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 […]
Market Snapshot September 24th 2026
The 10-Year Hits 5.135%, Its Highest Since July 2007, on the Strongest Business Activity in Five Years — and Trump Backs a Diesel Export Ban Data: Main Theme: “Good News Became Bad News Again” — Flash PMIs showed US business activity expanding at its fastest pace since 2021, Governor Barr said further tightening is likely […]
Market Snapshot September 23rd 2026
Trump Calls US–Iran Talks in New York “Very Good” and Brent Settles Near $99 — the Nasdaq Posts Back-to-Back Records While Bank Shares Sell Off Data: Main Theme: “Direct Talks, and a Sixth Straight Day for Chips” — President Trump said US officials had a “very good” meeting with Iranian envoys in New York, sending […]
Market Snapshot September 22nd 2026
Brent Falls Below $100 for a Fourth Straight Session and the 10-Year Drops Under 5% — Chips Surge 3%, AMD Touches $1 Trillion, and Trump Hosts Xi on Thursday Data: Main Theme: “The Energy Shock Starts to Unwind” — Hopes for diplomatic efforts to end the war in Iran pushed Brent and WTI below $100, […]
Market Snapshot September 21st 2026
The BoJ Hikes at the Fastest Pace in 36 Years and the Yen Falls Anyway — Two-Year Yields Reach 4.75% and the Curve Starts Flirting With Inversion Data: Main Theme: “Three Central Banks, and a Curve Beginning to Invert” — The Bank of Japan raised its policy rate 25 basis points to 1.25%, its fastest […]
Market Snapshot September 18th 2026
Oil Falls on a Restored Pipeline and the 10-Year Snaps an Eight-Day Streak — the Bank of England Sees “Little Evidence” of the Very Effects Warsh Hiked to Prevent Data: Main Theme: “Two Central Banks, One Oil Shock, Opposite Conclusions” — The Fed hiked on Wednesday to stop energy prices having second and third order […]
Market Snapshot September 17th 2026
The Fed Hikes Unanimously to 3.75–4.00% — Warsh Says the Job Is to Stop Oil Having “Second and Third Order Effects,” and the Dow Falls 631 Points Data: Main Theme: “Unanimous, and Not Finished” — The Federal Reserve raised rates 25 basis points to 3.75%–4.00%, its first increase since 2023, in a unanimous vote after […]
Market Snapshot September 16th 2026
The 10-Year Breaks 5% for the First Time Since 2007 — Warsh Faces a Choice Between Angering the President and Looking Out of Touch Data: Main Theme: “A Threshold Twenty Years in the Making” — The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield rose above 5% to a post-2007 peak on the first day of the FOMC meeting, […]
Market Snapshot September 15th 2026
Amodei Calls for an AI Slowdown and the Chip Gauge Falls 5.9% — Hike Odds Reach 92% as Trump Threatens to “Reshape Trade” If the Fed Moves Data: Main Theme: “A New Risk Arrives in the Middle of an Old One” — Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei called for AI companies to slow the development […]
Market Snapshot September 14th 2026
Core CPI Hits the Hawkish Threshold at 0.3% — and Stocks Rally 1% Because Brent Fell 3% Data: Main Theme: “The Market Is Trading Oil, Not the Fed” — Core CPI rose 0.3% against a 0.2% consensus, hitting the precise threshold that strengthens the case for a September hike, and rate-hike expectations rose accordingly. Equities […]