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Veterans Day—intended to pay homage to U.S. military servicewomen and men—kicks off on Monday. As a result, bond markets will be closed on the federal holiday. Last year marked the first time the bond market didn’t observe the holiday—at least formally—in about a decade because it fell on a Saturday. The Securities Industry and Financial…

Don’t look now but a closely followed gauge of small-capitalization stocks is on the brink of a bearish pattern. The small-cap Russell 2000 index RUT, -2.33%  is within a few points of seeing its short-term 50-day moving average fall beneath its long-term 200-day moving average, a formation in an asset that many chart watchers believe…

Natural-gas futures rally on Friday, headed for their highest finish in nearly two years, with cold weather expected to boost demand for a commodity that is running tight on supplies. “The exceptionally low storage levels as we enter the heating season leave the price more susceptible to higher heating demand,” James Williams, energy economist at…

Bitcoin prices are trading lower Friday, on track for back-to-back losing sessions for the first time since late October. The world’s largest digital currency is creeping toward its lowest level of the week trading at $6,370.10, down 1.1% since Thursday at 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the Kraken exchange. A move below $6,330 for bitcoin…

Treasury yields pulled back on Friday as stocks across the world slipped on concerns over China’s economic slowdown. The 10-year Treasury note yield TMUBMUSD10Y, -1.57% was down 3.3 basis points to 3.199%, while the 2-year note yield TMUBMUSD02Y, -1.51%   fell 2.8 basis points to 2.941%. The 30-year bond yield TMUBMUSD30Y, -1.25%  slipped 2.7 basis…

Precious metals prices dropped Friday and were headed for a weekly loss, nicked by a firmer dollar that is been bolstered by the Federal Reserve’s adherence to an interest rate-tightening cycle. Sharp losses for stocks for the session, which are partly tracking the plunge into a bear market for oil, could limit gold’s downside should…

The People’s Bank of China on Friday said the Chinese economy was facing downward pressure in the central bank’s most recent update of its monetary policy implementation report, Reuters reported. Increasingly, public concerns from Beijing’s financial watchdogs over China’s slowdown are likely to heighten investors’ fears over the strength and viability of the second-largest economy…

Taking steps to defer your current individual federal income-tax bill is often a good idea, especially if you expect to be in the same or lower tax bracket in future years. In that situation, making moves to lower this year’s taxable income will at least put off the tax day of reckoning and give you…

MarketWatch rounds up 10 of its most interesting topics over the past week. 1. What a change of control might mean for your retirement The Democratic Party won control of the House of Representatives on Election Day. Here’s what that might mean for Social Security, Medicare, pensions and 401(k) accounts; what it might mean for…

The 2018 midterm elections are over, and we will have a divided government through at least 2020. Here are the possible federal income tax implications for individual taxpayers: Tax gridlock With the Democrats now in control of the House and the Republicans still in control of the Senate, we have the classic recipe for tax…