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Treasury Market Gets First 5% Yield in Sign of What Could Come

(Bloomberg) -- The 20-year Treasury bond offered a grim warning as a selloff fueled by inflationary angst gripped global debt markets: 5% yields are already here.Most Read from BloombergNYC’s Subway Violence Deters Drive to Bring Workers Back to OfficeDutch Central Bank Restores Amsterdam’s ‘Ugliest Building’Can American Drivers Learn to Love Roundabouts?NYC Condo Owners May Bear Costs of Landmark Green Building LawCan States Hit the Brakes on Runaway Roadbuilding?The 20-year yield, a laggard on

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Foreigners Keep Dumping Brazil Stocks After $290 Billion Rout

(Bloomberg) -- Foreign investors keep pulling money out of Brazilian stocks as mounting fiscal risks and rising interest rates dim the outlook for local equities.Most Read from BloombergNYC’s Subway Violence Deters Drive to Bring Workers Back to OfficeNYC Condo Owners May Bear Costs of Landmark Green Building LawDutch Central Bank Restores Amsterdam’s ‘Ugliest Building’Can American Drivers Learn to Love Roundabouts?Can States Hit the Brakes on Runaway Roadbuilding?Foreigners yanked about 3 billi

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Quantum computing stocks take a hit as Nvidia CEO predicts long road ahead

(Reuters) -Quantum computing stocks sank on Wednesday, pausing a year-long rally, after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the technology's practical use was likely two decades away. The long wait outlined by Huang for "very useful quantum computers" throws cold water on a sector that was already expected to spend millions more on the technology, which can only perform niche calculations so far. Rigetti Computing, D-Wave Quantum, Quantum Computing and IonQ all fell more than 35%.

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UK 10-Year Yields Hit Highest Since 2008 as Market Rout Deepens

(Bloomberg) -- UK markets tumbled, pushing bond yields to the highest in more than a decade, as jitters over persistent inflationary pressures sparked unnerving comparisons with the 2022 gilt crisis.Most Read from BloombergNYC’s Subway Violence Deters Drive to Bring Workers Back to OfficeNYC Condo Owners May Bear Costs of Landmark Green Building LawDutch Central Bank Restores Amsterdam’s ‘Ugliest Building’Can American Drivers Learn to Love Roundabouts?Can States Hit the Brakes on Runaway Roadbui

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Stock market today: Wall Street drifts lower after its slide from the day before

Wall Street is drifting and making smaller moves on Wednesday, a day after strong reports on the economy stirred up worries that inflation and interest rates may stay higher than expected. In the bond market, which has been the bigger focus for Wall Street recently, yields were also making more modest moves after charging higher over the last month. Reports on the economy Wednesday weren’t as strong as Tuesday’s, which raised hopes that the Federal Reserve may keep cutting short-term interest rates to support the economy and give markets a boost.

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