Market Snapshot September 11th 2026

PPI Accelerates to 5.4% and Brent Briefly Tops $108 — the 10-Year Hits 4.95%, Up Nearly a Full Point Since the War Began Data: Main Theme: “Energy Pass-Through Reaches the Wholesale Data” — August producer prices rose 0.4% in line with consensus, but the annual rate accelerated to 5.4% from 4.8% and energy costs jumped […]
Market Snapshot September 10th 2026

The Treasury Triples Its Buyback to $6 Billion and Yields Rise to 4.857% — Brent Closes Above $101 for the First Time Since July Data: Main Theme: “The Third Intervention Backfired” — The Treasury announced it will triple its buyback of longer-dated government debt to $6 billion. The 10-year yield then rose to 4.857%, its […]
Market Snapshot September 9th 2026

Saudi Oil Facilities Attacked and a Second Undisclosed Salvo on US Navy Ships — Brent Tops $99 After the Bell, Dow Sheds 628 Points Data: Main Theme: “From Tankers to Production Infrastructure” — Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities were attacked, WTI rallied for a sixth consecutive session — its longest run since March — and after […]
Market Snapshot September 8th 2026

The US Strikes Three Iranian Tankers and Brent Tops $98 — Iran Says an Oman Deal Is “Imminent” While Warning Ships of Attack Data: Main Theme: “Two Contradictory Statements From Tehran, and Brent at $98” — US forces struck three Iranian oil tankers over the weekend after saying warships were targeted with ballistic missiles. Iran […]
Market Snapshot September 7th 2026

Payrolls Triple the Forecast at 162,000 and July Is Revised From −23,000 to +23,000 — the Employment Objection to a Hike Has Gone Data: Main Theme: “The Labour Market Was Never Contracting” — August payrolls rose 162,000 against a 53,000 consensus, the most in five months, with 55,000 of upward revisions to the prior two […]
Market Snapshot September 4th 2026

Services Prices Hit 72.6 — Proving the Inflation Is Not Just Oil — Yet Stocks Rally 1% and the Dollar Breaks Below 99 Data: Main Theme: “The Question Was Answered, and the Market Ignored It” — ISM Services prices jumped 2.3 points to 72.6 with the twelve-month average at its highest since April 2023, business […]
Market Snapshot September 3rd 2026

Iran Says Tankers Hit Naval Mines in Hormuz — the 10-Year Touches 4.818%, a Level Unseen Since November 2023, and Broadcom Falls 5% on Guidance Data: Main Theme: “Mines in the Strait, and a Bond Market at 2023 Levels” — Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said two oil tankers struck naval mines while attempting to transit Hormuz […]
Market Snapshot September 2nd 2026

Two Saudi Supertankers Struck Inside Hormuz — Brent Above $94, the 10-Year at 4.79%, and September Hike Odds Near Two-Thirds Data: Main Theme: “Higher Oil, Higher Inflation, Higher Rates, Higher Yields” — Two supertankers carrying Saudi oil were struck by unknown projectiles minutes apart while transiting outbound through the Strait of Hormuz, and the US […]
Market Snapshot September 1st 2026

US Strikes Iran’s Larak Island and Tehran Hits Back — Crude Above $85, Yields at a 2026 High, but August Still Closes Green Data: Main Theme: “The War Restarts on the Last Day of the Month” — US Central Command confirmed strikes on two rocket launchers on Iran’s Larak Island, the first publicly acknowledged attack […]
Market Snapshot August 31st 2026

“Committed to a Discipline, Not to a Decision” — Warsh Sends September Hike Odds to 57%, and Chicago PMI Collapses to 47.1 Data: Main Theme: “A Hawkish Chair and a Broken Regional Survey” — Warsh said financial conditions do not look restrictive and that better inflation readings have not convinced him the trend is improving, […]