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Nov 7 (Reuters) - It's fear and greed in the fixed-income markets once again as traders bet the Federal Reserve is done raising interest rates, but aren't quite sure that it won't still break the U.S. economy. Case in point is the market for low-rated companies.In recent days, as it started to appear that the Fed rate- hiking cycle might have peaked, investors have shown more willingness to dip their toes back into junk-rated bonds.But they are going only as far as the safest bets in the junk category, bonds...

A street sign for Wall Street is seen in the financial district in New York, U.S., November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 3 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Friday cleared the way to increase oversight of asset managers, hedge funds, and other non-banks that they believe pose risks to the financial system, reviving a tough new regime that had been sidelined under former President Donald Trump.The Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), led by the Treasury Department and comprising other major agencies, also adopted a new framework...

NEW YORK, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The jury in Sam Bankman-Fried's fraud trial began deliberations on Thursday following a monthlong trial in which prosecutors accused the FTX cryptocurrency exchange founder of stealing billions of dollars of customer funds.Bankman-Fried is poised to learn his fate in Manhattan federal court nearly a year after FTX declared bankruptcy as its customers raced to withdraw their funds in a collapse that shocked cryptocurrency markets and obliterated the 31-year-old's fortune, once estimated by Forbes at $26 billion.Bankman-Fried has pleaded not guilty to two counts of...