Christine Idzelis

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Market Extra‘We can’t just continue to spend, spend, spend and just assume that the markets will take it and the world will buy our bonds’Published: June 5, 2025 at 7:00 a.m. ETBond investors are worried about the fiscal situation in the U.S. Here’s why it should worry everyone. Photo: MarketWatch photo illustration/iStockphotoThe bond market has been getting a lot of attention lately, as the U.S. wrestles with its debt ceiling and Congress works on passing a big tax-and-spending bill.

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Market ExtraThe U.S. stock market rebounded in May, bringing the S&P 500 back into positive territory for the year to datePublished: May 30, 2025 at 6:32 p.m. ETThe Dow Jones Industrial Average just saw its best May since 2020. Photo: Agence France-Presse/Getty ImageU.S. stocks roared back in May as global trade tensions eased, but tariff-related developments around the month’s end suggest a smooth climb upward from here may be challenging .

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1 week ago | marketwatch.com | Christine Idzelis

Market ExtraThe S&P 500 is heading for its best monthly performance since 2023 — and potentially its biggest gain since 1990Published: May 28, 2025 at 12:13 p.m. ETThe U.S. stock market is on tear this month, so far defying the old maxim ‘sell in May and go away.’ Photo: Marco Bertorello/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesInvestors heeding the adage “sell in May and go away” would have missed out on big gains this month in the U.S. stock market.

1 week ago | marketwatch.com | Christine Idzelis

Market ExtraRecent signs of rising prices in the U.S. are ‘hard to reconcile with the lack of concern seen in market-based inflation expectations,’ macroeconomic strategist at Deutsche Bank saysPublished: May 27, 2025 at 4:34 p.m. ETStocks and bonds in the U.S. rallied Tuesday, after President Trump over the weekend extended the deadline for a 50% tariff that he has threatened to impose on the European Union.