Opening Bell Daily Archive

Dockworkers earning $150,000 are willing to hobble the economy for a 77% raise

Thousands of longshoremen across the East and Gulf Coast are on strike for a new union contract.

Oct 2, 2024

Trump vs. Harris: How the next president will reshape the US economy

Five charts show how the November election is set to influence taxes, inflation, tariffs, and financial markets.

Oct 1, 2024

China's stock market just had its best week since 2008

Beijing's stimulus package pushed China's stock market to a 52-week high right after it hit a 52-week low.

Sep 30, 2024

Stocks aren't the only assets enjoying a rare September rally. Bitcoin's up too.

Bitcoin has shrugged off weak seasonal trends to ride momentum from cooling interest rates.

Sep 27, 2024

How housing inventory has changed since the pandemic

3 charts illustrate how a handful of US states have finally returned to pre-COVID levels.

Sep 26, 2024

China's new plan to fix its broken economy isn't enough

Beijing introduced billions in liquidity for the stock market and plans to slash interest rates and payments for home loans.

Sep 25, 2024

The stock market will be boring until election day

With the Fed's first rate cut in the books, investors are set to benefit from the lack of uncertainty ahead.

Sep 24, 2024

The Fed sees its jumbo rate cut as a one-and-done — that's good news for stocks

Investors have cheered as policymakers see a series of gradual 25-basis-point rate cuts going into next year.

Sep 23, 2024

Stocks are on track for a rare achievement. Investors can thank the Fed.

The 50-basis-point rate cut has juiced markets toward their first winning September in years.

Sep 20, 2024

Does the Fed’s jumbo rate cut mean we’re headed for a recession? Perhaps the opposite.

The reasons behind the 50-basis-point move, explained by a top Wall Street strategist.

Sep 19, 2024

The world's fixated on the Fed’s first rate cut. Markets will react to something else entirely.

Uncertainty runs high as the Fed gears up for its first policy cut in four years.

Sep 18, 2024

Corporate America is moving on from inflation, just like the Fed

Fewer S&P 500 companies are mentioning high prices during earnings calls as the Fed readies its first rate cut.

Sep 17, 2024

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