The Latest Breaking News from Interest Rates

Traditionally, gold prices begin a seasonal rally near the Christmas holidays and last until late February. This year, gold received its gift from the Federal Reserve in the form of projected lower interest rates in 2024. Can this gift be a tailwind to a bullish gold price period?

Momentum should sustain markets through New Year's. 2024 is an election year, which is usually good for stocks, too. But market hiccups can and will occur.

Interest rates, cost of capital, and capital availability will be most important commercial real estate issues in 2024

Since the housing bubble in the late 2000’s the U.S. has enjoyed an almost uninterrupted period of easy money. Financing for anything and everything was freely available from a wide variety of lenders. That came to an abrupt end last year as runaway inflation forced the Federal Reserve to rapidly…

Here's how the Federal Reserve's interest rate forecast could impact mortgage rates next year.

As the end of 2023 rapidly approaches it’s time for investors to anticipate what some of the 2024 stock winners may be. This should include a take on interest rates, which the market now strongly believes will be cut earlier and a little more quickly than had been anticipated just…

U.S. equity and government bond markets soared Wednesday on signs the Federal Reserve has pivoted from raising interest rates to cutting rates. The S&P 500 ($SPX ) (SPY ) and Nasdaq 100 ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) rallied to 23-month highs today, and the Dow Jones Industrials ($DOWI ) (DIA )...

ECB waves the magic wand of economic steadiness, leaving interest rates untouched. An unparalleled dance begins as they slowly unplug from bond buys.

GLD, the gold-price tracker, and other gold stocks are on the rise as the Fed's dovish outlook sends the 10-year Treasury yield below 4%.