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Volatility in the Treasury market has sunk to a multidecade low, and that could have sweeping implications for the bond market this year. Treasury volatility as measured by realized volatility in the U.S. 10-year Treasury note has fallen to a 52-year low, according to a new report from Bank of […]

The big banks kick off earnings this week, and it could be make or break time for the surging sector. Wells Fargo, J.P. Morgan and BlackRock are set to report Friday before the bell, with the market implying moves of 3 percent, 2.5 percent and 2 percent in either direction […]

Digital currencies fell broadly on Monday, with ripple and bitcoin leading the charge lower. Ripple traded 12.6 percent lower on the Bitstamp exchange. Coinmarketcap.com showed its price down nearly 30 percent, but it appeared that may be due to the site excluding certain prices from Korean exchanges. Bitcoin was off […]

Electronic Arts shares should outperform in 2018 despite a recent public relations headache involving its latest “Star Wars” game, according to one Wall Street firm. BMO Capital Markets upgraded EA’s stock to outperform Monday, arguing that investors overreacted to gamer outcry over the company’s attempts to monetize in-game content in […]

Shares of Pandora fell more than 4 percent in the premarket Monday after Morgan Stanley downgraded the stock and raised concern about the company’s revenue growth for 2018. “Growing ad revenue in ’18 is no longer a given as Pandora faces engagement and monetization challenges,” said analyst Benjamin Swinburne, who […]

To be aggressively optimistic on this stock market now is to bet that it can challenge the greatest bull market of all-time — the one that ended with the last century in early 2000. In terms of its cumulative gains, persistence, valuation and the public’s exposure to stocks, only the […]

Digital currency ripple has blown past its cryptocurrency rivals largely because it is working with large institutions, which give it an aura of legitimacy and practicality. However, cryptocurrency enthusiasts say that centralization is the exact opposite of what the technology of the digital currencies should be about. “The reason ripple […]

The Trump administration made waves on Thursday by announcing it will open virtually all federal offshore waters to oil and gas drilling. But it’s not yet certain whether drillers have much interest in dipping their toes into uncharted waters. New offshore drilling projects can take up to a decade to […]

Ripple tumbled more than 11 percent, dropping below $3 Friday, after crossing above that level for the first time two days ago. The digital currency, officially called XRP, was trading near $2.83, down 11.56 percent on the day and off 26 percent from its record high of $3.84 hit Thursday, […]

Ripple tumbled more than 11 percent, dropping below $3 Friday, after crossing above that level for the first time two days ago. The digital currency, officially called XRP, was trading near $2.83, down 11.56 percent on the day and off 26 percent from its record high of $3.84 hit Thursday, […]