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Today's Options Market Update

Today's Options Market Update

Stocks are in the green across the board around midday as the pullback in U.S. Treasury yields and lower oil prices help lift investor sentiment.


Schwab Market Update
Schwab Market Update Podcast

Trade Tensions, Nvidia Overshadow Economic Data

Consumer confidence and new home sales reports are on the menu today, but attention remains on looming Nvidia earnings and PCE inflation data amid brewing trade tensions.

Looking to the Futures

Looking to the Futures

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its latest Cattle on Feed (COF) report on August 21, giving livestock traders a fresh look at the balance between tightening feeder cattle supplies and slower feedlot turnover.

Schwab Market Update
Schwab Market Update Podcast

PCE Data, Nvidia Earnings Loom As Yields Climb

The Fed's favored inflation gauge, the Jackson Hole Symposium, and Nvidia earnings highlight a critical week with oil prices and Treasury yields rising.

Week Ahead

Broad-Picture Jobs Data Out This Week | Week Ahead

BLS releases the preliminary benchmark revisions this week. Schwab's Kevin Gordon breaks down what that number is and why it matters in his look at the Week Ahead.

Weekly Trader’s Outlook

Weekly Trader's Outlook

Stocks are attempting to stabilize after a choppy week for risk assets, with Treasury yields pulling back mid-week after the Treasury Department announced plans to increase purchases of longer-term securities.

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On Investing

Has the Fed Accepted 3% Inflation? (With Jim Bullard)

Liz Ann Sonders discusses inflation and the AI boom with Jim Bullard, former President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Schwab Market Update
Schwab Market Update Podcast

Walmart Up Next as Market Ponders Treasury's Move

Walmart's results loom before the open. Yesterday saw bond yields fall as the Treasury stepped in. Fed minutes revealed some willingness to raise rates if inflation doesn't cool.

Schwab Market Update
Schwab Market Update Podcast

Fed Minutes Awaited as Stocks Stumble on Yields

Rising U.S. and global yields continue to drag the stock market, now down three days in a row. Fed minutes later could shed light on the rate debate. Target reports this morning.