Finance Updates – Page 53 – Finance Updates

Ultra 10-Year Treasury Futures: Higher DV01, Yield Curve & Duration Edge

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Exchanges

CME/CBOT’s Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note F...

Ultra’s DV01 is about 44% higher than TY, inc...

The 10-year Treasury yield is around 4.20% in...

Use cases include tighter hedges, cleaner cur...

Why Bond Traders Aren’t Watching Venezuela: U.S. Labor, Oil & Yields Take Center Stage

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Treasuries are largely ignoring Venezuela hea...

Friday’s U.S. jobs report, including payrolls...

Brent crude’s sharp 2025 decline on oversuppl...

With the 10-year around 4.14–4.18%, the next ...

U.S. Bond Market’s 2026 Outlook: High-Income Winners Amid Rising Credit Risk

Global Markets Securities and Commodity Contracts Intermediation and Brokerage

U.S. bonds posted their best year since 2020 ...

Returns were driven by roughly 75 bps of Fed ...

For 2026, expectations are for more muted gai...

Preferred exposures include income-focused, h...

Why Bloomberg CAPTCHAs Are Blocking Access: Causes & Fixes

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Bloomberg blocked access after detecting unus...

The page says JavaScript and cookies must be ...

Common triggers include VPNs/proxies, shared ...

Persistent blocks can disrupt time-sensitive ...

Why Comcast, Micron & Pfizer Look Like Value Plays as S&P 500 Overheats

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

With the S&P 500 trading at an elevated forwa...

It flags Comcast, Micron, and Pfizer as mispr...

Proposed catalysts include Comcasts 2026 spor...

Key risks are secular or competitive pressure...

India Equities Slip as IT Stocks Lag, U.S. Tariffs & Trade Strains Weigh In

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Sensex and Nifty slipped as IT stocks dragged...

The Nifty IT index fell about 1.4% with HCLTe...

Foreign portfolio investors pulled about ₹7,6...

Reliance said it received no Russian crude fo...

December Jobs Signal Softness; Fed Cuts Deferred as Inflation, Earnings Remain Key

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

Markets are focused on the Dec. 2025 jobs rep...

With the fed funds rate at 3.50-3.75%, future...

The S&P 500 starts 2026 near record highs but...

Sticky inflation, elevated valuations, and po...

Fed Eases Rates to 3.50–3.75% As Inflation Lingers and Jobs Slow

Global FYI Finance and Insurance

The Fed cut its policy rate 25 bps in Decembe...

Inflation remains above 2% but is forecast to...

A split FOMC vote with three dissents highlig...

Lower mortgage rates near 6.15% may modestly ...

Dow & S&P 500 Hit Record Highs: AI, Health & Finance Lead January Rally

Americas Markets Securities and Commodity Exchanges

The Dow closed above 49,000 for the first tim...

The rally extends a record-setting start to 2...

Leadership broadened beyond megacap tech, wit...

Silver and copper also hit record highs, sign...

Striker Ventures Commits $82M for Early-Stage Cyber & AI Startups in Israel

Asia Firms Other Investment Pools and Funds

Striker Ventures, founded in 2025 by former C...

The firm will invest in just ~10 companies to...

Matan Lamdan, former intelligence officer and...

The timing coincides with a broader rebound i...