This week features a Fed meeting, Broadcom and Oracle results, and job openings data. Yields rose sharply last week, raising concerns. Major indexes approached record highs Friday.

With the Fed expected to lower rates again Wednesday, major indexes inched up this morning, but so did Treasury yields and volatility. Tech drove early gains.

Crude oil futures (/CLF26) rallied to end the week after hopes for a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia diminished.

Bitcoin and stock futures are moving in separate directions as focus turns to consumer sentiment and shutdown-delayed PCE data ahead of next week's Fed rate decision.

Equity markets have remained largely unchanged this week as investors anticipate guidance from the upcoming Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting.

Liz Ann Sonders and Kathy Jones review the Federal Reserve’s latest dilemma and the complexity of policy setting in this environment.

Our outlook on the 11 S&P 500 equity sectors.

Initial jobless claims and Challenger layoff data come ahead of the open after ADP's weak report yesterday raised rate cut odds. Salesforce and Snowflake results are also in focus.

Crypto turned around yesterday but Marvell Technology earnings appeared to disappoint. Today brings Salesforce results and ADP jobs data, along with Macy's and Snowflake.