Sam Goldfarb

New York

Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

credit reporter for @WSJ focusing on corporate debt

Articles

Traders Scale Back Rate-Cut Bets, Reflecting Increased Trade Optimism

6 days ago | wsj.com | Sam Goldfarb

Hopes for a less aggressive U.S. tariff policy are causing traders to scale back bets on interest-rate cuts this year. Interest rate futures showed Thursday afternoon that traders still expect the Fed to cut rates at least three times, or 0.75 percentage point, by the end of this year, according to CME Group data. But those implied chances have fallen to 58% in recent trading from 75% Wednesday and 88% a week ago.
Traders Scale Back Rate-Cut Bets, Reflecting Increased Trade Optimism

6 days ago | finance.yahoo.com | Sam Goldfarb

Interest rate futures showed Thursday afternoon that traders still expect the Fed to cut rates at least three times, or 0.75 percentage point, by the end of this year, according to CME Group data. But those implied chances have fallen to 58% in recent trading from 75% Wednesday and 88% a week ago.
Solid 10-Year Note Auction Further Eases Concerns About Bond Demand

1 week ago | wsj.com | Sam Goldfarb

Treasury yields have turned lower after a $42 billion auction of new 10-year notes attracted strong demand from investors. The notes were sold at a 4.342% yield, a little below what traders were expecting. One sign of the strong demand: investors who aren’t required to bid at auctions received 91.1% of the total sold—the highest percentage for a 10-year auction since Feb. 2023, according to BMO Capital Markets.
Solid 10-Year Note Auction Further Eases Concerns About Bond Demand

1 week ago | finance.yahoo.com | Sam Goldfarb

Treasury yields have turned lower after a $42 billion auction of new 10-year notes attracted strong demand from investors. The notes were sold at a 4.342% yield, a little below what traders were expecting.
美股下跌，终止连涨走势

1 week ago | cn.wsj.com | Sam Goldfarb

美股大涨行情出现一些疲软迹象，特朗普呼吁对海外制作的电影征收100%关税是拖累股市的因素之一。尽管公布了一些好于预期的经济数据，以及财政部长斯科特·贝森特(Scott Bessent)就贸易协议做出的新承诺，但标普500指数仍下跌0.6%，道琼斯指数下滑0.2%，跌幅约99点。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8立即订阅热门文章热门视频
Stocks Roar Ahead, Brushing Off Recession Warnings

1 week ago | wsj.com | Jack Pitcher |Sam Goldfarb

S&P 500 is now down just 3.3% for year, reflecting hopes for tariff rollbacksWall Street’s best forecasters have been warning that tariffs could spark a recession. Goldman Sachs puts the chances at 45% in the next 12 months. Apollo Global Management’s top economist recently pegged it at 90%. Someone forgot to tell stock traders.
Treasury Yields Climb After Jobs Data Shows Little Tariff Impact

1 week ago | wsj.com | Sam Goldfarb

Treasury yields ticked higher after the latest jobs data showed little sign of deterioration in the labor market just as tariffs started going into effect. In recent trading, according to Tradeweb:The yield on the 10-year note was 4.269%, up from 4.228% ThursdayThe 2-year yield was 3.742%, up from 3.699% Thursday. The solid jobs report, while expected, may ease some of investors’ anxieties about the economy and cause them to dial down bets on Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts.
Dow and S&P 500 End Tumultuous April With Seventh-Straight Daily Gain

1 week ago | wsj.com | Sam Goldfarb

Indexes overcome early declines that followed soft GDP readingU.S. stocks staged a late rally Wednesday to end one of their wildest-ever months on a high note, overcoming early-session declines that followed a weak report on economic growth. Stocks initially fell after new data showed the U.S. economy shrank during the first three months of the year—its first contraction since the start of 2022.
道指和标普500指数连续第七个交易日上涨

1 week ago | cn.wsj.com | Sam Goldfarb

美股周三尾盘反弹，扭转了在疲软的经济增长报告发布后早盘的跌势。4月累计表现：道指收跌3.2%，标普500指数收跌0.8%，纳指上涨了0.9%。美国股市周三尾盘反弹，令有史以来最为动荡的月份之一收高，扭转了在疲软的经济增长报告发布后早盘的跌势。在新数据显示美国经济在今年第一季度萎缩后，股市最初下跌，这是自2022年初以来的美国经济首次萎缩。然而，随着投资者告诫不要过度解读该数据，股指出现反弹。该数据因企业赶在新关税生效前囤积库存导致进口激增而失真。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8立即订阅热门文章热门视频
Dow and S&P 500 End Tumultuous April With Seventh-Straight Daily Gain

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Sam Goldfarb

Indexes overcome early declines that followed soft GDP readingU.S. stocks staged a late rally Wednesday to end one of their wildest-ever months on a high note, overcoming early-session declines that followed a weak report on economic growth. Stocks initially fell after new data showed the U.S. economy shrank during the first three months of the year—its first contraction since the start of 2022.