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The Bond Market Is Signaling Rising Risks. Investors Should Listen.

While the Fed didn’t raise rates, the bond market did. That means hardship for home buyers and higher hurdles for A.I. data centers and the stock market. But it’s also a boon for retirees.

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What the Stock Market’s Record Rally Has to Do With Rescuing the Yen

The wide impact of the U.S. intervention into the Japanese currency shows the extent to which global markets’ revolve around investments in artificial intelligence.

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A Currency Trader at Heart, Bessent Bets on Japan’s Yen

Coordinated intervention allowed Japan to support its currency without selling off its U.S. debt holdings.

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