Quick Read VNQ gained 28% over five years versus 85% for the S&P 500 due to Fed rate hikes starting March 2022. Goldman Sachs ...

Gold and silver exhibit robust return potential, driven by deeply negative real interest rates and favorable technical ...

European shares were muted on Tuesday, as gains in heavyweight financials and healthcare stocks were dampened by sharp ...

Federal Reserve policymakers cut interest rates for the third straight meeting on Wednesday while signaling there may be only one cut next year as rates get closer to a neutral level. The Fed lowered ...

The US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), in its December 10th meeting, trimmed the key lending rate by 25 basis points. However in 2026, the central bank expects to continue on ...

2026 has a reasonably high likelihood of being a turning point after 3 years of strong gains not fully supported by fundamentals. A JPMorgan dot plot graph shows that when the market P/E reaches 23, ...

European defence stocks fall as US gives Ukraine ultimatum. FOMC expected to cut rates. Focus on dot plot and market weigh up hawkish approach. Joshua Mahony is Chief Markets Analyst at Scope Markets.

Financial markets have been confident for weeks that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates by a quarter point at this week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting. But beneath that expectation ...

Amazon has seen the power and potential of Alexa+, its AI-powered smart assistant, and is now launching a raft of devices to support it. Today, at the company's September 2025 devices event, the ...

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates this past week by a quarter of a percentage point. But where rates go from here is a coin toss, at best, given that Fed members’ latest forecasts diverge widely.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed modestly lower, with futures contracts reversing the losses, following the 0.25% interest rate reduction from the Federal Reserve, with the updated 'dot plot' only ...