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

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

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...

Trump’s Promises of Easy Wins Meet Reality During a Rocky Week

President Donald Trump returned to office promising to easily fix generationally intractable problems, from quickly brokering peace in Ukraine and the Middle East to overhauling the federal government and rewriting the global trade order. But this week showed just how...

Wall Street Eyes Chinese Stocks Hedges Ahead of Tariff Deadline

Since slumping to a four-month low in April, Chinese equities have rallied nearly 25% as US-China trade tensions eased. According to 22V Research, that’s left the stocks vulnerable to yet another selloff in coming weeks and months. The end to a temporary trade truce...

Wilbur Ross Says Investor Confidence Risks Fading Within Weeks

The relative calm in US stock markets has an expiration date, according to Wilbur Ross: late June. The famed corporate raider and former secretary of commerce expects President Donald Trump’s administration to make meaningful progress on trade pacts by the end of next...

Small Companies Keep Going Public Even as Russell 2000 Struggles

An increasing number of small-capitalization companies are going public this year despite the Russell 2000 Index’s underperformance, as investors shrug off trade and inflation risks in search of returns. “The investment community is thirsty again for IPOs,” said Will...