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Christine Idzelis

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Markets reporter for @MarketWatch. Native New Englander. Brooklyn for years. Opinions are all mine.

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Bullish on Anthropic but don’t want to wait until the IPO? Here’s how you can invest today. marketwatch.com/story/bullis…
Bullish on Anthropic but don’t want to wait until the IPO? Here’s how you can invest today.

Bullish on Anthropic but don’t want to wait until the IPO? Here’s how you can invest today.

ETFs and other funds currently available to ordinary investors offer exposure to Anthropic.

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Dividend stocks are having an excellent October as tech sector struggles marketwatch.com/story/divide…
Dividend stocks are having an excellent October as tech sector struggles

Dividend stocks are having an excellent October as tech sector struggles

ETFs focused on dividend stocks are seeing a powerful rally in October, adding to huge gains in 2026.

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AI fever ignites a boom in thematic ETFs as fund managers hunt for their next big hit marketwatch.com/story/ai-fev…
AI fever ignites a boom in thematic ETFs as fund managers hunt for their next big hit

AI fever ignites a boom in thematic ETFs as fund managers hunt for their next big hit

The runaway success of the artificial-intelligence trade has left investors hungry for the next big market theme. Wall Street fund managers are happily obliging with a flurry of new targeted produc...

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Investors piled a record sum into a leveraged semiconductor ETF last week. Things didn’t work out. marketwatch.com/story/invest…
Investors piled a record sum into a leveraged semiconductor ETF last week. Things didn’t work out.

Investors piled a record sum into a leveraged semiconductor ETF last week. Things didn’t work out.

Traders making bullish bets on chip stocks are getting walloped this month, as renewed fears emerged about investment returns on the buildout of artificial intelligence.

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Credit markets have entered uncharted territory as the riskiest junk bonds send a warning to investors marketwatch.com/story/credit…
Credit markets have entered uncharted territory as the riskiest junk bonds send a warning to...

Credit markets have entered uncharted territory as the riskiest junk bonds send a warning to...

Credit markets are sending unusually mixed messages to investors right now, and it’s making some people nervous.

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It was another great week for the average stock as market leadership shifts away from tech marketwatch.com/story/it-was…
It was another great week for the average stock as market leadership shifts away from tech

It was another great week for the average stock as market leadership shifts away from tech

The S&P 500’s tech sector just had its worst week in a year and a half, while an equal-weighted version of the index cemented a second-straight weekly advance.

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CoreWeave sparks worry about broader credit-market stress as its bonds tumble marketwatch.com/story/corewe…
CoreWeave’s AI bonds tumble, raising red flags for the wider market

CoreWeave’s AI bonds tumble, raising red flags for the wider market

CoreWeave’s bonds issued a few months ago fell to 81 cents on the dollar earlier Wednesday, yielding more than 15%.

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Brazilian stocks are breaking out as investors look for opportunities beyond tech marketwatch.com/story/brazil…
Brazilian stocks are breaking out as investors look for opportunities beyond tech

Brazilian stocks are breaking out as investors look for opportunities beyond tech

Brazil’s presidential election is powering optimism in the country’s stock market — and capturing the attention of investors wary of having too much exposure to U.S. stocks.

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S&P 500 at 10,000 or bust: New ETF offers investors all-or-nothing bet on the index marketwatch.com/story/s-p-50…
S&P 500 at 10,000 or bust: New ETF offers investors all-or-nothing bet on the index

S&P 500 at 10,000 or bust: New ETF offers investors all-or-nothing bet on the index

Wall Street has continued to blur the lines between investing and gambling with one recently launched exchange-traded fund.

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Options traders are betting on a dramatic drop in interest rates marketwatch.com/story/option…
Options traders are betting on a dramatic drop in interest rates

Options traders are betting on a dramatic drop in interest rates

Recent options activity points to bullish positioning for long-term bonds and utilities.

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U.S. bond yields post biggest jump in a generation as global rout rattles investors marketwatch.com/story/u-s-bo…
U.S. bond yields post biggest jump in a generation as global rout rattles investors

U.S. bond yields post biggest jump in a generation as global rout rattles investors

Yields in the global bond market have risen with startling speed over the past few months, and the more than $30 trillion market for U.S. government debt certainly hasn’t been immune.

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Junk bonds are heading for worst month since 2022 after punishing global selloff marketwatch.com/story/junk-b…
Junk bonds are heading for worst month since 2022 after punishing global selloff

Junk bonds are heading for worst month since 2022 after punishing global selloff

U.S. junk bonds are getting badly bruised in September, with their high yields so far failing to provide enough cushion this month to withstand heightened market volatility without losses.

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Why bond-market volatility hasn’t spilled over into stocks marketwatch.com/story/why-bo…
Why bond-market volatility hasn’t spilled over into stocks

Why bond-market volatility hasn’t spilled over into stocks

The bond market has a reputation for being boring. But lately, it has been the source of much of the action in the U.S.

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Here are 3 alternatives for investors looking to dodge the bond-market beatdown marketwatch.com/story/here-a…
Here are 3 alternatives for investors looking to dodge the bond-market beatdown

Here are 3 alternatives for investors looking to dodge the bond-market beatdown

U.S. stocks have kept chugging higher this year, but bonds haven’t been able to shake off a five-year slump. That has sent some investors interested in a diversified portfolio searching for alterna...

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The Nasdaq’s rapid rise to a record is sending a message to investors: Don’t wait for a pullback to buy marketwatch.com/story/the-na…
The Nasdaq’s rapid rise to a record is sending a message to investors: Don’t wait for a pullback to...

The Nasdaq’s rapid rise to a record is sending a message to investors: Don’t wait for a pullback to...

Some analysts say the upbeat data on the Nasdaq’s outlook is backed up by improving fundamentals.

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These fast-growing ETFs aim for yields as high as 17.5%. But here’s the catch. marketwatch.com/story/these-…
These fast-growing ETFs aim for yields as high as 17.5%. But here’s the catch.

These fast-growing ETFs aim for yields as high as 17.5%. But here’s the catch.

So-called autocallable ETFs pay coupons like bonds but are linked to equity risk.

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Here’s what investors need to watch for on Wednesday — in addition to a Fed rate hike marketwatch.com/story/a-fed-…

The Fed’s expected interest-rate hike on Wednesday could be the start of something more troubling...

Investors are largely anticipating the Fed will raise its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, but a single rate hike is not what’s creating angst on Wall Street.

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Investors worried about rising bond yields are keeping a close eye on this corner of the market marketwatch.com/story/invest…
Investors worried about rising bond yields are keeping a close eye on this corner of the market

Investors worried about rising bond yields are keeping a close eye on this corner of the market

U.S. small-cap stocks have hit a pivotal point, trading below a key level as interest rates in the bond market climb ahead of the Federal Reserve’s highly anticipated policy meeting next week.

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Rising yields aren’t scaring off investors. Why money is still pouring into bond funds. marketwatch.com/story/rising…
Rising yields aren’t scaring off investors. Why money is still pouring into bond funds.

Rising yields aren’t scaring off investors. Why money is still pouring into bond funds.

The U.S. bond market has been under pressure amid a rise in Treasury yields, but money is still flowing into bond funds.

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The S&P 500 usually falls in September. Why this year should be different. marketwatch.com/story/the-s-…

The S&P 500 usually falls in September. Why this year should be different.

As U.S. stocks head into September, a key trading level suggests the S&P 500 could dodge a big loss in what is historically a turbulent month.

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