Following the pullback seen over the two previous sessions, stocks saw further downside during trading on Thursday. The major averages continued to give back ground after ending Monday's trading at new record closing highs.The major averages ended the day well off their lows of the session but still firmly negative. The Nasdaq slid 113.16 points or 0.5 percent to 22,384.70, the S&P 500 declined 33.25 points or 0.5 percent to 6,604.72 and the Dow fell 173.96 points or 0.4 percent to 45,947.32.The continued ...

Welcome to Yahoo Finance's flagship show, The Morning Brief. I'm Julie Hyman. Let's get to the three things you need to know today.First up, US stock futures falling for a third day as the record-breaking rally in stocks cools. However, there is some good news on the economic front. The latest read of second quarter GDP showed the US economy grew at the fastest pace in nearly 2 years.Inflation adjusted GDP, which measures the value of goods and services produced, increased at a revised 3.8% annualized rate. ...

The dollar index (DXY00) today is up by +0.43% at a 3-week high.  The dollar is climbing as today’s US economic reports were hawkish for Fed policy.  US Q2 GDP expanded more than expected, weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fell to a 2-month low, and August core (ex-defense and aircraft) capital goods new orders rose more than expected.  Also, today's weakness in stocks boosted some liquidity demand for the dollar.  The dollar added to its gains today on hawkish comments from Kansas City Fed President Jeff ...

Jeffrey Schmid Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Jeff Schmid signaled the US central bank may not need to lower interest rates again soon, citing the need to keep bringing down inflation. Most Read from Bloomberg “I viewed the 25-basis point cut in the policy rate last week as a reasonable risk-management strategy,” Schmid said Thursday in prepared remarks for an event in Dallas. “That said, my view is that inflation remains too high while the labor market, though cooling, still remains lar ...

The Fed has already dropped rates by 25 basis points (bps) and may even be looking at further cuts this year. This could be bad news, especially for investors close to retirement who tend to rely more heavily on bonds for income. September's rate cut may be exciting for many investors' equities holdings, but those same investors may feel less excited about the income on offer from bonds going forward. Falling rates, of course, lead to falling yields in numerous debt securities and offerings. For those inves ...

Kevin Hanks live at the CBOE pre-bell playbook joining us and we uh think about what's been going on. Most of these economic prints have been looking pretty favorable lately. Um some of your thoughts this morning.Good morning, Kevin. >> Good morning, Nicole. Yeah, you know, despite the markets being down, it's not because of the economic data, Nicole.All came in better than expected from GDP, which came in at 3.8% 8% the the last revision for second quarter GDP now 3.8% personal consumption expenditures whi ...

The path for interest rates looks like it's heading down, but that's far from a sure thing. ...

Fed Chair Jerome Powell expressed caution about lower rates Wednesday, after two fellow Fed governors took a rate-cutting stance earlier in the week.gettyStock prices fell Thursday after the interest rate outlook turned cloudy. Fed Chair Jerome Powell expressed caution about lower rates Wednesday, after two fellow Fed governors took a rate-cutting stance earlier in the week. The large-cap S&P 500 index fell 0.3% and the technology-focused Nasdaq Composite also dipped 0.3%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, ...

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After coming under pressure over the course of the previous session, stocks saw further downside during trading on Wednesday. The major averages showed a lack of direction early in the session but slid more firmly into negative territory as the day progressed.The major averages finished the day off their worst levels but still moderately lower. The Dow slid 171.50 points or 0.4 percent at 46,121.28, the Nasdaq fell 75.62 points or 0.3 percent to 22,497.86 and the S&P 500 dipped 18.95 points or 0.3 percent ...