Is IBM’s selloff an opportunity? Here’s one case for the beaten-down stock.

UK government pays highest interest rate on 30-year bond since 1998

High yields threaten to wipe out at least half of the £24bn headroom John Healey was expecting to have for his budgetThe UK government was forced to pay the highest interest rate for a 30-year bond since 1998 on Tuesday, underlining the fiscal challenges facing the chancellor, John Healey. Echoing the global bond market sell-off that has driven up yields, or interest rates, on government borrowing across major markets, the Treasury paid 5.82% to borrow £4bn.

Sapporo to move some beer production from Canada to US after tariffs

The Japanese brewer plans to shift non-alcoholic beer brewing to the US from Canada as tariffs bite

Ella Baron on the UK’s ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements – cartoon

A contrarian case for further stock-market gains through the midterm election

Yet another lease on life for the bull market, observes Mark Hulbert.