Market Snapshot August 17th 2026
The Consumer Cracks — Retail Sales Fall 0.6% and Sentiment Drops to 51, but the S&P Still Books a Third Straight Weekly Gain Data: Main Theme: “The One Test the Rally Failed” — July retail sales fell 0.6% against expectations of a small gain, the worst monthly decline in more than a year, and preliminary […]
Market Snapshot August 14th 2026
PPI Comes In Flat and the S&P Clears 7,800 for the First Time — but Cisco, Cerebras and Coherent All Beat and Were Sold Data: Main Theme: “Cooler Wholesale Prices, Colder Earnings Reception” — July PPI came in flat against a +0.2% forecast, with annual producer inflation cooling to 4.7% from 5.5%. That drove the […]
Market Snapshot August 13th 2026
CPI Lands Exactly on Consensus and the AI Infrastructure Trade Takes Over — but Real Wages Are Now Negative Data: Main Theme: “In Line Is Enough” — July CPI printed at +0.1% headline and +0.2% core, matching consensus on every line, with annual core easing to 2.5% — the lowest since February. That was sufficient […]
Market Snapshot August 12th 2026
A Second Day of Losses as Trump Rebuffs Iran’s Reparations Demand — Then CoreWeave and Supermicro Deliver After the Bell Data: Main Theme: “Weary of the Standoff” — The S&P fell for a second consecutive session as the US–Iran impasse hardened, with Trump rebuffing Tehran’s demand for war reparations and Araghchi stating there is “no […]
Market Snapshot August 11th 2026
Hormuz Hopes Fade, Crude Jumps and Yields Hit an August High — the Record Run Stalls Ahead of CPI Data: Main Theme: “Tehran Hardens, the Rally Stalls” — Iran ruled out direct talks with Washington and set six conditions for reopening the Strait, sending crude more than 3% higher and the 10-year Treasury yield to […]
Market Snapshot August 10th 2026
Payrolls Go Negative, the Hike Trade Collapses and the S&P Sets a Record — Gold Adds 7% on the Week Data: Main Theme: “The Economy Lost Jobs and Wall Street Threw a Party” — July payrolls contracted by 23,000 against expectations of an 80,000–86,000 gain, with May and June revised down a combined 103,000. September […]
Market Snapshot August 7th 2026
The Productivity Surprise Arrives — Unit Labour Costs Halve the Forecast, but Oil Rebounds and the Dow Snaps Its Record Streak Data: Main Theme: “The Best Data of the Year, and Stocks Still Fell” — Q2 productivity came in at 1.4% against 0.6% expected and unit labour costs at 1.3% against 2.1% — the single […]
Market Snapshot August 8th 2026
Dow Sets a Fifth Straight Record as ADP Collapses to 44,000, but ISM Services Prices Jump — Tech Gives Back, Gold jumps $200+ Data: Main Theme: “The Data Splits the Market” — The Dow logs a fifth consecutive advance and a record close on Disney, Eli Lilly and Amgen earnings, while the S&P snaps a […]
Market Snapshot August 5th 2026
S&P 500 and Dow Set Records as Brent Breaks $80, Palantir +29%, AMD and SpaceX Sold After the Bell Data: Main Theme: “Records on a Collapsing Oil Price” — The S&P 500 closes at its first record high in two months and the Dow tops 54,000 for the first time ever, as Brent falls below […]
Market Snapshot August 4th 2026
Oil Premium Deflates, Dow Sets a Record, Korea Gives Back the Squeeze Data: Main Theme: “The Oil Premium Comes Out” — The Dow closes at an all-time high as crude drops another 5% on the Iran de-escalation, ISM Manufacturing prints its strongest reading in four years, and the yields that dominated July finally pull back. […]
