Markets and Economy
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Weekly Trader’s Outlook
Stocks are on track to close out this week in all-time high territory despite uncertainty around trade, AI investment exuberance, and a government shutdown.
Sector Views
Our outlook on the 11 S&P 500 equity sectors.
Bond Insights
Bankruptcies by high-yield issuers have made headlines recently, but defaults have grown more common in recent years.
On Investing
Kathy Jones and Collin Martin discuss why some high-profile failures and defaults have sent jitters through the credit markets.
Schwab Market Update Podcast
The long government shutdown keeps data from crossing the wire, but investors can get a sense of the economy's performance today from consumer names like Netflix and Coca-Cola.
Earnings growth and attractive valuations for Japanese companies, reforms to corporate governance, and other shifts in the Japanese economy may create opportunities for investors.
The stock and bond markets are taking the government shutdown—and lack of data releases—in stride, but how long the calm might last is an open question.
On Investing
Patrick Harker, former President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, joins the show to discuss monetary policy, inflation expectations, and more.
With official data halted by the U.S. government shutdown, investors turn to private and high-frequency indicators to track jobs, spending, and growth in real time.