded funds.

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Inflation & Prices

Sticky Inflation, Job Loss Prolong Fed’s Interest-Rate Limbo

The CME FedWatch Tool shows the market is pricing in a 60% chance the Federal Reserve holds interest rates steady in September.

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Real Estate

Wall Street Looks to Zillow, Rocket Mortgage Earnings for Clues on K-Shaped Housing Market

Many COVID real estate hot spots, such as Austin and Boise, have watched their housing markets flatten or reverse in the years since.

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ETF Upside

Why This Ultra-Short Bond Fund Is Ultra-Popular

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SGOV from iShares may become the first ETF in its class to reach $100 billion in assets.

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Finance

Move Over, SpaceX: Popular Companies from Lime to Oura Line Up for Market Debuts

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After a dry spell amid high interest rates and inflation uncertainty Q1 saw 35 IPOs raise $9.9 billion, according to Renaissance Capital.

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Indicators

New Labor Data Rings Death Knell for the ‘Great Resignation’

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Just 28% of workers say it’s a good time to find a quality job, down from 70% in mid-2022, according to data from Gallup.

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Indicators

Molasses-Like Jobs Growth Not Enough to Trump Fed’s Rate-Cut Inertia

Hiring in January was not just slower than expected, according to ADP. It was way, way, way slower than expected.

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Markets

Limbo for Longer: Don’t Expect More Fed Rate Cuts Before Mid-2026

2026 presents a catch-22 for the Fed. It normally cuts rates to buoy hiring, which tightened last year, but that could drive up inflation.

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Real Estate

Housing Market’s Blue Christmas: Pending Sales Slide Most Since 2001

The downturn comes at an interesting time: There are now 47% more sellers than buyers on the market, according to RedFin.

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