published Aug 11th 2016, 4:49 pm, by Rita Nazareth, Joseph Ciolli and Lu Wang (Bloomberg) — All three U.S. stock benchmarks rose together to record highs for the first time in 16 years amid surprising earnings. European shares erased the slump that followed Britain’s secession vote. Oil climbed, while Treasuries

©2016 Bloomberg News O4GLNN6JIJUZ (Bloomberg) — Most U.S. stocks retreated as investors dived into haven assets including gold and the dollar after deadly terrorist attacks in Brussels killed at least 31 people. The Nasdaq Composite Index edged higher as drugmakers climbed. While transport-related shares led the Standard & Poor’s 500

 ©2015 Bloomberg News NYQY7R6KLVRB (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks fell the most in two weeks as crude plunged past $40 a barrel to send energy shares tumbling. Treasuries fell after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen indicated increasing confidence in the economy two weeks before central bank officials meet. The Standard &

©2015 Bloomberg News NW4Q0Q6JTSES (Bloomberg) — The dollar traded at a three-week low even after Federal Reserve officials continued to back the case for higher interest rates this year, spurring gains in emerging- market assets. U.S. stocks held at their highest level in seven weeks in light holiday trading. The greenback

©2015 Bloomberg News NVRCAO6K511D (Bloomberg) — The selloff in European equities has again pushed them into the sights of investors seeking for better returns than those offered by bonds. Looking at earnings yield, companies in the Euro Stoxx 50 Index are more attractive than at any time since 2011 relative to

©2015 Bloomberg News NOOG9O6KLVR7 (Bloomberg) — The falling U.S. inflation rate is making the world’s biggest bond market more appealing. Consumer prices probably slid 0.2 percent in April from the year before, based on a Bloomberg survey of economists before the Labor Department reports the figures Friday. If right, it

©2015 Bloomberg News NO7QKB6JIJUR (Bloomberg) — Last year’s superstar of the Treasury market is punishing investors in 2015, and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is calling it a “poor investment.” Thirty-year bonds have slumped 8 percent in the past two weeks, leaving investors with a loss of 4.8 percent since Dec. 31,

©2015 Bloomberg News NNY7DW6JTSEG (Bloomberg) — The European Central Bank’s bond-buying program has landed investors in a quandary that’s whipping up volatility in the region’s fixed-income markets. Signs the plan is helping turn around the euro area’s economy triggered a 1.4 percent loss on the region’s government bonds in April, the