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Asian Stocks Decline as Appetite for Risky Assets Ebbs

Oil prices hovered around multimonth highs, while market participants look to the Federal Reserve's coming interest-rate decision for direction.

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Oil Prices Fall as Traders Weigh U.S.-Iran Diplomacy, Saudi Attacks

Prices pulled back from recent highs as traders weighed diplomatic efforts to ease U.S.-Iran hostilities against renewed Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia and persistent Middle East supply risks.

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ECB Expected to Leave Key Rate Unchanged Amid French Bond Drama

The central bank is expected to leave its key interest rate unchanged Thursday, avoiding additional pressure on French government bonds.

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Brazil's Surprise Election Outcome Set to Batter Stocks, Real

The election result is poised to hammer financial markets, with currency futures and exchange-traded funds tracking local stocks tumbling in Asian trading.

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Two AI Chipmakers Make Up 34% of America's Earnings Boom

Ten companies-including Nvidia, Micron and other AI giants-account for roughly two-thirds of corporate profit growth.

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More than a third of S&P 500 companies are about to report earnings as market confidence sours

"With cautious to negative market sentiment, it could be a tricky week," one strategist says.

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Here's the real signal to watch for the Fed's next move

Investors should focus not on the rate itself, but on where financial conditions are

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How France Became the Poster Child for Debt Woes

The EU's second-largest economy has emerged as the biggest victim of soaring global yields. Its troubles are like those of most other countries, only worse.

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How Trade Desk Rescued Executives' Stock Options From a Dive in the Share Price

CEO Jeff Green used his supervoting power to approve the repricing of options over opposition from outside investors.

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'Nonanswers' aren't working. This is what investors really need from the Fed.

What really matters to investors, economists say, is for Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh to prove he can successfully communicate the central bank's strategy.

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Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: Decisions From Fed, Other Central Banks in Focus

An interest-rate decision by the Federal Reserve will be the highlight of a busy week ahead.

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Tanker Carrying Russian Diesel Signals U.S. Port After Trump-Putin Deal

A tanker carrying Russian diesel intermittently signaled it was headed to the U.S., potentially marking a resumption of direct shipments amid Trump's push to increase fuel supplies to global markets.

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Forget Anthropic: Biotech Is Quietly Dominating the IPO Sphere

As investors wait for the Claude developer to file its official IPO paperwork, several biotechs are going public and doing just fine.

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October 26, 2026 05:00 ET (09:00 GMT)