Market Snapshot October 8th 2026
The Highest 10-Year Auction Yield Since 2000 Draws Strong Demand — the Fed Minutes Show Most Saw Another Hike Coming, and the Russell 2000 Falls 1.31% Against the S&P’s 0.22% Data: Main Theme: “The Buyers Showed Up” — A $39 billion 10-year note auction cleared at roughly 5.3%, the highest for a 10-year auction since […]
Market Snapshot October 7th 2026
The S&P 500 Posts Its First Close Above 7,800 as the 30-Year Breaches 5.7% — a Second Session of Decoupling, and Small Caps Are Down 5.4% in Three Months Data: Main Theme: “Records at the Top, Erosion Underneath” — The S&P 500 closed at a record 7,818.93, its first close above 7,800 and its first […]
Market Snapshot October 6th 2026
The Nasdaq Closes at a Record While the 10-Year Hits a 24-Year High of 5.31% — ISM Services Prices Rise to 74 and Nvidia Approaches $6 Trillion Data: Main Theme: “Equities Finally Decoupled From the Long End” — The Nasdaq Composite closed at a record 27,477.31 on the same day the 10-year Treasury yield reached […]
Market Snapshot October 5th 2026
Payrolls Come in at 29,000 With July and August Revised Down 60,000 — the Fed Goes “Definitely on Hold for October” and the Nasdaq Rallies 1.19% Data: Main Theme: “The Summer Contraction Is Back” — September payrolls rose just 29,000 against a consensus near 84,000–90,000, unemployment ticked up to 4.2%, and July and August were […]
Market Snapshot October 2nd 2026
ISM Prices Paid Jumps to 77.9 From 71.1 and the 10-Year Hits 5.33% — a Violent Afternoon Reversal Rescues a Flat Close, and Nike Beats on Falling Revenue Data: Main Theme: “The September Data Undid the August Relief in One Line” — ISM manufacturing prices paid surged to 77.9 from 71.1, the first survey to […]
Market Snapshot October 1st 2026
Micron’s Revenue Quadruples and Data Centre Sales Rise Eleven-Fold at 6.8x Forward Earnings — Core PCE Comes in at 3.0%, and Technology Was September’s Only Positive Sectorshot 30.9.2026: Data: Main Theme: “The Constraint Thesis, Confirmed” — Micron reported revenue almost quadrupling to $54.23 billion with data centre sales up eleven-fold, then guided first-quarter revenue to […]
Market Snapshot September 30th 2026
The 30-Year Hits a 24-Year High and a Leaked Anthropic Prospectus Unsettles the AI Trade — Nvidia’s Forward Multiple Falls Below the S&P 500’s Data: Main Theme: “The Most Expensive Story in the Market Is Now Cheaper Than the Index” — The 30-year Treasury yield reached a 24-year high and the 10-year topped 5.29% intraday. […]
Market Snapshot September 29th 2026
Trump Says Iran “Overplayed Its Hand” and Brent Pops 3% — the Two Sides Are Not Negotiating the Same Thing, and Nvidia Authorises a $150 Billion Buyback Data: Main Theme: “They Are Not Negotiating the Same Thing” — Trump rejected Iran’s seven-day Hormuz proposal, saying Tehran had overplayed its hand, and Brent popped nearly 3%. […]
Market Snapshot September 28th 2026
Iran Offers to Reopen Hormuz Within Seven Days and Trump Rejects It Over the Weekend — the Dow Snaps a Three-Week Losing Streak on a 478-Point Rally Data: Main Theme: “The Most Concrete Offer Yet, and a Rejection” — Iran offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days and resume talks, sending Brent […]
Market Snapshot September 25th 2026
The Trade Truce Is Extended to 10 January — but Weak Auction Demand and Williams Saying the Fed Must Hike Again Take the 30-Year to Its Highest Since June 2004 Data: Main Theme: “A Summit Overshadowed by an Auction” — The US and China agreed to extend their trade truce by two months to 10 […]
