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Investopedia Markets News (all except PF) is a general podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 20 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  The Treasury Just Stepped in to Support Long-Term Bonds. Here’s What to Know

  Aug 19, 2026—

  Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, Aug. 19. Wall Street staged a rebound after the Treasury said it plans to boost buybacks of longer-dated bonds. Credit: Michael Nagle / Bloomberg via Getty Images KEY TAKEAWAYS The U.S. Treasury is buying back long-term bonds to ease rising yields. The yield on 30-year Treasury bonds slightly fell after hitting its highest level since 2007. Investors are cautious about long-term bonds amid rising debt concerns and uncertainty around the Federal Reserve. A rough week for bond markets calmed on Wednesday after the U.S. Treasury Department announced a band-aid for a risky surge in long-term borrowing costs. The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond hit its highest level since 2007 on Tuesday, threatening to make homebuying and business lending more expensive. Stock markets also fell on Tuesday over those concerns. One reason behind those moves was that the Treasury had been finding slightly fewer buyers for its 30-year bonds. To make them more attractive to investors, the Treasury started paying higher interest on its bonds, offering yields above 5% for the federal government to borrow over 30 years. But the Treasury on Wednesday announced a bigger buyer in the market: itself. Through an existing program that officials say will grow “by at least double,” the Treasury is buying back some longer-term securities ranging between 10 years and 30 years. Details are still pending, but the plan appears to be for the government to borrow more in shorter terms rather than a couple of decades out. Why This Matters Rising long-term Treasury yields can push mortgage rates and business borrowing costs higher. The Treasury’s intervention may provide some relief, but concerns about U.S. debt and inflation remain. It is a temporary fix “to calm nerves with long yields under meaningful upward pressure,” wrote Padhraic Garvey, regional head of research for the Americas at the Dutch bank ING. And markets reacted accordingly, with the yield on the 30-year U.S. dropping to 5.19% in mid-morning trading, down from 5.29% on Tuesday. The announcement appears to be a signal from the Treasury that it’s “watching and monitoring and prepared to take action,” Garvey wrote, hesitant about yields getting too high. But the action is likely to only have a temporary effect, he added. “It will dampen but not abort the pressure,” he wrote. Investors across the globe have been dumping bonds in Japan, France and elsewhere as they worry about rising debt loads—a worry that analysts say is also causing more concern over U.S. debt. They’re also a bit more hesitant to buy long-term bonds given uncertainty over the outlook for the Federal Reserve. The Iran war continues to pose risks to inflation. However, investors are also uncertain because Fed Chair Kevin Warsh has ended the longstanding practice of providing markets with guidance on how the central bank is thinking about the next moves in rate policy. Tech firms have also been tapping bond markets heavily to fund data center construction, giving markets some quality debt options that are slightly juicier than U.S. government bonds. In a statement on Wednesday, the Treasury said the actions would support liquidity in a bond market that still favors U.S. Treasury bonds—an integral part of global financial markets. The benchmark S&P 500, blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average, and tech-focused Nasdaq Composite rose 0.5%, 0.4%, and 0.4%, respectively after the plan was announced.

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  Costco Is Getting Into Medicare

  Aug 19, 2026—

  Costco is framing the launch as a pilot before rolling it out more widely. Credit: Julia Dorian / Getty Images Key Takeaways Costco is partnering with SCAN Health Plan to launch its first Medicare-branded insurance products. The initial rollout includes Medicare Advantage and supplement plans in three states. Costco has sold its members gas, vacations and caskets—now it wants to sell them Medicare Advantage plans. The warehouse club and SCAN Health Plan, a California-based nonprofit insurer with about 460,000 members, announced Tuesday they’ll launch Costco-branded Medicare plans, the retailer’s first partnership with a Medicare insurer. Why This Matters to You More than half of Medicare beneficiaries now choose private Medicare Advantage plans, and where they enroll shapes their doctors, drug costs and extra benefits. Costco’s entry means one of America’s best-known retail brands is now competing for that decision. The rollout starts small: Medicare Advantage products in two states and a Medicare supplement plan in a third, in markets covering about 5 million Medicare enrollees. The companies won’t name the states or the timing until the federal Medicare agency signs off. The plans will be sold inside Costco ( COST ) warehouses as well as through insurance agents and websites, though federal rules bar bundling them with a membership. SCAN CEO Sachin Jain said the products will tie into Costco’s pharmacy, vision, hearing, over-the-counter and food offerings. The move puts Costco’s brand into a Medicare market that’s worth more than $600 billion a year to insurers and covers 5 million enrollees, just as rising costs and new billing rules squeeze the Medicare Advantage business and are increasing costs for consumers. Costco is framing the launch as a pilot: the retailer said it plans to learn from the first markets before going wider.

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  Here’s How Much Traders Expect Walmart Stock to Move After Earnings

  Aug 19, 2026—

  Walmart shares have gained about 5% since the start of the year. Credit: Marcin Golba / NurPhoto / Getty Images Key Takeaways Walmart is scheduled to report earnings Thursday morning, with options pricing suggesting traders see the shares moving up to 5% by the end of the week. Sales and profits are expected to have grown in the second quarter, but the stock has pulled back since its last report amid fears of inflation hampering consumer spending. Walmart is due to report earnings Thursday morning, with traders anticipating a big move from the retailer’s stock following the results. Current options pricing suggests traders see Walmart ( WMT ) stock swinging up to 4.5% in either direction by the end of the week. A move of that size from the stock’s recent level around $117 could send the shares as high as $122, their highest point since mid-June, or drag them below $112. Walmart shares are up about 5% since the start of the year, but nearly 14% off their May highs. The shares have trended lower since Walmart’s last report in May amid worries about inflation pressuring spending by American consumers. Why This Matters to Investors Reports from Walmart and other retailers this week could offer new insights into the state of the American shopper, and how they are dealing with inflation driven by the Iran war. JPMorgan analysts recently wrote that they believe expectations for Walmart’s report “have and will continue to come down,” potentially setting the retailer up to report better results that Wall Street has feared. UBS analysts said they see the stock’s recent pullback and the lowered expectations for Walmart’s results as creating “one of the more attractive setups Walmart investors have seen in some time.” Walmart is expected to report revenue of $186.78 billion for the second quarter, growth of about 5% year-over-year, along with adjusted earnings of 74 cents per share, up 6 cents from the same time last year. Comparable sales growth is seen coming in just under 4%, per Visible Alpha estimates. Analysts are broadly bullish on Walmart, with all but one of the 11 analysts tracked by Visible Alpha recommending buying the stock, and one neutral rating. Their average price target around $140 would suggest 20% upside from the stock’s recent level.

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  SK Hynix Stock Jumps on $29 Billion Buyback Plan

  Aug 19, 2026—

  SK Hynix shares rose early Wednesday on a roughly $29 billion buyback plan. Credit: VCG / VCG via Getty Images Key Takeaways SK Hynix shares climbed after the company announced a roughly $29 billion stock buyback plan. The company said its board also approved a plan to consider adding special dividends. SK Hynix ( SKHY ) shares are rallying after the South Korean memory chip giant announced an accelerated stock buyback plan. The company said it plans to buy back about 24.07 million of its shares, worth 40 trillion South Korean won ($28.79 billion), over the next three months. SK Hynix said its board has also approved a plan to consider adding special dividends to boost the company’s returns to shareholders to meet its target of returning at least 50% of its free cash flow to shareholders. SK Hynix had about 69 trillion won in net cash as of the end of the second quarter, per Wednesday’s release. SK Hynix’s U.S.-listed shares, which began trading last month, were up nearly 4% recently after dropping 9% yesterday.

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  Moderna Stock Rockets Higher After Positive Cancer Vaccine Trial Data

  Aug 19, 2026—

  Shares of Moderna soared Wednesday. Credit: Cheng Xin / Getty Images KEY TAKEAWAYS Moderna and Merck reported positive results from a late-stage trial of a skin-cancer vaccine. Moderna’s stock surged, while Merck’s shares also rose. Moderna and Merck delivered positive news about their personalized skin-cancer vaccine Wednesday. Investors are buying their shares in droves. Shares of Moderna ( MRNA ) rose more than 80% in morning trading, while Merck’s ( MRK ) rose nearly 9%, after the pharma companies announced positive results from a late-stage trial of an experimental mRNA-based vaccine meant for treatment of advanced skin cancer. The Phase 3 trial evaluated Moderna’s intismeran in combination with Merck’s Keytruda, or pembrolizumab. The company said the trial met its primary goal of what’s known as “recurrence-free survival,” a measure of the amount of time a cancer patient goes without signs of a return of the illness after treatment. The companies said the data will be shared with regulators, but did not specify when. “Today’s results represent a landmark moment for adjuvant melanoma treatment,” said Professor Georgina Long, the study’s principal investigator and medical director of Melanoma Institute Australia, Chair of Melanoma Medical Oncology and Translational Research at the University of Sydney. Moderna’s move pulled its shares to their highest price in about two years. This article has been updated since it was first published to reflect the start of regular trading.

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