Oil prices are jumping again. How the S&P 500 has performed on days crude has seen big gains may be surprising.
The S&P 500 moves on days oil prices have gained 3% may come as a surprise. Source：MarketWatch
French bonds are suffering through their worst decade since 1803 — and investors are bracing for more pain
The spread between France’s 10year government bond and Germany’s equivalent reached its widest last week in available Bloomberg data, dating back to 1990.…
I’m a 68-year-old widow. My two adult children keep asking me for money. Are they taking advantage of me?
“I also have $310,000 in an IRA and $46,000 in savings. My house is paid off.” Source：MarketWatch
Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens find a buyer for $1.2 million Texas home—in less than a week
Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and her NFL star husband, Jonathan Owens, have landed a buyer for their sprawling Texas property—just days after listing the home…
Rising yields are quietly crashing the stock market’s earlier winners of 2026
Surging Treasury yields have begun to hammer parts of the stock market that might easily be overlooked, especially with the spotlight once again shining…
Higher yields are taking their toll on all areas of the stock market, except the one that matters
Technology is the only one of the S&P 500’s 11 sectors that gained since Sept. 1, as Treasury yields have climbed to multidecade highs. Source：MarketWatch
Options traders are betting on a dramatic drop in interest rates
Recent options activity points to bullish positioning for longterm bonds and utilities. Source：MarketWatch
Microsoft and Nvidia are teaming up on a supercharged AI laptop
Powered by Nvidia’s RTX Spark chip, the latest Windows laptop is designed to run AI models and workloads directly on the device. Source：MarketWatch
Stocks are increasingly their own best hedge. This chart shows why.
For decades, investors concerned about stocks sought succor in the bond market. But these days, the best shield against an outbreak of volatility might just be…
Fed’s minutes show no appetite for a series of interest-rate hikes
September’s rate hike was viewed by many officials as needed just in case inflation remains sticky. Source：MarketWatch
Washington and Wall Street chose to delay paying their bills — and to put them on your tab
The polite word for what the government and Wall Street are doing is deferring payment, like opening a tab at a bar that somebody else will pay later.…
The ‘Magnificent Seven’ are now big enough to move the economy. Why that could be a problem.
Imagine a small group of companies whose value is greater than the entire economy of almost every single country in the world. By market value, that’s roughly…