Gold prices post their highest finish in nearly a week
Gold futures climbed Wednesday to post their highest finish in nearly a week, supported by weakness in the dollar and a drop in U.S. Treasury...
U.S. oil prices drop below $80 a barrel to their lowest finish since January on recession fears
Oil prices dropped sharply Friday, with U.S. crude below $80 a barrel to mark the lowest finish since January, as recession fears gripped financial markets,...
Here’s what Costco is saying about inflation — and a membership fee increase
As the market obsesses about inflation and what would cause the Fed to step off the gas pedal, it’s worth considering what some companies are...
Carl Icahn to investors: ‘The worst is yet to come’
Wall Street icon Carl Icahn has a warning for his fellow investors: “The worst is yet to come.” Speaking on Wednesday at MarketWatch’s Best New...
‘Disinflationary wave is building’ even as investors anticipate aggressive Fed rate increase, says this economist
Signs of disinflation have emerged even as investors fear Federal Reserve Chair Powell and his colleagues will keep battling inflation through aggressive rate hikes that...
Electric Bills Soar Across the Country as Winter Looms
U.S. utility customers, faced with some of their largest bills in years, are set to pay even more this winter as natural-gas prices continue to...
Dollar’s Rise Spells Trouble for Global Economies
Updated Sept. 18, 2022 2:31 pm ET Listen to article (2 minutes) The U.S. dollar is experiencing a once-in-a-generation rally, a surge that threatens to...
The biggest Fed rate hike in 40 years? It could be coming next week.
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and times are, arguably, increasingly desperate. The persistence of high inflation might force the Federal Reserve to resort to...
A further 27% drop in the S&P 500 could be coming if inflation hawks are right, Goldman Sachs team warns
Not exactly TGIF this Friday. What the sellside is slowly realizing is not just that the Fed is going to be aggressive in September after...
Silver is outperforming gold this month, and that’s just the start
Silver has underperformed gold this year, but that could soon change. “A real scarcity has been developing in the silver market,” said Keith Weiner, founder...