Thursday, September 19, 2024
Evening
- Stocks shine, Treasury yields rise as rate cut stokes risk appetite
- Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon as US urges urgent diplomatic solution
- Israel destroys 1,000 Hezbollah rocket launcher barrels, military says
- ‘Very serious escalation’: Lebanese ministers warn of a dangerous next 48 hours after pager and device attacks
- Morning Bid: Central bank baton passes to Japan, China
- Fed's big cut may have been closer call than lone dissent suggests
- Summers Sees Fed Rate Projections Upended, Higher Mortgage Rates
- Largest port on U.S. East Coast, New York/New Jersey, begins prepping for what could be first union strike since 1977
- Israel-Hamas Deal Unlikely Before End of Biden’s Term, U.S. Officials Say
- Israel strikes Lebanese targets as Hizbollah chief warns of ‘red lines’ crossed
- The dramatic decline of China’s innovative start-ups
Afternoon
- Wall St propelled higher by broad gains after Fed kicks off easing cycle
- Hezbollah chief denounces Israeli attacks as warplane sonic booms rattle Beirut
- Hezbollah leader vows retaliation against Israel for attacks on devices as both sides trade strikes
- Big Banks Are Split on How Fast Fed Will Cut Interest Rates
- Average rate on a 30-year mortgage falls to 6.09%, lowest level since early February 2023
- US Mortgage Rates Fall Further, Stoking Housing Optimism
General
- Nasdaq Jumps 2% as Big Fed Cut Spurs Rally: Markets Wrap
- US homebuilder stocks surge on hopes for demand boost after Fed rate cuts
- Oil Rises as Markets Rally on Fed’s More Aggressive Rate Cut
- Copper Notches Two-Month High On Powell’s Half-Point Rate Cut
- Wall Street’s $5.1 Trillion Triple-Witching Is Next Market Test
- Israeli planes bomb southern Lebanon after radio blasts
- Exploding Gadgets Deathtoll Rises in Lebanon as Israel Steps up Talk of War
- US current account deficit widens sharply in second quarter on imports
- US weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall
- August home sales drop more than expected, as prices set a new record
- Philadelphia Fed's factory gauge moves back into growth territory in September
- Fed sees higher 'terminal' rate, reached sooner: McGeever
- Private Credit Premiums Shrink as Investors Warn of Defaults
- Bank of England keeps its main interest rate on hold at 5% in wake of big US Fed rate cut
- China to ramp up policy steps to revive economy but no 'bazooka' stimulus seen
- Exclusive: US keeps missile system in Philippines as China tensions rise, tests wartime deployment
- Xi Unleashes a Crisis for Millions of China’s Best-Paid Workers
- Xi’s Nationalism Faces Reckoning After Murder of Japanese Boy
- America’s Inflation Fight Is Ending, but It’s Leaving a Legacy
- Big Rate Cut Forces Fed to Contend With New Obstacles
- Tech Jobs Have Dried Up—and Aren’t Coming Back Soon
- Pentagon Worries Israel Is Close to Launching Ground War in Lebanon
- Putin Is Under Pressure to Call Up More Troops for War of Attrition
- Citadel Securities doesn’t want to be a member of the world’s most important club
- Why the Federal Reserve opted for the big interest rate cut
- China’s growing military activity makes a shift to war harder to spot, Taiwan warns