As Fed rolls out its first interest-rate hike in 3 years, market braces for more increases

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday increased its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, matching expectations, while ...

Why optical stocks Lumentum and Coherent were the day’s biggest S&P 500 gainers

Investors are looking further down the AI data-center supply chain for signs of demand amid concerns of a spending slowdown, ...

A Fed hike could hit the non-AI economy hard, economist Zandi says

Some economists worry that a Federal Reserve rate hike would damage the economy and not do anything to tame inflation. “Once ...

Bitcoin could be headed for $230,000 in less than a decade. Here are seven ways to value the cryptocurrency.

John Laforge of Ned Davis Research said network adoption is the best way of assessing the cryptocurrency's worth.

Fed meeting today: Fed hikes rates by a quarter point, sees only one more move higher this year and next — live updates

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-point rate on Wednesday. Follow MarketWatch's live ...

The smartest money moves to make now that interest rates are going up

The Fed just made its first interest-rate hike in three years, and the finances of many Americans are far from where they ...

Bessent's Congress testimony: How the Treasury chief defended his record, and blamed rising bond yields on global issues

Read a recap of MarketWatch's live coverage of congressional testimony by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, in which he ...

The 10-year Treasury is having its worst run in over 100 years. Why investors are buying bonds anyway.

The higher that yields go — for at least new money — it becomes more enticing to think about putting money into bonds,” one strategist notes.

‘You are freed’: What happened when an OpenAI model began secretly writing notes to itself

OpenAI has introduced a framework for reporting on worrying behaviors by its AI models. In one instance, one training model ...

Tesla’s upcoming product frenzy could leave investors disappointed

Tesla’s stock has some catching up to do. But even after an action-packed slate of fall product events, analysts say ...

Dollar General Corp. stock underperforms Thursday when compared to competitors despite daily gains

Shares of Dollar General Corp. DG rallied 1.58% to $124.95 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 1.14% to 7,637.

Royal Bank of Canada stock rises Thursday, still underperforms market

Shares of Royal Bank of Canada RY inched 0.66% higher to C$284.93 Thursday, in what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the Canadian market, with the S&P/TSX Composite Index ...