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Today's Options Market Update

Today's Options Market Update

Major indexes rose and yields eased after the Fed's favored inflation data came in below expectations for August. Fed rate hike odds continued falling after the report.

Schwab Market Update
Schwab Market Update Podcast

PCE Prices, Micron Results Could Help Set Tone

This morning's August PCE prices could help shape the Fed's rate decision, and Micron's earnings later might give the entire tech sector direction. Yields and oil remain in focus.

Looking to the Futures

Looking to the Futures

Cattle prices face rising imports, supply pressure, and technical resistance. Cattle prices face rising imports, supply pressure, and technical resistance.

Investing Amid Geopolitical Fragmentation

Globalization is being reorganized around security and resilience, creating uneven risks and opportunities across markets.

Schwab Market Update
Schwab Market Update Podcast

Geopolitics Wrestle with Jobs Data for Attention

There's a tug-of-war between movement on the geopolitical front and a feast of U.S. data this week, culminating in Friday's jobs report. Oil and yields could set the tone.

Week Ahead

Will Pickup in Hiring Continue? | Week Ahead

With jobs data out this week, Schwab's Kevin Gordon looks at what past jobs data have shown and what may be next for the labor market in the Week Ahead.

Weekly Trader’s Outlook

Weekly Trader's Outlook

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite are on track for weekly gains, assisted by relative strength in AI-related stocks, and despite the march higher in global bond yields.

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On Investing

What Record Highs Might Be Hiding

The S&P 500® sits near record highs, but weak market breadth, sticky inflation, and rising yields suggest a more complicated story beneath the surface.

Schwab Market Update
Schwab Market Update Podcast

China Meeting Center Stage, Yields Grab Spotlight

U.S. and Chinese leaders meet today to discuss trade and oil, but the dramatic rally in yields this week may overshadow the event. Costco reports later, and new home sales are due.