US Services Activity Contracts for First Time in Nearly a Year

Jun 4, 2025 | Markets

Activity at US service providers slipped into contraction territory last month for the first time in nearly a year on an abrupt pullback in demand, while prices accelerated as higher tariffs reverberated across the economy. The Institute for Supply Management’s index...

Apollo Calls for ‘Tailored’ Private Markets Rules in Australia

Jun 3, 2025 | Markets, Private Markets

Apollo Global Management, Inc. has warned Australia’s securities regulator against “broad brush” rules for unlisted investments and has called for regulation to instead target specific asset classes. The comments were included in one of more than 50 submissions...

Dollar General Jumps Most on Record After Raising Forecast

Jun 3, 2025 | Markets

Dollar General Corp. surged after increasing its annual guidance, helped by luring more higher-income shoppers looking for deals. The discount chain also said it expects to mitigate a significant amount of the tariffs currently in place. The company sees same-store...

US 20-Year Yields Fall Below Longer Bonds by Most Since 2021

Jun 2, 2025 | Markets

For a fleeting moment Monday morning, 20-year bonds were no longer offering the highest yields on the US Treasuries curve. The tenor briefly traded below the longest-maturities by the most in almost four years, sending 20-year yields less than 1 basis point below the...

At 10 AM, Stock Options Soar as Retail Traders Unleash New Bots

May 31, 2025 | Markets

When people talk about algorithmic traders, it evokes images of rooms full of math PhDs creating complex models that place huge trades in milliseconds after economic or earnings data is released. But now, it’s retail traders who are turning in droves to automated...