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Schwab Market Update Podcast

Inflation Data Looms With Stocks Near Highs

Key inflation, housing, and consumer confidence data headline the shortened week ahead as a strong earnings season winds down after lifting stocks to near record highs.

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Some Indexes Accelerate Entry for Massive IPOs

As Wall Street eagerly awaits historically large IPOs, index providers weigh the implications and logistics of adding new members on an accelerated timeline.

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Rising Yields Highlight Muni Opportunities

Cooper Howard explains how municipal bonds can offer potentially attractive after-tax income, especially for higher earners, but require careful evaluation of tax brackets, credit quality, and relative value versus Treasuries and corporate bonds.

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Washington Wise

Ready or Not, the Digital Stock Market Is Coming

Tokenization is often associated with cryptocurrency, but now Wall Street is looking to tokenize stocks. What do investors need to know about a digital stock market?

Bond Insights

CD or Treasury? 5 Factors to Consider

Certificates of deposit (CDs) and Treasuries both can offer steady, predictable investment income—but how to decide between them? Here are five factors to help you choose.

Are You There, Inflation? It's Me, Kevin Warsh

As Kevin Warsh takes over as Federal Reserve chair with his own goals, he may face challenges even beyond rate policy, from inflation to independence to a bulbous balance sheet.

Schwab Market Update
Schwab Market Update Podcast

Yield Watch: Rates in Focus Before Retail Results

Stocks are shaky following Friday's sell-off in reaction to rising yields and oil. Treasuries might continue calling the shots in a week dominated by retail earnings and Nvidia.

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On Investing

Why Markets Are Shrugging Off Sticky Inflation

Inflation remains elevated, keeping the Fed on hold and pushing rate cuts out of view, while energy prices and geopolitical tensions complicate the outlook.

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